AGA R7 - Installation Instructions

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9. Cooking on your AGA
As AGA ovens cook by radiated heat from the castings, rather than just hot air, exact temperature conversions are not possible.
Look in the AGA cookbook for a recipe. The table below gives a quick guide to using your oven. Remember that oven shelf
positions are counted from the top down.
Oven Temperature: High Roasting oven
Recommended shelf positions Food
Top Grilling
2nd runner Scones, Small Pastries, Grilling
3rd runner Bread Rolls, Yorkshire Puddings
4th runner Roasts, Poultry
Oven grid shelf on base of oven Bread loaves, Pies, Roast Vegatables, Shallow Frying
Directly on base of oven Quiches, Pies, Pizza
NOTE: Baking under 45 minutes - place cakes or biscuits on grid shelf on base of the oven and place cold plain shelf on runner
directly above to reduce top heat
Oven Temperature: Moderate
Roasting Oven, Baking Oven, Simmering Oven
Recommended shelf positions
Food
Towards Top Whisked Sponges, Some Biscuits, Small cakes
Middle
Fish, Soués, Sheppard’s Pie, Cottage Pie, Lasagne
4th runner
Traybakes, Shortbread, Some Biscuits
Oven grid shelf on base of oven
Victoria sandwich cake, Cheesecake
Oven Temperature: Moderate
Roasting Oven, Baking Oven, Simmering Oven
Recommended shelf positions
Food
Bring up to temperature on AGA Hotplate or Roasting
oven, then transfer to Simmering oven
Casseroles, Stock, Soup, Milk Puddings and similar dishes
Dry out on grid shelf on base of oven Meringues
Cook on oven grid shelf placed on base of oven Rich Fruit Cake (4-15 hours depending on the size)
Your AGA has a high setting which will provide a higher temperature and allow for
• faster grilling e.g. toast, breakfast
• cooking larger volumes of food, especially baking
TIPS
If food is browning too quickly slide the cold plain shelf above the food to reduce the top heat. For perfect results when baking,
turn trays towards the end of cooking.