ROASTING OVEN This high temperature power house is used for starting off many foods. The top of the oven is used to grill food, while the center is used for fast roasting meat and poultry. The floor of this oven is perfect for cooking pizzas and it is also a ‘hidden hotplate’, where pans may be placed to oven-fry foods such as steak.
BAKING OVEN The baking oven is maintained at a moderate heat, making it perfect for baking all kinds of cakes and cookies. It is ideal for moderate roasting, cooking fish and deep or layered dishes such a lasagna.
SLOW COOKING OVEN Once food has been brought to temperature somewhere else on the range, it can simply be transferred to this oven where it will be bathed with gentle radiant heat and finish cooking.
BOILING PLATE The AGA boiling plate delivers a really fast punch of heat for quickly boiling water, maintaining a rolling boil and for fast stir-fries in a wok. Ridged griddle pans are also used here for authentic grilled steaks, chops and cutlets. Both hotplates will accommodate three good-sized saucepans at the same time – to adjust the rate of cooking, simply partially offset to the side of the hotplate once the pan has come to temperature.
SIMMERING PLATE The cooler AGA hotplate is designed for slowly bringing foods to a gentle simmer. Use it for heating milk, scrambled eggs and for making sauces – even tricky emulsion sauces, such as Hollandaise and Bearnaise, become easy. Used as a griddle, it will also make featherlight crepes and delicious toasted sandwiches.
