Pea, Mint & Ricotta Bruschetta
Ingredients
3½ oz. ricotta cheese
2 cups frozen peas, thawed
¼ cup olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh mint leaves
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 loaf ciabatta bread, cut into ¾ inch slices
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste Micro herbs, to garnish
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Place ricotta, peas, half of the oil, mint, lemon juice, and zest into a blender.
3. Blend on HIGH speed until it forms a chunky paste. You may need to scrape down the sides of the jar.
4. Drizzle bread with remaining oil. Place on a baking tray. Bake for 5 minutes on each side or until golden and crunchy.
5. Spread the bread generously with the pea mixture. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Top with micro herbs. Serve.
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Roasted Pepper & Tomato Bisque
Ingredients
2 lbs. vine-ripened tomatoes, quartered
4 red bell peppers, seeds removed, cut into small chunks
3 red onions, peeled and cut into quarters
¼ cup olive oil
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
6 cups vegetable stock
½ cup thickened cream
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Crusty bread and fresh basil leaves, to serve
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line two baking trays with baking paper.
2. In a large bowl, combine tomatoes, peppers, and onions.
3. Add oil, vinegar, and brown sugar. Toss to combine.
4. Scatter tomato mixture across the two prepared trays.
5. Bake for 40 minutes or until onions are beginning to caramelize and tomatoes are soft. Allow to cool to room temperature.
6. Place tomato mixture and stock, in batches, into a blender.
7. Blend on HIGH speed for 20 seconds or until smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
8. Pour pureed soup into a clean pot and bring to a simmer.
9. Serve soup with crusty bread and fresh basil leaves.
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Thin Crust Pizza
Ingredients
2 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons (1 sachet/7g) dried yeast
¾ teaspoon salt
¾ cup warm water
2 teaspoons olive oil
Plain flour, for kneading
Instructions
1. Add flour, yeast, and salt into a blender.
2. PULSE ingredients until well combined.
3. While blending on LOW, gradually add oil and water through the lid. Blend until a ball forms.
4. Place dough onto a floured work surface. Knead for 1-2 minutes.
5. Place dough into an oiled bowl and leave in a warm place to rise. This will take about 30 minutes.
6. Roll pizza out to desired size. Add toppings as desired.
7. Bake at 400°F for 15-20 minutes or until cooked.
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Carrot Bread
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup pecans
2 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups carrots, cut in 1-inch pieces
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
3. Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into large mixing bowl. Set aside.
4. Blend nuts until roughly chopped. Add nuts to dry ingredient mixture.
5. Put eggs, oil, sugar, and vanilla extract into blender. Cover and process on MED until smooth. Stop blender, add carrot pieces, cover, and process at MED until carrots are finely chopped.
6. Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and mix only until dry ingredients are moistened.
7. Pour into prepared pan and bake 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
8. Cool 5 minutes in pan, then remove from pan and place on wire rack until cooled completely.
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M. Podesta –
I love this unitI purchased this unit because I live in a 5th wheel and didn’t want to use my propane oven. I simply love this unit. I have never used one of these items before. I have baked potatoes, made cinnamon rolls, made pasta chicken bake, and tonight I will venture a pork tenderloin. This item is very large as I wanted. I hope it lasts a long time.
Lucy Lowan –
No LightI had to put a light in front to see what am cooking.It is tinny and cheapo .controls are not knobs . last one I tried had knob names that made little sense, I had to label them .It was better quality but a pizza was an inch from fitting. I ordered this because IS big but has oly one rack so 2 pizzas nOt unless no.pan.I tried air fry frozen ones. All it did was bake. Not crisp. Maybe more time needed.
jolene ziegler –
Just what I have been looking for.I just got this oven after my old countertop oven wore out. I had been looking for quite awhile but really wanted a large interior without french doors. I have used this oven twice and so far am really impressed. The heat seems to be consistant and it’s big enough for a cookie sheet. Having 2 racks will be a real advantage. I’m hoping it will be tall enough to bake a loaf of bread without burning the top. Very happy to find this!
Susan –
Good for the money.Oven worked pretty well, but has pretty wide temperature swings, and heat distribution isn’t the best. Was fine for pizza or a small casserole. Not the best for baking a cake or cookies. The price is very reasonable, however, and for most things it gets the job done.
Customer Georgia –
I use it more than my regular ovenI love this oven. It is large enough for everything with exception of bundt cakes and whole turkeys! I love the convenience and it doesn’t heat up the house as much as a regular oven. If you need a toaster oven, go for the extra size with this one. You will use it for everything.
AB –
Too big for my needsI took this out of the box and it just seemed enormous. I left it on my counter over night to see if I would get used to it…and besides the fact that it was HUGE, the constant flashing light just drove me crazy. Yes, I could unplug it, to make the light stop flashing, but I could never get used to the size…..bigger than my microwave! Never used it, so can’t comment on its functions.
Matt Ruetz –
A Great Big Little OvenWe got this oven primarily to save time and money wasted on heating up the big over to cook something relatively small. The time savings is due to the speed in which the oven heats up while a traditional oven can take 10 minutes or more to get to the preheat temp, this will do in a fraction of the time. For the most part this over does almost everything we can do in the regular oven aside from something like a big turkey. Fits frozen pizza with room to spare and can fit up to a 16 inch pie although i haven’t cook anything that large yet. The oven is actually optimized to fit a pizza with an expansion bit on the back to accommodate a bigger pizza. It is easy to clean and use. Set the mode (Bake, Convection bake, Broil etc.), the temp and the time and it automatically shuts offs. My only complaint is the buttons are not real great but they do work but don’t have a real button feel to them. I also wouldn’t try to replace my toaster with this as it will take longer to toast than a regular toaster.
Kristen Michelle Waller –
Oster products are goodThe heat distribution works well. Fairly easy to clean. I like the digital temperature controls. The one thing I don’t like is I have to unplug to stop the air fry button from blinking
rm –
Good features at a fair priceLIKES: Large interior. Easy to clean. Double rack. Comes with a tray. Quick pre-heat, bakes well using the turbo convection oven option and holds a steady temperature very well. Has a 90 minute timer rather than 60 minutes as most other toaster ovens in this price range. The convection option is much quieter than other convection ovens I’ve seen. Does not heat up kitchen as typical oven so will use often in summer. Holds two 12″ pizza easily.DISLIKES: No interior light. Using an separate oven thermometer – the regular bake option temperature did not hold steady- when set for 350 it climbed to 400 before staying at 375, must rotate baked goods to obtain even browning. Toast is a challenge to make in this, a regular toaster is easier.UNKNOWN: Have not used broiler or defrost options.
Rose –
Cooks wellNothing I don’t like about this oven. I haven’t tried every feature but I have cooked and heated up food in it. It is easy to clean. I would highly recommend. Until I buy another gas stove I will be using this as my oven