Aga demonstration photos

Chicken with thyme, rosemary and pinenuts

1.5-2kg organic Chicken
olive oil
salt and pepper
300g Basmati rice
750ml chicken stock
pinch of saffron
80g pine nuts lightly toasted
60g Raisins soaked in boiling water for about 10 mins
4 sprigs of thyme leaves stripped and chopped
4 sprigs of Rosemary stripped and chopped

Place chicken in Roasting tin and rub over with Olivc oil and season well with salt and pepper. Roast in the roasting oven for about 1 hour or until the bird is cooked and has a crispy skin.

Meanwhile, cook the rice in the stock and the saffron, bring to the boil on the boiling plate, then transfer the pan with a lid on to the simmer oven for about 20 minutes.

When the chicken is ready remove from the roasting tin, reserving the tin and juices for the rice. Chop up the chicken and the crispy skin. Re heat the roasting tin on the simmering plate, add the herbs, rice and the drained raisins, pine nuts and toss in the juices.

Transfer to a serving platter and lay the chicken on the top.

Tatty Happell produced this dish at our recent demonstration and it received good comments.

I have since made this dish but substituted currants for raisins as my children do not like raisins.

Aga demonstration

Well our first Aga demonstration has been and gone. Tatty Happell put on a great show and really inspired me to have a go at a few more different dishes at work.
One of the big things she showed was how easy it really is to cook on an Aga and how forgiving it can be, ie you have prepared your tea buts its intended recipients have not fronted up yet, easy fixed, just put it in the lowest temperature oven and it will hold and not spoil for a good while. Tatty demonstrated how easy it was to cook from fish, to chicken, to deserts, all with the minimum of fuss.
One of my favourites was a simple chicken and rice dish that i am in the process of cooking at the moment - an easy tea for tonight.
I will post the recipe tomorrow and hopefully a pic or two from the demonstration.

Aga cooking demonstration

Windrow Homebase will be conducting a Aga cooking demonstration on the weekend of 18/19 July featuring Tatty Happell and Peter Randall from the Aga Shop Melbourne.
If you are interested in attending please contact helene@windrowtas.com.au.
The idea of this demonstration is to show what the Aga is capable of and how easy it is to use.
If you are contemplating becoming an Aga/Rayburn owner this demonstration would be well worth while.