Mastering Multiple Recipes: Tips for Cooking 2 Dishes Simultaneously

[kcjodih]

rings at once? I know I could probably stagger them in the oven but I don't like 'experimenting' at shows. My host tomorrow night wants 2 chicken club rings, and the chocolate pecan lattice tart and I'm trying to figure out how to do my demo. I'd really like the chocolate pecan tart served warm so I would like to cook it near the end but I also don't want cold rings.

I VERY rarely do 2 recipes and never 3 but it's a repeat, high sales host so I'm willing. Any suggestions?

 

[chefann]

Could you take one ring prepped and bake it while you demo the second? You can pop it into the stoneware thermal tote (if you have it).

Otherwise, I'd stagger the rings and rotate them (swap racks) halfway through the cooking time (unless she has a convection oven, in which case it should be fine).

 

[karlene]

doubled up rings on one stoneI double the rings up all the time
Use the large round stone
Using 4 cans of crescent rolls lay 20 crescent rolls real close to the edge of the round stone...fill those and roll them up for the ring
Then lay the other 12 crescent rolls in the middle of that ring and fill them up and roll them up....Now you have two rings on one stone and you don't have to rotate in the oven...Just bake about 10 minutes longer to be sure its all done. The rings will expand and touch each other, but that's ok!!
Hope this works.

I don't think I would attempt two baked recipes for one show, unless you can do a dessert in the microwave...maybe an apple crisp that goes in the microwave!!
good luck

 

[ChefinHarmony]

I got this from a "Stoneware 101" flyer a fellow consultant shared with me....

Q: Can you bake with two stones in the oven at the same time?
A: Yes and no. Two stones can be baked on at the same time if they are on the same rack. "Stacking" or placing stones on separate racks, one over the other, is not an efficient way to use the stones. The stone on the bottom actually absorbs most of the heat from the element and the upper stone does not heat properly.
So, only if the oven is wide enough for two to be on the same rack. I baked "stacked" once with cookies and I wondered why they turned out bad. So I don't recommend it.

Thanks!
Joanne

 

[KYCHEF]

I did this once where I went early and baked the first ring and when right after the guests arrived it was finished and they really wanted to watch the demo because they wanted to know exactly how to make it. Which was good because it was a small kitchen and a big party so people were everywhere until they wanted to watch.

 

[tlennhoff]

I bake bread with the stones stacked and as long as I rotated the stones/bread it worked perfectly for me. It does explain why it needed a bit more time for cooking though.