Sarah Whitaker

Aga demonstration menus, 2010

Making the most of your Aga

 

Aga cooked breakfast

Roast potatoes

Roast lamb and gravy

Honey & orange glazed carrots

Salmon kedgeree

Three cheese and poppyseed flan

Apricot cake

Steaks with horseradish butter

Prawn & mango stir fry

Chocolate roulade

Aga yogurt

Bread

 

A Vegetarian Feast

 

Pear, stilton and walnut flan

Peppers with pasta

Leek & onion gougère

Spinach roulade with mushroom filling

Aubergine gratin

Couscous and vegetable stir fry

Hot halloumi salad

Aga rice

Plum cobbler

 

Autumn entertaining

 

Mushroom, leek and chickpea crumble

Boston Baked beans with bacon

Aga rice

Roasted potatoes, sweet potatoes and parsnips

Mashed root vegetables with stilton

Raspberry muffins

Blackberry and apple pudding

Calvados sauce

Pecan and maple pie

 

Sunday roasts and puddings

 

Fast roasted pork with crackling

Medium roasted lamb

Slow roasted chicken

Gravy

Onion sauce

Roast potatoes, parsnips and sweet potatoes

Honey and orange glazed carrots

Steamed pear and ginger pudding

Chocolate fudge pudding

Raspberry frangipane tart

 

Winter Warmers

 

Parsnip and stilton soup

Spicy Moroccan lemon chicken

Aga rice

Halloween mince

Mustard mashed potatoes

Pear and ginger pudding

Chocolate and cherry fudge pie

Banana & fudge muffins

 

Mediterranean Medley

 

Aubergine gratin

Risotto Milanese

Osso bucco

Tiramisu

Pizza

Pasta al sugo

Roasted Mediterranean vegetables

Stir fried vegetable couscous

 

Spring Suppers

 

Chicken & tarragon roulade

Seared scallop salad

Smoked cod and rocket risotto

Spiked chicken

Thai beef stir fry

Creamy apple flan

Cranberry & pecan bake

Salisbury pears

 

 Weekend house parties

 

Creamy chicken breasts

Aga rice

Aga breakfast

Quiche Lorraine

Beef with molasses

Mustard mashed potato & glazed carrots

Roast lamb

Roasted root vegetables

Chocolate fudge pudding

 

Think Pink Demonstration

 

Salmon roulade with smoked salmon

Gammon steaks with Hampshire sauce

Prawn & cream cheese flan

Rare roast beef with pink peppercorn sauce

Beetroot and potato mash

Thai prawn stir fry

Tomato risotto

Raspberry muffins

Damson cobbler

 

Ladies Who Lunch!

 

Salmon roulade with smoked salmon

Courgette bake

Smoked salmon and caviar blinis 

Essex rarebit

Plaice fillets with lime sauce

Hot chicken and bacon salad

Parsnip and stilton soup

Bread

White chocolate and cherry fudge pie

 

A Feast of fish

 

Smoked mackerel puffs                                   

Plaice fillets with lime sauce                        

Cod with tomato crust                                     

Baked trout with herb sauce                         

Smoked salmon and spring onion tart     

Salmon risotto                                       

Hot prawn and mango stir fry                   

Luxurious fish pie

A little light baking

 

Bread

Meringues

Summer fruits cake

Halloween brownies

Blinis

Pineapple cake

Lemon curd pudding

Christmas cake

 

Summer picnics and buffets

 

Chicken roulade with proscuitto

Salmon en croûte

Halloumi and grape salad

New potato salad

Couscous and vegetable salad

Salisbury pears

White chocolate and cherry fudge pie

Summer fruits cake

 

Aga the indoor Barbecue

 

Marinated monkfish kebabs

Steak with horseradish butter

Rice salad with oranges & apricots

Hot halloumi salad

Couscous salad with vegetables

Potato salad

Chocolate and cherry fudge pie

Chewy chocolate brownies

 

Easy entertaining

 

Caramel pear salad

Souffléed mushrooms

Lapsang chicken

Aga rice

Pork with apples

Mustard mashed potato

Marmalade cake

Pecan pie

 

Spiced up vegatarians!

 

Stilton soufflès

Aubergine and lentil daal

Chicory, fig and Roquefort bake

Lentil and vegetable stir fry

Potato and chickpea curry

Instant Pasta

Potato and tomato bake

Mushroom risotto

Crunchy pear tart

 

Curry extravaganza!

 

Tandoori chicken

Lamb rogan josh, chicken korma

Daal

Prawn curry

Aga rice

Cucumber raita

Cardamom custard tart

Poppadoms and naan bread

What’s for Supper? Beyond cottage pie!

Hot and sour noodle soup

Pink fish pie

Lapsang chicken

Turkish lamb pilaf

Creamy pork fillet

Halloween mince

Lemon and honey roulade

Coffee and walnut tart

Romantic Aga dinners

Smoked cod roulade

Hot and sour prawn soup

Steaks with rich mushroom sauce

Pork with creamy pepper sauce

Mustard mashed potatoes

Aga rice

Sugar snap peas

Steamed pear and ginger pudding

Dark chocolate and blueberry fudge pie

 

A taste of the orient

Hot and sour noodle soup

Sesame chicken stir fry

Aga Rice

Steamed sea bass

Thai chicken curry

Thai beef salad

Spiced carrots

Cardamom custard tart

 

 Casual Aga Cooking

 

Roasted tomato and pepper soup

Bread

Pissaladière

Chicken and bean casserole

Slow roasted salmon

Mushroom risotto

Caramel and cholesterol pudding

Spiced roast carrots

Creamy mashed potato

 

 Casual entertaining

 

Mushroom tart tatin

Avocado, prawn and mango salad

Aubergine and lentil daal

Baked sea bass

Spiced lamb casserole

Courgette tart

Upside down toffee pudding

Honey and ginger peaches

 

Relaxed dinner parties

 

Salmon roulade with smoked salmon

Steamed sea bass

Lapsang chicken

Borscht beef casserole

Mashed potatoes

Aga rice

Hazelnut and chocolate torte

Coffee and walnut tart

Passionfruit and mango jelly

 

Autumn treats

 

Cheese biscuits for drinks

Roasted butternut soup

Bread

Pork with apples

Smoky fish pie

Chicken and bean stew

Pear crumble tart

Chocolate and prune pudding

 

Preparing for Christmas

 

Celery, stilton and walnut flan

Chestnut, mushroom and sage pasta

Steak and kidney pie

Mashed potato with stilton

Christmas cranberry trifle

Salmon roulade

Blackcurrant pudding

Christmas cake

 

Christmas without turkey!

 

Beef Wellington, gravy

Baked Ham with Hampshire sauce

Stilton walnut and pear tart

Roast potatoes

Creamy swede and sweet potato

Honey and orange glazed carrots

Christmas trifle

Chocolate muffins

 

The Relaxed Aga Christmas

 

Roast turkey, bread sauce, gravy

Roast potatoes, roasted sprouts & bacon

Cranberry sauce

Glazed carrots

Stuffing balls

Garlic mashed sweet potato and swede

Traditional Christmas pudding

Chocolate Christmas pudding

Christmas cake

 

 

Aga techniques demonstrated:

 

Grilling in roasting oven

Roasting potatoes

Roasting a joint; gravy on oven floor

Vegetables in simmering oven

Rice in simmering oven

Pastry on roasting oven floor

Cake baker

Grill pan, softening butter beside Aga

Aga wok

Delicate sponge cake

Warming on top of Aga

Baking on floor of oven

 

 

 

Pastry on roasting oven floor

Roasting peppers, softening cream cheese

Leeks in simmering oven, choux pastry

Delicate sponge, frying on oven floor

Aga grill pan, Portmerion china

Aga wok

Frying on the simmering plate

Rice in simmering oven

Baking unusual sponge

 

 

 

Leeks in simmering oven

Long, slow cooking

Rice in simmering oven

Roasting vegetables

 

Vegetables in simmering oven

Quick and easy baking

Steamed pudding in simmering oven

Custard in advance

Pastry on roasting oven floor

 

 

Fast roasting

Medium roasting

Slow roasting

Floor of roasting oven

Long slow cooking

Roast vegetables

 

Vegetables in simmering oven

Steaming in simmering oven

Baking oven

Pastry on floor of roasting oven

 

 

Long slow cooking

Frying on roasting oven floor

Rice in simmering oven

Veg in simmering oven, reducing in oven

Veg in simmering oven

Serious steamed pudding

Pastry on roasting oven floor,  chocolate

American muffins

 

 

 

Grill pan, Portmerion on runners

Rice in simmering oven

Long, slow cooking

Melting chocolate

Floor of roasting oven

Reducing sauce

Roasting vegetables

Stir frying

 

 

 

Delicate sponge, softening cream cheese

Cooking on simmering plate

Rice in simmering oven

Frying on oven floor, stewing

Aga wok

Pastry on roasting oven floor

Quick two-step pudding, cold shelf

Long slow cooking / reducing sauces

 

 

 

Frying in roasting oven, softening cheese

Rice in simmering oven

Grilling in roasting oven

Pastry on roasting oven floor

Long, slow cooking

Vegetables in simmering oven

Roasting a joint and gravy

Roasting vegetables

Baking with cold shelf

 

 

 

Delicate sponge in the roasting oven

Grill pan

Pastry on roasting oven floor

Roasting a joint and making gravy

 Vegetables in simmering oven

Aga wok technique

Rice in simmering oven

Fashionable baking!

Quick and easy pudding

 

 

 

Delicate sponge in the roasting oven

Onions in simmering oven /Portmerion china

Cooking on the simmering plate

Upmarket cheese on toast!

Poaching fish / reducing in roasting oven

Frying on floor of roasting oven

Long and slow cooking

Baking bread and proving on top of the aga

Pastry on floor of roasting oven

 

 

 

Quick canapés

Reducing on oven floor

Softening onions in simmering oven

Gentle baking

Pastry on oven floor

Rice in simmering oven

Stir frying on the Aga

Vegetables in simmering oven

 

 

  

Rising and proving dough

In simmering or warming oven

Melting chocolate,  baking oven

Traybake

Grilling on simmering plate

Aga cake baker

Steamed pudding in simmering oven

Long, slow baking

 

 

 

Delicate sponge, softening cream cheese

Serious pastry

Grilling on simmering plate

Potatoes in simmering oven

Stir frying

Reducing on roasting oven floor

Pastry on roasting oven floor

Melting chocolate, baking cakes

 

 

 

Grilling in roasting oven

Grilling in griddle pan

Rice in simmering oven

Frying on simmering plate

Stir frying

Vegetables in simmering oven

Pastry on oven floor

Baking oven

 

 

 

Making caramel

Quick soufflé

Prepare ahead chicken

Rice in simmering oven

Frying on oven floor, reducing

Vegetables in simmering oven

Long slow fruit; baking oven

Pastry on roasting oven floor

 

 

 

Confident baking

Grill pan

Grilling in oven

Stir frying

Vegetables in simmering oven

Softening cream cheese

Vegetables in simmering oven, grilling

Rice in simmering oven

Pastry on floor of roasting oven

 

 

 

Grilling

Frying on oven floor, long slow cooking

Vegetables in simmering oven

Stir frying

Rice in simmering oven

Aga yogurt

Pastry on roasting oven floor

Cooking direct on simmering plate

 

 

 

 

Making stock in simmering oven

Root vegetables in simmering oven, grilling

Reducing on roasting oven floor

Rice in simmering oven

Softening cream cheese, frying in oven

Slow vegetables, reducing on oven floor

Baking oven, baking technique

Pastry on roasting oven floor

 

 

 

Baking oven, softening cream cheese

Stock in simmering oven

Griddle pan, reducing, flaming

Frying on oven floor

Vegetables in simmering oven

Rice in simmering oven

Green vegetables

Long slow pudding

Pastry on roasting oven floor

 

 

 

Stock in simmering oven

Stir frying

Rice in simmering oven

Steaming in oven

Slow cooking in simmering oven

Grilling steaks

Vegetables in simmering oven

Pastry on oven floor

 

  

 

Roasting vegetables, simmering soup

Floor of roasting oven

Floor of roasting oven

Frying in oven, slow cooking

Tender roast

Rice in oven, frying in roasting oven

Melting chocolate

Roasting vegetables

Vegetables in simmering oven

 

 

  

Roasting vegetables

Poaching

Grilling and long slow cooking

Steaming in the roasting oven

Frying on roasting oven floor, slow cooking

Pastry on oven floor

Baking oven, boiling the kettle

Baking fruit

 

 

 

Baking, softening cream cheese

Steaming in the oven

Reducing on oven floor

Long slow casserole

Vegetables in simmering oven

Rice in simmering oven

Baking oven, melting chocolate

Pastry on roasting oven floor

Melting gelatine

 

 

 

Baking oven, softening butter

Roasting vegetables, simmering soup

Proving dough

Frying on floor of oven

Vegetables in simmering oven, grilling

Frying on floor of oven, long slow cooking

Pastry on roasting oven floor

Seamed pudding

 

 

 

Pastry on roasting oven floor

Frying on oven floor, pasta in simmering oven

Long slow cooking

Root vegetables in simmering oven

Melting chocolate, muffins

Delicate sponge, softening cream cheese

Aga cake baker

Rich fruit cake in simmering oven

 

 

 

 Fast roasting, pastry on oven floor

Long slow roasting

Pastry on oven floor

Roasting

Vegetables in simmering oven

Vegetables in simmering oven

Melting chocolate

Baking oven

 

 

  

Long slow roasting, gravy on oven floor

Roasting generally!

Reducing on oven floor

Vegetables in simmering oven

Grilling

Vegetables in simmering oven

Simmering oven without boiling

Melting chocolate

Fruit cake in simmering oven 

- all with lots of festive cheer and confidence!