The Simple Home by Rhonda Hetzel

Author:Rhonda Hetzel
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781760142797
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Published: 2015-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

TIP: A chest freezer with a very good energy rating is generally a sound investment in a simple home. It will allow you to kill off insects in dry goods such as bread flour, store bulk ingredients and meat as well as pre-prepared food. It doesn’t have to be situated in the kitchen because you won’t use it frequently. Any cool place out of sunlight will be fine.

Caring for your equipment

I don’t have many fancy gadgets, just an electric mixer, food processor, baking trays and utensils such as a spatula, measuring spoons and cups, cookie cutters and a rolling pin. I have good-quality baking trays and pie tins and I look after them.

Some bakeware will be sold with specific instructions on how to bake in the tin or tray for the first time and how to care for it over the life of the item. Always follow those instructions.

Aluminum is an excellent conductor of heat and aluminium cake tins are the best value for money bakeware. If there are no instructions, wash the baking tin or tray by hand without using detergent or soap, then dry. The first time you use it for a butter cake, or any cake containing fat, either brush melted butter on the interior of the pan or line it with parchment paper. You can hold the parchment paper in place with a dab of butter in a few places. If you’re cooking a sponge or other cake with no fat in it, don’t butter or line the baking tin. Do not use olive oil to grease your aluminium bakeware because, over time, it will discolour it.

When you finish baking, wait till the tin has cooled and soak it in warm soapy water for about an hour. Then simply rub over the tin with a soft dishcloth and make sure all the fat and any remnants of cake are removed. Dry completely before storing. If you’re storing one cake tin inside another, it’s a good idea to place a sheet of paper towel or a clean cotton rag inside the tins so they don’t rub together.

Never cut a cake in the tin and don’t use a pointed knife to help remove the cake from the tin.

I have a range of enamel cookware, including a cookie sheet and pie dishes. To clean them after baking, allow them to cool, soak in warm soapy water for an hour and wipe over. If there is a lingering stain, make a paste of bicarb soda and water and apply that to the stain. Let it sit for a couple of hours and then wash off. Dry completely before storing and be careful when storing one thing inside the other because enamel can chip.

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