Scottish Oatcake

My son did a report on Scotland at the end of 3rd grade.  We had to find some Scottish food to serve to his class and decided on Scottish Oatcakes.  I used my Deep Flexipat and Beechwood Rolling pin to spread it out evenly.  We baked it, then cut it using the Polyamide Spatula and popped out the squares.  Super easy!  

Oatcakes are a traditional Scottish food that are pretty bland, but I like bland, so I thought they were yummy.  There are different recipes all over the internet, but we used this one because of it's simplicity (I wanted my son to pretty much make them himself if he could).  

Here's my little buddy with his oatcakes at his desk.

The many uses of the Round Mold!

I have found that I tend to use my Large Round Mold most of all for my basic dinner cooking needs.  Here are a couple of ways I've used my round mold in the last few months (I'm really bad at posting soon after taking pics!)

 Did you know you can steam veggies using your Demarle molds?  All you need to do is place your fresh veggies in the mold, add 1-2 Tbsp. of water, cover the mold using the Octagonal Silpat and microwave for 3-5 minutes (you can even steam them by baking if you'd prefer... maybe for 20-30 minutes..??)  You don't necessarily need to use the Round Mold - use any mold shape you have!

Here I had frozen chunks of a butternut squash I cut up months ago.  I put the frozen squash in my mold and used my convection microwave's fast bake option to bake them for about 30 minutes.
They turned out perfectly yummy!

I love that I can use my molds in my microwave and oven!  I don't have to worry when I'm using my convection/microwave option and it makes it so easy to melt butter directly in the mold in the microwave then add other ingredients and throw it in the oven.

This is some sort of taco bake.  If I can find the recipe, I'll post it for you.  All I remember is that it had tortilla chips on the top.  :)

Baked Sweet Potatoes

After washing and poking my sweet potatoes, I placed them on my octagonal silpat directly on the turntable in my microwave.  It's been so long since I did it that I'm not even sure how long I baked them anymore.  Sorry.  Thirty minutes, maybe?  I don't ever make baked potatoes, so I'm at a complete loss.  Anyway, the beauty of it all is that all that sticky goo that oozes out of the potatoes stayed put on my silpat and then just peeled or washed right off (I had to peel it just for fun!).  Check it out:

Amazing!!