Forget the Barbie – Entertain with a Mediterranean Feast

The outdoor wood burning oven has soared forward in its popularity – mainly due to the exposure given by Celebrity Chefs like Jamie Oliver, James Martin and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Despite the Economic climate, we are spending more on making outdoor cooking or “al-Fresco” lifestyles a permanent feature in our gardens.
”it’s not just the equipment we use that has become more important, Sausages and Burgers are no longer sufficient – our taste is more demanding and we prefer to cook Tandoori Chicken or other marinated meats and complex Mediterranean style roasts or one pot slow cooked dishes such as Greek Lamb kleftico.”
The appeal of a Wood Burning oven is that you can cater for large groups or small groups with ease. A pizza can be cooked in 60 seconds!
Using a wood-fired oven is simple: light a fire using hardwood logs at the back of the oven, once the temperature reaches over 200 degrees you are ready. Around 350 degrees is idea for Pizza and marinated Grilled meats such as chicken tikka!.
Simply prepare a fresh pizza to your liking, flour your pizza peel (great for the ambiance!) slide pizza onto peel and straight into the hot tiles in the oven – turn every 20 seconds or so for around 60 seconds. Remove pizza and serve immediately.
Chicken Tikka is very good too – the oven has the correct temperature for cooking the skewered chicken without drying out – due to the open fire you also get those slightly blackened edges – which is very difficult to achieve in an oven in the kitchen.
When the main meals have been prepared, slide in your dessert – a blackberry and apple crumble, slowly cooked while you enjoy main meal. After this, some bread to cook slowly for your evening meal or the following morning is a real treat.
Cooking with wood-fired ovens creates irresistible tastes and a wonderful ambiance, but Scott of Garden Gift Shop thinks that actually the love of wood fire oven cooking is deeper than this: "Wood-fired ovens are helping our busy family lifestyle to simply get together and start learning the technique of relaxing and cooking together whilst enjoying each other's company around the table. Not only do they add features to the garden, they can cook any type of food and provide a focal point"
Using the correct oven, you can retain ambient heat to cook for a long time after the fire has gone out.
There is no real cleaning involved, simply brush away and remaining ashes – the oven is self cleaning at over 350 degrees c! Oven Pictured – Small Outdoor Wood Burning Oven

Garden Gift Shop carefully selected range of high quality garden gifts, all supplied at reasonable prices and with a first class personal service.

COMPANY/STOCKIST INFORMATION
Garden Gift Shop
Contact Person: Scott
A:32 Lower Church Road Skellingthorpe Lincoln LincolnShire LN6 5UZ United Kingdom
W: www.gardengiftshop.co.uk
T: 01522 770081
E: info@gardengiftshop.co.uk

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