Roasting sleeve: how to choose and use?

For modern housewives today, a wide variety of kitchen appliances have been created, the main task of which is to facilitate and speed up the process of cooking. Among them are very versatile and expensive, but there are also budget options, such as a special baking sleeve.

Despite the relatively recent appearance on the market, he quickly gained popularity among hostesses. And what is the peculiarity of such a product, what are the subtleties of its use, we will understand this article.

In fact, bags or sleeves for baking - this is not such an innovative invention. Professional chefs have used them before. But the usual housewives, they became available not so long ago, but immediately fell in love.

This device for baking dishes looks like a normal roll of film, but a special texture. If you cut a piece from a single piece, you can get a sleeve of the required length. And for its use for its intended purpose it is necessary to tightly tie up the ends of the roll. To do this, you can use both special clips attached in the kit, and thin segments of the sleeve itself.

Besides, You can prepare meals in a package without the use of fats - all products are prepared in their own juice. That is why heat-resistant bags are very popular among those who try to lead a healthy lifestyle and appreciate the true taste and benefit of products.

In this package of some manufacturers are suitable not only for baking, but also for freezing food. And for cooking in a slow cooker, a vacuum bag is best suited. It is more dense and durable, and products cook in it faster.

But also many experienced housewives say that It is this device that is ideal for steaming food, especially those that can be quickly and strongly boiled out, having lost their shape. For example, a fish. The roasting sleeve allows you to cook tasty, varied and healthy food in various ways, while the hostess, after cooking, does not have to wash the dishes for long from fat and juices.

And further: package and baking sleeve are slightly different things, although hostesses often think that they are one and the same. A sleeve is a solid canvas, from which it is necessary to cut a piece of the required size on its own. A bag is an individual package of a certain size, which before preparation should be tied only on the other side.

Culinary heat-resistant package, like any other cooking device, has many advantages. We list the main ones.

• Availability. Sold such a device everywhere, and is quite inexpensive.
• Rich assortment. On sale there are sleeves of various manufacturers, of different lengths and degrees of density. There are sleeves with clips, and there are with simple ties.
• Universal or single use. Such a device may be suitable for use only in the oven, and can be used for freezing or steaming.
• Simplicity and safety of use. Today it is already scientifically proven that the hose does not cause harm to the human body even with strong heating and will not emit any toxic substances.
• The possibility of cooking without the use of fat. Here you can cook all-natural food of any kind.
• Baking sleeve can be used to prepare a variety of products. - vegetables, mushrooms, fish, meat and poultry.

There are some disadvantages of this device.

• Single use. Each piece of roll can be used only once.
• Unscrupulous manufacturers make it out of too thin a film that inflates during baking and under pressure of steam just breaks. As a result, can not only stain the baking sheet, but the entire oven.

Many people mistakenly believe that, at too high temperatures, the sleeve may begin to secrete compounds dangerous for the human body, with which products will also be soaked. In fact, this is not the case.

At high temperatures, this substance disintegrates into ordinary water and carbon dioxide. If during operation the sleeve becomes too charred, it means that it is made of low-quality film. But even from it there will be no harm to health - only the charred parts on the baking sheet.

In order to acquire, indeed, high-quality baking sleeve, which can be used only with pleasure, need to listen to the recommendations of experts.

• The sleeve should be chosen only by the production of a well-known brand. Before this, you should study and reviews of those who buy such a device regularly.
• If possible, you need to sniff your potential acquisition. The sleeve should not have a too strong toxic plastic scent. In a good, smell, in general, there should be no.
• It is necessary to touch the edge of the sleeve with your hands - it should not crumble in the hands and be too soft. Otherwise, at the time of laying the products into it, it will break.

The specific sequence of actions and recommendations depends on where exactly the cooking will take place. But there are a few simple rules that are always mandatory.

• A piece of sleeve must be cut with a margin. On average, its size should be one and a half times the volume of food that will be cooked in it.
• It is imperative that before laying the products it is necessary to inspect the fixture and make sure that there are no punctures or holes in it.
• The ends of the sleeves must be carefully and securely tied. You can fix them either with special clips or ties, which are attached to it.

Many recipes state that products must first be placed in the sleeve, and only then pour spices and seasonings. Later, after setting it, shake several times to distribute them evenly. But often, especially when the sleeve is of poor quality, at this moment it breaks. therefore it is better to first mix all the ingredients with the necessary additives, and only then put everything in the bag.

Many are surprised that you can cook in the microwave using a roasting sleeve. In fact, cooking is such a pleasure:

• cut off part of the sleeve of the required length;
• prepare all products for cooking, mix them with spices;
• tie the sleeve on one side, put food in it, tie the ends on the other side;
• place the workpiece in a ceramic bowl or microwave bowl;
• make a few punctures on the top of the sleeve with a needle so that the vapor pressure does not break it;
• put the sleeve in the oven, choose the cooking time from 15 to 25 minutes depending on the type of food and the size of the pieces.

In principle, baking food in the oven in the sleeve should be the same as preparing it in the previous method.

That is, cut off a piece of film of the required length, tie it on one side and lay all the products. Then they tie the ends on the other side, put the sleeve on a baking sheet, make a pair of punctures in it on top.

However, you can bake differently - with the formation of a crust on products and without it. In the second case, after placing the products in the oven, you only need to wait for the required time and remove the sleeve from it. But to get a crust, for about 15 minutes before the end of cooking, the sleeve on top is cut and slightly pushed to the sides.

It turns out that it is possible to use such a heat-resistant roll in a slow cooker. Supporters of this method say that so the products are more evenly heated, and they get a special taste and aroma.

But only the manufacturers of this household appliances themselves do not agree with this. They do not prohibit the use of the sleeve for cooking in this appliance, but they consider it simply meaningless. If you still want to experiment, then the sequence of all actions will be the same as when cooking in the oven.

At the very beginning of the article we already said that hostesses often confuse the sleeve and baking bag. So, if a roll of heat-resistant film was not at hand, then you can use special bags for baking. Unlike the sleeves, they are not necessary to be cut into pieces, but they are tied only on one side.

In extreme cases, instead of bags and sleeves, it is allowed to use foil for baking. But only it must be folded in several layers for reliability and placed in a special baking dish, and not just on a baking sheet.

Modern culinary baking sleeve is an inexpensive and versatile assistant for every hostess. It not only allows you to save time on preparing familiar dishes, but also frees you from unnecessary dishwashing, but also gives you the opportunity to cook tasty and healthy dishes from familiar products.

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