How to Refresh Leftovers with Your Thermador Steam & Convection Oven
The holiday entertaining season is nearly upon us, which means there will be plenty of delicious leftovers to indulge in for days. Leftovers are often the best part of a holiday event, except if the leftovers come out dry, tasteless and hard after being reheated in a microwave or traditional oven. How do you bring back flavor and moisture back into your favorite holiday leftovers – with the power of a Thermador Steam and Convection Oven!
Culinary enthusiasts and ultimate entertainers are essentially food artists who constantly experiment with recipes and techniques in order to create the ultimate feasts for friends and family, and cooking with steam is quickly becoming a preferred method of creating a complete meal, as well as refreshing leftovers. From steamed vegetables, fresh baked bread, perfectly cooked fish and full 14-lb turkey – the possibilities are endless.
Steam and Convection ovens utilize the power of steam to quickly heat food while keeping all the moisture, nutrients and flavor sealed in. While a traditional oven draws out the moisture of food as it cooks, a steam oven allows for the food to be cooked in its own natural dishes. When a meal is re-heated in a steam oven the moisture that was depleted during cooking and storage is easily added back rehydrating and ensuring the meal comes out fresh and delicious, instead of dry and tasteless. Things like pizza can taste like they’re fresh out of the oven again for the first time after being reheated in a steam oven.
Steam cooking and reheating also offers numerous health benefits since the moisture locks in vitamins, minerals and nutrients that are present in fresh ingredients instead of zapping them the way a traditional oven would, or a microwave. Additionally, since food retains moisture there is no need to add butter, oil or other flavors.
Cooking and reheating with steam is faster, healthier and often times quicker. As you get ready to plan and prepare for your holiday entertaining we wish you a full table surrounded by friends and family, and fresh leftovers to gather around even after the holiday season passes you by.
I have spent more time trying to clean this Professional Steam Convection Oven then cooking in it. It is impossible to get clean. The Steam Cleaning Cycle doesn’t begin to get the grease ot after I rousted a chicken in it.
Help!! I recently purchased a kitchen full of Thermador appliances including the Thermador Steam Oven. I am struggling to figure out how to cook even the most basic meal with it. Is there a website I can refer too or a cookbook? I really want to use it……
Hello Patricia, congratulations on your new steam and convection oven! Please email us at ThermadorCare@bshg.com where our team can share information on how to cook with your new appliance and answer any additional questions you may have. Additionally, you can visit our website for recipes you can use with the steam and convection oven here: https://blog.thermador.com/culinary/recipes/steam-and-convection-oven. Also check back often on our blog where we share tips and tricks on cooking with steam and steam and convection. Thank you!
To answer Joe- I have found that the easiest way to clean my steam & convection oven is to do so soon after it has been used for cooking. – or just set it for 10 minutes of steaming when you have time. The steam is the best way to clean and you can just wipe with a sponge. If you wait until it is cold and try to clean it, then it is very difficult. Hope this helps.
To Patricia- use it like you would your regular oven but adjust the time and temp slightly, if you were not using convection previously. Also, you should have received a cookbook with the purchase. I have made several items from it. Happy cooking!