AGA Cookery Doctor's Easter Tips

For easy melted chocolate to drizzle over Easter cakes or biscuits, simply place a packet of chocolate chips unopened on AGA top plate. Once melted you can snip open a corner and squeeze over whatever you are decorating. Then your used “piping bag” can be tossed into the bin with no washing up.

For an easy Sunday lunch pudding, a great Easter twist on bread and butter pudding is to use halved hot cross buns. For the ultimate in luxury, also spread generously with Nutella.

To reheat and restore freshness to croissants on Easter morning, place in a clean baker’s paper bag and shake in a few drops of water. Close and place in the centre of the Roasting Oven for a five minutes. They will heat through perfectly without drying out and retain their delicious buttery flavour. The AGA Cookery Doctor

Toast hot cross buns – with no burnt sultanas – on the open AGA toaster on the boiling plate with the AGA lid left up. Toast the outer surfaces first for a minute, then the insides for 1 – 1½ minutes.