full steam ahead

From nutrient-rich vegetables to seriously succulent meats, NEFF’s Slide&Hide® steam ovens are here to elevate your cooking like never before

Whether it’s throwing in an unexpected herb, adding a dash of spice or prepping the night before, you’ve probably got a few tricks up your sleeve when it comes to mastering your signature dishes. And here’s another secret that’s sure to help you perfect your culinary creations – NEFF’s Slide&Hide® oven.

Not only does this innovative appliance let you get closer to your cooking, thanks to its unique door that slides and hides under the oven cavity, but its steam models can also help you whip up some of your best dishes yet. Indeed, adding steam into the cooking process can enhance all kinds of foods, from perfectly crisp pizza bases to mouth-wateringly tender joints of beef. Here are just some of the features you can look forward to when you buy one of NEFF’s Slide&Hide® steam models.

VarioSteam®

Give your dishes just the right amount of moisture with this game-changing function, which adds steam at three intensity levels, making baking, roasting or simply heating up your food a breeze. It will add the desired amount of steam to your cooking when you use the oven’s CircoTherm®, top and bottom heat, bread baking and grilling modes. The three pre-set levels are carefully designed to create a moist cooking environment that stops food from drying out and helps it retain its colour and flavour. This means you can achieve beautiful, succulent results every time.

Full Steam

Full Steam ovens combine all the heating modes of a full-featured oven with those of a steam cooker, in one single appliance. Ideal for fish and vegetables, they lock in nutrients and ensures your food is full of flavour. And because these ovens work miracles, you won’t have to. It’s so easy to operate and refill the concealed water container – simply press a button to open the front panel, remove the container, fill it up and you’re cooking with steam!

Added Steam

Simple but effective, Slide&Hide models with the Added Steam function offer two pre-set levels of steam that work in conjunction with traditional cooking methods. The result is the same; delectable dishes that are deeper in texture and flavour.

Last month, I wrote about harvesting broad beans and shared a recipe for a pasta dish that heroes the fava. But my attempts to grow my own in our raised beds have been thwarted by a local cat and/ or fox. So potent were the unsolicited ‘gifts’ left by my furry friends that they seemingly rendered the soil uninhabitable for my beans. Growing our own isn’t turning out to be quite the dream I’d hoped but I won’t be deterred – I’ll be trying again with a fresh batch of broad beans.