Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker, Red Hot

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If you prefer you can use a 900 g (2 lb) loaf tin or a 20 cm (8”) cake tin, in which case halve the quantities below and bake for about 45 minutes. Freya - You know, I don't know. It looks like the one he "mentions" in his book "Cook With Jamie." I wonder if they realized it's foibles and thought they could offload it over here? Kardemummakaka is normally served plain with a good cup of coffee, but occasionally it is accompanied by a little whipped cream and some fresh fruit. John Duxbury Summary Hi Jasmine - thank you for this review, I nearly bought this last christmas for my food-novice friend but am glad I didn't :) I think you're right - pestle & mortar and a good knife are always the best :) Good, don’t buy the Flavour Shaker – there are enough comments here from people that have to make it clear that it is just as bad a product as I predicted it would be. But also do please try to post coherent and reasoned comments if you feel the urge to bother people on other blogs in future.

When Jamie Oliver started off, he was a breath of fresh air. Here was someone clearly passionate about food who was inclusive rather than pretentious or arrogant. He loved cooking food and wanted you to love it too. I shook it for about 15 seconds before adding cardamom seeds and whole cloves. As Jamie would say, I gave it a good bash for 30 seconds, and produced a course grind: discernable bits of spices, not anywhere close to the powdery and slightly gritty texture I was accustomed to with my trusty mortar and pestle. I closed it up again and shook it for another 30 seconds: medium coarseness: mostly homogenous, but there were still chunky bits. I closed it up again and bashed it for another 30 seconds: I still considered it a medium grind, just with more powder. Swedes normally grease the inside of the Bundt with butter and then dust it with dried breadcrumbs, but you can use baking spray (NOT cooking spray) if you prefer. If you've got one, I recommend using a Jamie Oliver "flavour shaker" for grinding cardamom as the seeds have an annoying habit of jumping out of a mortar. (It's about the only time I bother using a flavour shaker!)

I'm happy I found your review; it was a lot of fun to read and I'll save my aeroplan points for something else! Bake for about an hour until it is golden brown, just beginning to pull away from the side of the Bundt and a skewer poked into the cake comes out clean.

and here i thought this thing was a godsend. i'm glad i haven't bought one yet! i'm also glad to hear that a mortar & pestle is a good bet -- i've been wanting one for a while, but wasn't sure how much i'd use it. OK it looks pretty especially in red, however it is NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE There should have been a recall on this poorly designed product. Jamie shame on you.

Kardemummakaka

This isn’t the first time that Jamie Oliver has stretched beyond making the most of his selling potental and slipped into unethical profiteering. But it is the most blatant and it makes you wonder whether he is suffering ethical slip – gradually having his morals and principles dragged down.