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What is the best way to ensure I don’t ruin sticky ingredient recipes such as black bean burger and gluten free pizza crust cooked in a pan on the stone without using oil?

Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

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This event was on July 30, 2024

Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to course-specific questions, to how to turn your cooking passion into profit or simply hearing the perspective of a professional chef, Chef Nolan is ready to answer them all.

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Question

Kama Newberry

What is the best way to ensure I don’t ruin sticky ingredient recipes such as black bean burger and gluten free pizza crust cooked in a pan on the stone without using oil?

Answer

Well, I would use a put a piece of parchment paper on the bottom of your pan if you're, and air frying them as well. Uh, I find air frying because of the way that the air, it's a, a conduction stove in reality, only smaller. But the way the air circulates, uh, really helps to brown and make, uh, and a crispiness that you don't sometimes find when you are, um, cooking whole food plant-based. The other thing is, if you're using a conventional oven, you want to put everything on the middle rack. And I also suggest that you get an oven thermometer to make sure that the readout on your stove top is the same as the internal temperature of your, uh, stove of your oven, rather.

Char Nolan

Chef Instructor

Char Nolan is a serious crusader for plant-based education, armed with a degree in public health from Philadelphia’s Temple University. She teaches nutrition and plant-based cooking throughout Philadelphia, and in many underserved communities. Char holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition from eCornell and completed Rouxbe’s Plant-Based Professional Certification course in 2015. In 2019, Char completed post-graduate course work in social media marketing at the University of the Arts. When she is not cooking or teaching, she manages social media accounts for several plant-based influencers. Char prides herself on learning everything she knows about cooking from growing up in her grandparents’ Italian restaurant. Her favorite vegetables are Brussels sprouts and kale, of course. Char originally hails from Queens, NY, but has lived in Philadelphia most of her adult life. She is a former Peace Corps Volunteer.