Why I love silpat

[perks]

It's great for baking and pastry.

Chocolate, sugar, nothing sticks to it.

<dreamy sigh>

 

[patient1]

So it's kinda like re-usable parchment?

 

[Mellon Collie]

What the heck is a silpat?

 

[perks]

it's a silicon sheet that nothing sticks to.

Not sugar, chocolate, cookies, anything.

And things can stick to parchment.

Silpat®
The Original Silicone mat for Patisserie
Our most popular item, the Silpat® is a must for any patisserie chef or home baker. The flat, non stick baking pan liner is ideal for baking cookies and patisseries. Place the silpat on any surface when working with sticky materials such as batter, taffy, caramel, or anything your imagination allows. It won't stick, and it will save you a mess! Silpat® does not need to be greased, saving both time and money.
You may have seen similar products, but the Silpat® is the original non stick silicone baking mat, first introduced in France in 1982 by our founder Guy Demarle. They are made of fiberglass and silicone. Silpat®s have a life of 2,000 to 3,000 times.*
Our products conform to US regulations on food grade silicone, and are FDA, NSF®, and Kosher certified.

 

[riff]

How much do they cost, perky?

 

[perks]

How much do they cost, perky?

just recently the prices have gone down, a half sheet original brand silpat is about 27 US. If you don't get the brand name you'll spend about 17. A few years ago they were hundreds and only professional establishments could afford them.

 

[Mellon Collie]

Originally posted by perky_baby
it's a silicon sheet that nothing sticks to.

Not sugar, chocolate, cookies, anything.

And things can stick to parchment.

Silpat®
The Original Silicone mat for Patisserie
Our most popular item, the Silpat® is a must for any patisserie chef or home baker. The flat, non stick baking pan liner is ideal for baking cookies and patisseries. Place the silpat on any surface when working with sticky materials such as batter, taffy, caramel, or anything your imagination allows. It won't stick, and it will save you a mess! Silpat® does not need to be greased, saving both time and money.
You may have seen similar products, but the Silpat® is the original non stick silicone baking mat, first introduced in France in 1982 by our founder Guy Demarle. They are made of fiberglass and silicone. Silpat®s have a life of 2,000 to 3,000 times.*
Our products conform to US regulations on food grade silicone, and are FDA, NSF®, and Kosher certified.

Are you Chey's apprentice or have they hired you as their sales representative for the previously untapped 'porn community' market?

 

[perks]

Are you Chey's apprentice or have they hired you as their sales representative for the previously untapped 'porn community' market?

*laughing*

Chey's apprentice might not be such a bad thing.

the porn community market thing, you so caught me.

 

[Mellon Collie]

I knew it.



Heh, that banana never fails to amuse me.

 

[LukkyKnight]

...

Heh, that banana never fails to amuse me.

Careful unless you want a rep for being easily amused

 

[Nora]

Hey Perks? Have you used any of those flexible baking molds? I'm interested in getting 1/4 to 1/2 cup muffin tins, mainly to freeze stock in, but I'm wondering about their durability. Any experience?

 

[brokenbrainwave]

shit, after several beers and a few glasses of wine, WTF is going on with the screen is all I care about!!!

 

[superlittlegirl]

Finally! Someone who has experienced
Silpat!

Tell me! How is it? What have you cooked with it?

I'm all excited, now.

 

[perks]

Hey Perks? Have you used any of those flexible baking molds? I'm interested in getting 1/4 to 1/2 cup muffin tins, mainly to freeze stock in, but I'm wondering about their durability. Any experience?

yep.

They're very durable. and they're excellent for freezing stock. I have a bunch of them too. I really like them for minimuffins too. I hate when you bake muffins and if there is a slight stick they don't come out they just rip, with these you can manipulate them and save the product.

 

[perks]

Finally! Someone who has experienced
Silpat!

Tell me! How is it? What have you cooked with it?

I'm all excited, now.

okay

my first experience with it was for sugar work. When I worked in pro kitchens we'd use greased marble so the boiling sugar wouldn't stick to it. If you use paper, the paper burns. Silpat is high temp, and affordable enough to use at home if lining a sheet pan.

I've done tempered chocolate work with it. Crackers, cookies. Anything that is really sticky and delicate.

I can make 50 krispie peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate and they will just slide off the silpat when it's time to pack them.

 

[Nora]

yep.

They're very durable. and they're excellent for freezing stock. I have a bunch of them too. I really like them for minimuffins too. I hate when you bake muffins and if there is a slight stick they don't come out they just rip, with these you can manipulate them and save the product.

You rock beyond all else. Thank you!

At the moment I'm saving all of my sour cream/yogurt containers for freezing stock. And using my metal muffin tins. It SUCKS, but I don't like using too many ice cube trays to do them in, cuz who the fuck uses 2 TBS of stock at a time anyway?

Any other good ideas that are cheaper than the flexible baking molds?

I don't bake, if I can possibly avoid it. If I did I know I'd be a silpat junkie. lol

 

[Rubyfruit]

*pout*

I wanted those for Christmas, but Santa must have thought I've been a bad girl this year.

 

[Nora]

*pout*

I wanted those for Christmas, but Santa must have thought I've been a bad girl this year.

Santa knows you well. *grins*

 

[perks]

You rock beyond all else. Thank you!

At the moment I'm saving all of my sour cream/yogurt containers for freezing stock. And using my metal muffin tins. It SUCKS, but I don't like using too many ice cube trays to do them in, cuz who the fuck uses 2 TBS of stock at a time anyway?

Any other good ideas that are cheaper than the flexible baking molds?

I don't bake, if I can possibly avoid it. If I did I know I'd be a silpat junkie. lol

all I would do for that is make the stock and put them in ziplock bags. The ziplocks are reusable. They also have that gladlock tupperware.

However, I think the flexible molds will pay off in the long run.

Rubes, I've been begging for them. And this year was a silpat christmas. I got three non brand and three brand. That's more silpat than sheetpan. SCORE!!

 

[Rubyfruit]

Santa knows you well. *grins*

Hey now.

Oh wait.....

Never mind.

You did score Perks! Damn girl, share your silpat wealth, wont ya.

 

[Cheyenne]

*laughing*

Chey's apprentice might not be such a bad thing.

the porn community market thing, you so caught me.

Hey, and I was just reading this thinking it was something I'd like to buy! You can actually put it in the oven and bake on it? It isn't just for rolling out dough, for example?