What if i don't have a broiler?

Question

I don't have a broiler at home because i've had my stove for at least 10 years. If i wanted to make a lemon sabayon tart that requires broiling, what can i do instead? Can i put the tart tray in the oven and leave the door open?

PLEASE HELP! THANKS! :)

Answer 1

Ijust got rid of a stove that wasn't very old and did not and had never had a broiler...boy, do I love having one now.  No, you can not use a very hot oven, it will warm the whole tart and never really get the top like you want it.   You could go to a kitchen store , but you will probably only find a crappy little butane torch that you will be refilling constantly.  Spend less at the hardware store and get a much stronger propane torch, that will do a much better job.  Good luck, your tart sounds great.  

Answer 2

What kind of stove doesn't have a broiler?? It is usually under the oven on a gas stove and a setting on an electric oven.  My ovens are over 25 years old and both have broilers that work in them. The old gas stove before that even had a broiler in it and it is over 60 years old and would work if I hooked it back up.

Get the torch from the shop and very carefully flame the top of your dessert like they do in very fancy restaurants.

Answer 3

Pretty much all ovens have a broiler regardless of age. If it's an electric stove then you set the dial to broil and then the temp gage also to broiler.

For an a gas stove it may be a seperate compartment. My parnets have a stove that is at least 30 years old ans they have a broiler. Rachel Ray has a super old stove on her show and she has a broiler. A broiler is no a new fangled thing.

Answer 4

Buy a blow torch from a gourmet kitchen store

OR

put in a very hot oven and watch it closely.

Answer 5

I'm not sure what the age of your stove has to do with not having a broiler.

Is it gas or electric? If it's electric, you might be able to put the tart right up under the coil. If it's gas, you would have to heat the entire oven as hot as you could get it, wrap the tart in foil except for the top to keep it from burning, and watch it carefully. Keeping the door open will prevent browning.