Misto Sprayer Adds Flavor and Convenience

Chef's Secrets: How the Misto Turns Good Food Gourmet

Benjamin Daymon
The Misto Gourmet Olive Oil Sprayer is designed with the frugal and health-conscious home chef in mind. Unlike drizzling, the Misto delivers a perfectly controlled spray, using the oil or liquid of your choice. Compared to commercial cooking sprays, the Misto Sprayer affords the home chef a much greater degree of control.

After partially filling the chamber with oil, the sprayer is pressurized with a few strokes of its specially designed lid. A fully-pressurized Misto easily provides 15 seconds of spray time-- more than enough for most spray applications. Pumping the lid up and down again re-pressurizes the can, making it ready for its next use.

The Misto Advantage

The Misto Gourmet Sprayer offers several distinct advantages over supermarket cooking sprays. Store-bought spray products are often made using cheaper, low-grade cooking oils. Conversely, the Misto Sprayer allows the home chef to reap the benefits of using better tasting, higher quality extra virgin olive oil.

While commercial cooking oil sprays typically contain chemical stabilizers, the spray from the Misto Sprayer remains pure. The Misto produces a fine mist spray, unadulterated by propellants or chemical additives. The Misto Sprayer is especially useful for grilling, roasting, sauteing and quick, efficient basting without the need for brushes or turkey basters.

The Versatile Misto

Despite the product's name, the Misto Gourmet Olive Oil Sprayer is not limited to olive oil. You can easily fill the sprayer with your favorite canola or vegetable oil. The Misto Sprayer also provides the perfect delivery system for truffle oils. A quick, light spray from the Misto is not only economical, but has proven keenly effective in delivering the essential, earthy aroma associated with prized truffles.

The versatile Misto Sprayer also conveniently dispenses other liquids with equal ease. Try filling your sprayer with Balsamic vinegar for adding a bold, fresh flavor to salads. A quick spray of hot sauce can bring unexpected flavor to vegetables, rice or fried chicken. A little liquid smoke in your Misto Gourmet Sprayer provides an easy way to add a great, outdoor grilled flavor to oven roasted chicken, hamburgers or pan-seared steaks.

If you enjoy baking bread, be sure to keep a spare, empty Misto Sprayer on hand. Fill your Misto with filtered water and pressurize the can with 5-10 strokes of the lid. When you first add your bread to your pre-heated oven, spray a 3-5 second mist of water directly into the oven, then quickly close the door. Repeat during the last five minutes of the baking cycle. The mist helps breads develop a beautiful crust.

For a quick, impromptu garlic bread, split a loaf of French or Italian bread down the middle. Using your Misto Gourmet Olive Oil Sprayer, cover the cut surface of the bread generously with a good quality olive oil. Sprinkle on garlic powder, sea salt and a little grated parmesan cheese, to taste. Top each piece of bread with a small amount of chopped parsley. Place bread slices on a baking sheet and heat under the oven's broiler. The garlic bread is done when top surface just begins to turn golden brown. Serve hot.

Misto Gourmet Olive Oil Sprayer: The Healthy Alternative

The Misto Olive Oil Sprayer offers an easy way to add exciting flavors to your cooking. The fine spray produced by the Misto enables you to use less oil, which means fewer calories and less fat. Because no propellants are used, it's healthier for both you and the environment. The reusable sprayer not only saves money, but valuable environmental resources as well. Used regularly over the course of a decade, a single Misto Gourmet Sprayer can save a hundred empty cans of cooking spray from ending up in a landfill.

Misto Gourmet Olive Oil Sprayers are available in two models: brushed aluminum and stainless steel. Misto Sprayers can be purchased from a variety of online and retail kitchen supply stores including Pfaltzgraff, Kitchen Kapers and Bed, Bath and Beyond. The brushed aluminum model retails for $9.99 while the premium, stainless steel Misto Sprayer currently lists for $19.99.

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Published by Benjamin Daymon

Benjamin Daymon is a chef and freelance food & travel writer with more than 22 years experience in the industry. He has worked in restaurants in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Maine, Ireland and the Baham...  View profile

  • The Misto Sprayer provides perfect, fingertip control for healthy grilling, roasting and basting.
  • The Misto is reusable, making it both economical and environmentally friendly.
  • Use your Misto Sprayer to add great flavor to pasta dishes, salads and vegetables.
Unlike commercial cooking sprays, the Misto Sprayer contains no propellants, additives or chemicals.

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  • Rachel de Carlos5/31/2010

    I love this gadget! It's one of the most used items in my kitchen and makes a huge difference in the way my dishes look and taste. Wonderful article. I'm off to read more!

  • Shana Dines5/24/2010

    Wow this is another great review and great tips. I never thought of doing this before.

  • Kristie Leong M.D.5/7/2010

    I've thought about getting one of these. You've convinced me.

  • Cordie Kellerman4/24/2010

    I have a similar product that I picked up several years ago and I love it. What I don't like about mine is that it is made of plastic. I would much prefer metal. I just may have to look for the Misto Sprayer. Thanks for the review.

  • Kim Keason4/23/2010

    Sounds like a cool little kitchen gadget that I would have never thought of!

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