I inherited my grandmothers dutch oven (center), it’s probably 70 years old now. Still cooks up a storm!
Then I found I lived an easy drive from an outlet store and, well, yeah, that happened. :)
I use it regularly, I used to be in the Le Creuset sub on reddit, but then reddit went to hell. :(
So… any other fans out there?
Got one last yeah. Must have.
Been braising with it.
The braiser is a super good tool. I did the shakshuka in it, and the chuck roast turned out amazing!
Bonus: Shakshuka:
Recipe:
https://www.themediterraneandish.com/shakshuka-recipe/
Only change I made to it was cooking up some maple sausage first, then adding that to the mix with the tomatoes and tomato sauce.
OH! And I used a red/yellow/orange pepper combo instead of 2 green peppers.
The smell of the peppers with the onion, garlic, coriander, cumin and paprika is AMAZING!
Oh my god, that photo has me DROOLING!
Pretty easy to make! Thinking about doing it again tomorrow, or maybe Labor Day?
Either that or this one:
https://www.lecreuset.com/bbq-beef-roast-with-sweet-bourbon-glaze/LCR-2748.html
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You’re living my wife’s dream. I wanted to get her a price for her birthday but there sooooo expensive.
Sign up for their mailing list and they will regularly send you coupons and sales for 30% to 60% off. :)
I am totally an enabler. Sorry!
Thank you so much! I’ll do this.
I have the same large Dutch oven and we use that and a cast iron pan for basically everything. I envy your le creuset collection we barely have space for the Dutch oven!
That’s an amazing collection! I’ve got the tajine, tea kettle and a frying pan in red/black ombre. I love the matching coasters you have!
Yeah, I may have scorched a countertop once… ;) Once!
Sounds dangerous…ly
I love my LCs. I have the large Dutch oven, pie dish, casserole dish with lid, butter dish, and coffee mug.
I have an LC Dutch oven. Lovely piece of cookware.
Nowadays I pretty much do all my cooking in cast iron, but everything else I have is non-enameled, so whenever I need to make an acidic dish - bam - Le Creuset to the rescue.
That is AMAZING… I want a LC Dutch oven, but I know i’d never use it out of fear of chipping it. I abuse my cookwear so I buy sturdy and cheap for my own mental health… But LC is just so pretty, I’m envious.
You can get a Lodge dutch oven pretty inexpensively if you want to try out enameled cast iron. Fred Meyer here in the NW is the local Kroeger affiliate sells them, and I think Target has them too. Around $80 to $100 depending on size.
Are they all new and you just wanted to show off? Looks nice tho
The one in the center is almost 70 years old. The others I’ve added over the past 10 years or so.
Part showing off :) But also part missing the Le Creuset sub on reddit. :(
70yo?, wow! Still looks new. Where did you buy these ? Now I want one.
The center pot I inherited when my grandmother passed away, she bought it on a trip to Spain in the 1950s.
The rest I bought one at a time through various sales at either the Le Creuset website or heavily discounted from their outlet store.
Damn, how about letting them cool down before putting them on wooden shelves.
Cast iron is so hot right now! :)
Oh man, I wish I could afford these. I always cheap out with cookware and it never lasts.
But until I can afford the real thing, does anyone have any recommendations for decent knock-offs or imitations?
Try to buy a used one!
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I used to recommend Anolon, but unfortunately they discontinued their enameled cast iron. I much prefer the slightly rough, black enamel style of Staub. I find it sears much better, at the cost of being a bit tricky to keep clean.
You can often find sales on individual Le Creuset and Staub pans on Amazon, bringing them down to around $100. I do have my eye on a Le Creuset skillet that has a black enamel.
All-Clad often has individual D3 pans on sale on their site, and they regularly have factory seconds and packaging damage on sale at https://homeandcooksales.com/. You can subscribe and get notified when they have an event, they don’t go overboard with emails.
Don’t feel like you need to buy everything at once, or even stick to one brand. You might get a 9" skillet here from All-Clad, see a Fissler Original-Profi sauce pot on sale there. Then decide you want to splurge on a saucier, because a saucier is worth splurging on, from Falk when they have a 15% sale. There’s something to be said for having the bulk of your collection from a single brand for the sake of lid interoperability, but there’s also something to be said for sniping the best in class for each piece when you find a deal.
Just don’t buy sets, it’s a sure way to get stuck with pans you don’t really use.
Man, very helpful! Thank you. :)
Lodge works just as well, but you can also get on Le Creuset’s mailing list for discounts and they have outlet stores with deals too, that’s how I built this out. Sales + free shipping.
Thanks! :)
If you are located in the US, you might be able to get a good deal at one of the outlets. I got some trivets and a dutch oven a few years ago. The pan has a small dent in the side (works fine, and you don’t really see it). https://www.lecreuset.com/outlets.html
Lodge’s enameled cast iron pots are great. The enamel is made in China, but surprisingly so are some staub and Le creusets.
Ill have to check them out. I bought a cast iron lodge years ago (and I ended up wrecking it, hehe) but it was great while it lasted. Didnt know they did enameled stuff!
How does one manage to wreck cast iron?
I left it to soak after making bacon. It became a greasy rusty mess… (of course now I could have saved it) but at the time i tried steel wool and gave up. The experience has led me to buy enamel coated iron instead
America’s Test Kitchen recommended Misen as an alternative for the Dutch oven: https://misen.com/products/dutch-oven
I got it, it works well, and I like it. I think we made bread in it a few times before. Small disclaimer though, we’re pretty casual cooks and had a World Market brand Dutch oven for several years before this one.
Outside of that we got a knife block and their scissors but I haven’t tried anything else of theirs (Misen).
They rated the Cuisinart one highly as well and it’s the one they use in the demos on the most recent seasons.
Previously no. Now, yes. That’s a gorgeous set.
I don’t think they make fans yet, mostly cookware
Oui! Although I’m currently in a Staub phase, Le Creusets are pretty nice.
My grandmother got a massive set as a wedding present, then when she died it went to my mother, whom I live with. Most of it gets used a lot, but we gave some pieces that had never been used to a charity shop some years ago.
Must be nearly 75 years old now.
Added to that in recent years is one of the shallow casseroles with enamelled interior.
All goes in the dishwasher.
