Since 1925, Le Creuset has been handcrafting Enameled Cast Iron cookware, and particularly Round French Ovens (or Dutch Ovens), in Northern France. While this popular shape has been around for many centuries before that, the basic design has changed very little thus endorsing the cooking qualities that it provides. Generation after generation has come to cherish the Le Creuset Round French Oven’s quality, durability, and versatility, and it easily becomes the core piece in any well-equipped kitchen. The cast iron provides superb heat retention and distribution, and the enamel is hard-wearing and non-reactive, making the number of recipes that you can do in this pot endless: anything from savory rice to braised chicken to mouth-watering cake. Your imagination is the only limit!
Cast Iron
Our weight is our strength
- Distributes heat more evenly, preventing "hot spots".
- Ensures moisture and flavours are sealed in by perfectly fitting lids.
- Keeps its shape and maintains a flat, steady base.
- Retains heat longer which keeps foods hot when serving.
Adaptability and versatility
- Ceramic, Halogen or Induction hobs, Gas, Electric, Solid fuel or Aga/Rayburn, Le Creuset enamelled cast iron is always at home.
- Sautéing, grilling, baking, roasting or casseroling, Le Creuset has a pot, pan or dish to do the job.
- Most pieces can be used on the hob, in the oven or under the grill. If you change your cooking hob, you do not have to change your pans.
Energy efficient
- Once hot, you require only a low to medium heat setting to maintain a good cooking performance.
- Once hot the pan can be removed from the heat leaving the food to cook in its own heat.
Hygienic
- The vitreous enamel cooking surface is completely hygienic and impervious to flavors and odors.
- Perfect to hold foods that are marinating or for storing foods (raw or cooked) in the refrigerator or freezer.
- Our Interior enamel is a smooth gloss finish in a sand colour - except on skillets and grills where we have a matt black enamel. Both will clean easily by hand or by dishwasher if used in accordance with our care and use.
Heat retention
- No ‘hot spots,’ the base, side walls and lid are all of the same quality and thickness so there are no areas where heat can be lost rapidly.
- Cast iron retains heat so that food will be kept hot for some considerable time when served at the table.
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