Are your next door neighbors even aware of the excellent cooking going on in your house? I would be glad to bring the beers and/or Sangria(it's summer in NZ).
I want to make a paella as well with plenty of fresh sea food. Beef Stroganoff sounds good to.You have really put the shallow enamel coated pan to good use. Now I want one. I'm thinking beef stroganoff or paella.
Ok, now it's time to clean these suckers. Vinegar mixed with baking soda does nothing....next.
Ok, now it's time to clean these suckers. Vinegar mixed with baking soda does nothing....next.
How bad is it. Did you burn something?
you could try Hydrogen Peroxide & baking soda method. Don't ask how I know.
Add about 1/2 inch of Hydrogen Peroxide to the pot. Add about 1-2 tsp of baking soda.
Heat until it starts to bubble up. It needs the heat to start the reaction. Simmer about 10 mins..and brush with a green scrub brush. Repeat as needed.
How bad is it. Did you burn something?
you could try Hydrogen Peroxide & baking soda method. Don't ask how I know.
Add about 1/2 inch of Hydrogen Peroxide to the pot. Add about 1-2 tsp of baking soda.
Heat until it starts to bubble up. It needs the heat to start the reaction. Simmer about 10 mins..and brush with a green scrub brush. Repeat as needed.
Yeah I just scrolled through again. Now I want some Carne Guisada. Winter is knocking on my door, so the pots will be seeing some action again very soon.Hey Chris, just read back through some of this thread. This is a dang good thread. It's about the pots but more importantly how the food is cooked in them.
A great tasting pork loin roast today with potatoes, carrots, onions and garlic. I seared the meat in the pot and sauted the onions and garlic with the browned bits in the bottom of the pot, added the potatoes, carrots and the pork roast for an hour and delicious.
Ok, now it's time to clean these suckers. Vinegar mixed with baking soda does nothing....next.
I just used some "glass cook top cleaner" on one of my Le Creuset dutch ovens and it cleaned all the stains out with very little effort. It left the inside nice, shiny, and looking like new inside.
I'll put that on my shopping list.
What I use to clean
The downside to using an enameled cast-iron Dutch oven so much is staining its light-colored enamel interior. Here's how to bleach it back to its original color.
We are very fond (no pun intended) of Le Creuset enameled cast-iron Dutch ovens; the 12 or so we have in the test kitchen get a lot of use. The downside to these workhorses is that their light-colored enamel interiors become discolored and stained with use.
We took a couple of stained pots from the kitchen and filled them with Le Creuset's recommended stain-removal solution of 1 teaspoon of bleach per 1 pint of water. The pots were slightly improved but still far from their original hue. We then tried a much stronger solution (which was OK'd by the manufacturer) of 1 part bleach to 3 parts water. After standing overnight, a lightly stained pot was just as good as new, but a heavily stained one required an additional night of soaking before it, too, was looking natty.