• How to Use a Dutch Oven (A Beginner’s Guide to Enamel Cast Iron Cooking)
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    How to Use a Dutch Oven (A Beginner’s Guide to Enamel Cast Iron Cooking)

    So You Bought a Dutch Oven. You’ve spent a good chunk of your wages this week and invested in something your kids will probably end up fighting over one day. A proper piece of cast iron for the kitchen. Solid. Beautiful. The kind of cookware that doesn’t get replaced every couple of years. So, now…

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Hi, I’m Emma

Cast Iron Cook + Recipe Creator + Shopkeeper + Wine Drinker + Mum & Wife to my Irishman

Welcome to my collection of food stories from my life in the kitchen. There are no three-page recipes here, just good food to share with others around the kitchen table.

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Find tonight’s dinner right here!

  • A white cast iron pot with slow-cooked Italian Pork and Nduja Rugu in it. A wooden spoon is stirring the Ragu.

DUTCH OVEN

  • A Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with some of the meat pulled apart on a timber chopping board.

ROAST NIGHT

  • A black cast iron Dutch oven with a loaf of soda bread in it and a pot of honey beside.

SIDES

  • A traditional full irish breakfast just cooked in a cast iron frypan. On a bench alongside baked beans, orange juice and brown sauce.

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