Flex your muscles and cook your food (Le Creuset Cookware Range)

Member Name: Volpina

Product:	Le Creuset Cookware Range
Date:	11/05/02 (690 review reads)
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Advantages: durable, easy to clean

Disadvantages: heavy

I cook alot and I have used every gadget, pan type imaginable. However, Creuset cookware has always been my firm favourite. Way back when I first went to University my mother bought me a small casserole dish and its still going now, good as new, 10 years or so later. I can assure you that it has seen a great deal of use over the years.

As it is made from cast iron it needs only low or medium heats to achieve the perfectly cooked dish. It does however mean that it is awfully heavy and complete with casserole inside, lifting it from the oven to the work surface becomes quite an undertaking.

A posistive point is that being cast iron the dish will remain hot for a while after it is removed from the heat/oven which helps when you are preparing lots of dishes for a dinner party.

The range has many variants all of which are expensive (I saw a fantastic large casserole pot the other day but it was £65!)from casserole dishes to sautee' pans and much more besides. There are a number of colours to choose from and if you are anything like me it's important that your kitchenware matches!

One of Le Creusets best assets is that the vitreous enamel cooking surface is completely hygienic and impervious to flavours and odours. They can be used not only for cooking but also for marinating/storing foods (raw or cooked) in the refrigerator or freezer.(Be careful in a small fridge though that the plastic shelving can take the weight! - I write with bitter experience here)

You can get hold of Le Creuset cookware at most leading department stores and also independent cookshops. If you need to obtain something from a discontinued line then there are several factory outlets across the country which sell these for 30% off normal prices. Great, if you don't mind your cookware not matching or if you are on a less than generous budget.

If you want futher details on where to purchase the products then take a look at the Le Cr
euset website.

I wouldn't swap my Le Creuset for anything!

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