Le Creuset Round Casserole

My family got smaller, one by one they left home, sometimes coming back and flying off again, so I really needed a smaller roasting pan for the Sunday Roast. I did try using a casserole dish I had, but it always stuck so I decided to use my Amazon vouchers earned on Dooyoo to treat myself to a Le Creuset casserole dish, whilst they were on a half price offer. My daughter had a large range of these beautiful saucepans and casserole dishes, and although I knew they were heavy I decided I could manage to lift the small size out of the oven without too much effort. *Choosing* Choosing your Le Creuset is like buying a fashion item, the colour ...  Read the complete review

Le Creuset make a large variety of cast iron cookware. All of it is expensive but made to last and last and last. Ours is bright orange (volcanic) and they come in many other colours too. We got our casserole dish as a wedding present thirty five years ago and it's still going strong. Nowadays they cost around £75-85 new. It is worth looking at the prices in France if you are over there with your car. We had a look and they are about a third cheaper there. Don't try and bring one back on the plane because the excess baggage that you pay will make you cry! :) The double handled top make this casserole easier to handle but because it is ...  Read the complete review

Once you have taken the plunge and invested in your first piece of Le Cruset cookware it will be hard to ever return to buying the run of the mill pots and pans that are on offer today. Le Cruset is legendary, handcrafted in France since 1925 it has to be the most versatile and durable cookware on the market. John Lewis has a marvellous cookware department, well organised with many high quality brand names on display. The design of the Le Cruset casserole dish attracted me straight away, I was looking at one from the `Graded blue` colour range, a rich and elegant dark blue . The dish has two grab handles and a snug fitting ridged lid which is ...  Read the complete review

I LOVE my Le Creuset casserole! We were bought it as part of our wedding present by my Mother in law 14 1/2 years ago(only decent thing she has ever done!-but that's another story!) I first came across these beauties in 1984 when I was invited to a (very posh) friends house. She started a chili on the stove top and then put it into the oven. I was blown away. It helped that it was the volcanic orange(the "correct" colour in my humble opinion). Orange is my favourite colour. Anyway, fast forward to 1994 and the writing of the wedding list and the debate as to wheither it was too expensive to put on to the list. My husbands mother(BOO HISS) ...  Read the complete review

An absolute must have in my kitchen. These casserole dishes can be used on the stove top or in the oven, and as a result of their size (get one of the larger ones) they can feed very large groups. They conduct heat beautifully, and the inside surface of the cast iron pan is enamel so while not technically a non stick surface it works in a similar way - you just have to be careful not to scrub too hard when you clean it. They can be washed in the dishwasher too, so that saves on washing up. These pans last a lifetime so although the outlay for them seems a lot, I've had mine now for ten years - good wedding presents! and they are still going strong. French friends of mine ...  Read the complete review