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How To Flavor Cast Iron Dutch Ovens And Skillets - How To Work Cast Iron Cookware
Author : Mike Barberri
You flavor a cast iron pan by rubbing it with a rather thin coat of neutral oil (I stress a light coat of oil). NOTE: Use vegetable oils (canola, sunflower, etc.), shortening (like Crisco shortening) or lard for seasoning your cast iron pans. I recently experimented and revealed that food-grade coconut oil/butter also works wonderful.
Lay the cast iron pan, the other way up, in the range, with a sheet of aluminum foil on the base to trap any drips. Heat the pan for 30 to 60 minutes in a 300 to 500 degree range. When finished, permit the pan cool to room temperature. Repeating this process numerous times is recommended as it will help create a stronger "seasoning" attachment.
The oil fills the cavities and gets entrenched in them, along with rounding off the peaks. By seasoning a new pan, the cooking surface develops a nonstick feature because the formerly jagged and rough exterior results in being flat. In addition, because the pores are permeated with oil, water is not able to soak in and produce rust that might give food an rancid-taste. Your ironware can be a little stained at this point, but a couple of frying jobs will help put the last touches on the cure, and change the iron into the rich, black color that is the sign of a well-seasoned, well-used skillet or pot.
Never put cold liquid into a very hot cast iron pan or oven. They're going to crack instantly!
Be cautious when cooking with your cast iron pots on an electric oven, because the burners create hot spots which could warp cast iron and even cause it to crack. You should preheat the iron especially little by little when using an electric oven and retain the settings to medium or even medium-low.
Significant:
Unless you use your cast-iron pans day by day, they must be cleaned for a short time with a little soapy water and then rinsed and totally dried that allows you to rid them of surplus surface oil. If you do not do this, the leftover oil will turn out to be rotten within several days.
Bear in mind - When you cook in your cast iron frying pan, you will be actually seasoning it again by filling in the minuscule pores and valleys which might be part of the cast-iron exterior. The more you cook, the smoother the exterior becomes!
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Karl Barberi is the proprietor of an Outdoor Cooking Equipment Website and distributor of Bayou Classic Cast Iron Equipment and Propane Turkey Fryers.
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Submitted : 2010-02-08 Word Count : 454 Popularity: 50 Times Viewed: 17