Staub Cast Iron Cocotte

The Staub cast iron Cocotte is an impressive cocotte. A piece designed for wonderful cooking, enhancing flavors, retaining heat with great efficiency, and delivering results so tender and juicy that you'll use it far more than you imagine. Made in France, this cocotte in cast iron with vitreous enamel stands out for its great durability, excellent heat retention and distribution, and versatility. With it, you can make stews, roast foods, and bake bread. You can do it all!

A big part of what makes Staub cocottes special is their condensation lid. This self-basting structure, not only retains moisture, but makes the most of it, distributing condensation water over the food in the form of raindrops. The results are much more tender, juicy, and full of flavor. Plus, its flat design allows you to place ice cubes on the lid to boost the steam inside, ideal for slow cooking or baking homemade bread.

The the interior vitrified enamel of the Staub casserole is matte black. Very durable and valued for how well it performs in slow, gentle cooking as well as at high temperatures. This finish helps foods brown, it is highly durable, very resistant to stains and scratches, and makes cleaning and maintaining your casserole easier.

The enameled cast iron is, simply put, a magnificent material for cooking. Free from nonstick coatings, it offers a completely natural and healthy cooking method for food. It retains heat extremely well and distributes it evenly, from the base to the rim and the lid, which also heats up. Its wide handles make it easy and comfortable to handle, so you can enjoy cooking with it and take it to the table to serve your recipes directly.

What the Staub cast iron Cocotte is ideal for

With a Staub cast iron casserole, you can cook as many recipes as you can imagine. Its greater thickness is a wonderful advantage, as it retains heat extraordinarily well. This helps you cook very efficiently. The casserole is ideal for:

• Preparing stews and casseroles. It is perfect for slow-cooked dishes such as stews, braises, and soups. cast iron distributes heat evenly, cooking ingredients slowly and bringing out their flavors.
• Oven roasts, both vegetable and meat. By retaining moisture, aromas and flavors are not lost and the results are very tasty and tender.
• Slow-cooked meats: Prepare meat dishes cooked slowly, such as ragout, pulled meat, or even ribs. The steady, gentle heat ensures tender, flavorful meat.
• For soups and creams with deep flavor and a very pleasant texture.
• Legumes and vegetables: All kinds of legumes and vegetables. From boiling them to making your stews, you can cook spoon dishes and dishes full of vitamins, iron, and goodness.
• Rice dishes: from simply boiling it to making risottos or rice your way.
• Fish: stewed or roasted, they turn out fabulous.
• Pasta dishes: From lasagna to macaroni and cheese, casseroles are perfect for baked pasta dishes. They allow for even cooking and retain heat to keep dishes warm. They are tall casseroles with ample capacity, so you can boil all kinds of pasta in them. And if you want to finish by browning it in the oven, you can do so in the same casserole.
• Vegetarian dishes or vegetable dishes: Both steamed and gratinated or sautéed. Cocottes retain nutrients and bring out the natural flavors of vegetables.
• Breads and cakes: Heat retention makes cocottes ideal for baking breads, rolls, and cakes. The flat continuous condensation lid allows you to place ice cubes, amplifying the humid environment inside, like in a steam oven, and encouraging the formation of a crisp crust and a soft crumb. You don't need to humidify the oven as you do with other bread-making methods, thanks to its lid with a continuous condensation system.
• Sauces and reductions: Even heat distribution helps create perfect sauces and reductions. From pasta sauces to meat glazes, the casserole is excellent for slow cooking.
• Hot drinks, jams, and many other desserts. With the casserole, you have a piece that distributes heat from the base to the sides very efficiently. In addition, it has a good capacity, making it ideal for preparing everything from hot drinks and punches to jams, rice pudding, custards, and other desserts and preparations you can imagine.
• It is also perfect for keeping prepared foods at temperature, both hot and cold.

Features

• Round enameled cast iron Cocotte.
• Made in France.
• Exterior enamel in assorted colors.
• Some colors include a Majolica finish. Highly decorative vitrified enamel with deep shine, intense colors, and unique reflections.
• Matte black interior enamel. Stain- and scratch-resistant. Easy to clean and maintain.
• Flat condensation lid. Self-basting structure that distributes moisture over food like rain.
• Flat-designed lid that lets you place ice cubes to boost the steam inside. Ideal for baking bread.
• Wide handles for comfortable and safe handling.
• Excellent heat retention and even distribution. Even cooking.
• Healthy, completely natural cooking.
• Great heat retention and even distribution.
• Suitable for all stovetops, including induction.
• Safe for fridge and freezer.
• Oven-safe.
• Resistant to temperatures from -20º C to 260º C.
• Dishwasher-safe, but hand washing is recommended.
• Recommended for use with wooden, silicone, or nylon utensils.
• Limited lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects.

Why we love the Staub cast iron Cocotte

1. A piece you'll enjoy cooking with and serving at the table.
2. The heat retention and distribution of cast iron is wonderful.
3. Its condensation lid is ideal for cooking with more flavor and, with just a few ice cubes, you boost the steam. You'll see what great bread you get!
4. It's a very versatile cocotte. It can cook anything.
5. Its matte black interior enamel is very easy to maintain, and the browned finish on foods looks fantastic.
6. It's made in France and comes with a lifetime warranty, so you'll always have it and it will last longer than a lifetime.