Le Creuset Oval Bread Casserole Oven

Le Creuset expands its cast iron collection with the new Le Creuset oval bread oven. With the same advantages and qualities as its round bread oven, this oblong cast iron cocotte with a domed lid is perfect for baking your best loaves: rustic, seeded, traditional, olive, onion or wholemeal. You’ll bake loaves at home as tasty and crusty as those from your favourite bakery.

As well as being ideal for making homemade bread, you can use it as a superb cast iron grill for roasting meat, vegetables or fish, as a casserole for cooking your best stews and rice dishes on the hob too, or as a baking dish for brioches, sweet bread rings, or even as a tray for your empanadas, flatbreads or galettes. You’re going to love it!

What we highlight about the Le Creuset oval bread oven

• Made from cast iron, it is a sturdy, durable piece that will last a lifetime. The weight and solidity of this material ensure an airtight seal when the lid is in place, making it impossible for steam to escape, for perfectly baked bread. What’s more, cast iron retains and distributes heat wonderfully.
• The dome-shaped lid, like a bell, has a height that lets the steam generated inside the bread oven circulate throughout the interior, recreating the conditions of a bakery steam oven.
• Its Crisol metal knob makes it easy to lift the lid and open the cocotte comfortably, even straight out of the oven and with an oven glove on.
• The base has the ideal height for leaving the dough to prove and gives the bread the space it needs to rise while baking. Its shallow depth is designed to make it easy to place the wet dough inside and to remove the loaf once baked.
• The iconic raised Le Creuset rings on the base keep the dough lifted. They improve air circulation, resulting in more even baking and a crustier base, as no moisture builds up there.
• The large, easy-grip Signature handles are a great help for handling the cocotte safely, even when taking it hot out of the oven.
• Its matt black interior enamel protects it from oils and flour while baking, keeping it in good condition for years and making it very easy to clean.

As well as baking your loaves, it’s a superb piece to use:

• As an oven for enriched doughs such as brioches, sweet bread rings or sweet breads.
• As a roasting dish, for roasting everything from artichokes to meats such as a beef roast, a chicken, or pork cheeks or knuckles, with their side dishes. You can cook with the lid on and remove it for the last few minutes for a crispy finish or to let the alcohol evaporate if you decide to add it at the end.
• As a tray for cooking your favourite fish in the oven, also with its side dishes.
• As a grill for griddling vegetables, meat, fish or seafood. It’s a superb cast iron griddle, with the rings acting as ridges that let you cook food without fat, as it stays at the base away from the food.
• As a shallow casserole, for making stews or rice dishes.
• As a baking dish or tray for baking empanadas, pizzas, flatbreads, puff or shortcrust pastry tarts or all kinds of galettes.

The oval bread oven is Le Creuset’s new gem, a very versatile piece and a wonderful one that will let you bake spectacular loaves and much more besides. A new cocotte you’ll enjoy with your doughs and lots of other recipes. You’re going to adore it!

Features

• Oval cast iron bread oven.
• Available in various beautiful colours – they’re so lovely you won’t know which one to choose!
• Matt black interior enamel.
• Dimensions:
• 29 cm long.
• 1.4 l capacity.
• 3.5 cm deep.
• 13.6 cm high with lid.
• 36.2 cm total length with handles
• Weight: 4.14 kg.
• Stainless steel Crisol knob.
• Signature handles.
• Suitable for the oven and all hobs, including induction.
• Lifetime guarantee.

Why we like the Le Creuset oval bread oven

1. It’s a wonderful cocotte designed for baking luxurious homemade bread.
2. Made from cast iron, it retains and distributes heat superbly.
3. The sturdy cast iron lid stops steam from escaping.
4. The domed shape of the lid helps the steam circulate inside.
5. It recreates the conditions of a steam oven, just like those in bakeries.
6. The knob and large handles make it easy to handle, even with oven gloves.
7. It’s a very versatile piece: oven, shallow casserole, grill, roasting dish or baking dish.
8. It will last you a lifetime. Your grandchildren will inherit it!

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