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I just bought a dutch oven, 11 years after Alton Brown told me to. Now what? How do I make perfecy beans? What kind of food do you like to make using these things? Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.

>> No.8118517

>>8118454
Any soup, stew, or braise. Roast chicken on a bed of onions, carrots and celery, lid on first half, lid off for second half. Bake sourdough bread.

>> No.8118541

I don't get the point of cast iron dutch ovens unless your cooking over a fire. The pot doesn't need to be great at conducting when it itself is in a fucking oven. Cast iron pans obviously are good because heat only comes from one direction when you're cooking on a stove, but dutch ovens go in the oven, which heat is literally all around it.

>> No.8118543

>>8118454
coq au vin
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>> No.8118546

>>8118541
>the oven, which heat is literally all around it

no

>> No.8118547

>>8118454
>How do I make perfecy beans?

1) Make homemade pork or chicken stock.
2) Soak beans overnight
3) Drain beans, put in pot. Add aromatic vegetables, some kind of smoked or cured pork product (country ham, neckbone, hock, bacon, ham bone, etc.) Pour in your stock. Bring to a boil, lower to simmer and cook until the beans are tender.

Bonus point for using really good beans. I highly recommend the "sea island red peas" from Anson Mills.

>> No.8118551

>>8118546
should be where*, not which. goofed that up

>> No.8118557

>>8118541
>The pot doesn't need to be great at conducting when it itself is in a fucking oven

Most ovens heat a lot less evenly than you might think. If you have an old-school brick oven that's not a problem, but modern household ovens are terrible for heating evenly.

The bare cast iron type has another advantage: it absorbs radiant heat from the oven really really well due to it's black color. That will produce even better even heating than an enameled one or a shiny pot.

>> No.8118650

>>8118454
>Alton Brown told me to.

Maybe rewatch the episode in question?

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8119034

stick stuff in it after putting browned meat in it and stick it in the oven. Add liquid so you don't burn your ass. (insert broth)

>> No.8119607

>>8118454
Bake bread in it that's what I do with mine. Perfect loafs each time.

>> No.8119908
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8119908

>>8118454
Make some Goulash.

>> No.8119911

>>8118454
da fuq are perfecy beans?

>> No.8119915

Does the ceramic normally scratch off dutch ovens? I'm only using wooden spoons...

>> No.8119925

I make the best bolognese in it. Anything you can brown and then deglaze is always the best. Make sure you wash and dry those pots fast. They can rust.

>> No.8119927

>>8119915
Not in my experience, how old is it?

>> No.8119930

>>8119915
you mean the enamel? Just dont be too rough with it. You are better off not putting it in the dishwasher although itll prolly be fine. Using woodens spoons is not a bad idea.

>> No.8119954

>>8118454
BREAD.
BRRRREEEEEAAAAAAAAD.
www.simplysogood.com/2013/03/artisan-no-knead-bread.html

>> No.8119961

>>8119954

Listen to this guy, he's not lying. Best bread ever...

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread

Perfect every time.

>> No.8119974

Just don't soak your iron enamelled pots for any time at all. Wash them and dry them. You'll be fine.

>> No.8120469

>>8118650
That's a good start. My favorite youtuber (likethehat) got all his alton brown episodes taken down, or at least the ones I was interested in. Where can I watch his stuff again?

>> No.8120494

>>8118454
If you got a good one cook literally anything but high heat searing in it and enjoy it being the easiest dish you own to clean

If you bought a shitty one like in your picture have fun when it explodes in a few months

>> No.8121645

>>8120494
What makes the dutch oven from op's pic a shitty one? How can I pick the good one among all the dutch ovens in the store?

>> No.8121657

>>8118454
no knead bread.......thank me later

>> No.8121680

>>8120494

>hunk of iron ever exploding

lol'd heartily.

>> No.8121684

>>8121645

he's memeing you

also cast iron was literally made to high heat sear so that's two strikes on him

>> No.8121691

>>8121680
it's enameled genius

>>8121645
only buy staub or le creuset or just don't bother buying an enameled one

>> No.8122896

>>8119908
Good choice, senpai. Though I'm not sure why there are bell peppers in that goulash.

Nonetheless, a good Austrian goulash with a heap of long grain rice next to the bowl is maximum comfy

>> No.8122910

I make pretty much everything in my dutch oven. pasta, soups, stews, boiled vegetables,
Also great if you need to make something that's cooked stovetop then transferred to the oven.