Cook It in Your Dutch Oven: 150 Foolproof Recipes Tailor-Made for Your Kitchen’s Most Versatile Pot

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A Dutch oven is the most versatile pot in your kitchen: a soup pot, a deep fryer, a braiser, a roaster, an enclosed bread oven, and the perfect vessel for one-dish meals.

Don’t relegate your prized pot to the back of the cabinet. Learn how to put your Dutch oven to work every day in so many different ways. Turn out practical yet fun meals made entirely in one pot, such as Weeknight Pasta Bolognese; Chicken Pot Pie with Spring Vegetables; and Lamb Meatballs with Orzo, Tomatoes, and Feta. Impressive braises and roasts, such as Braised Short Ribs with Wild Mushroom Farrotto and Roasted Pork Loin with Barley, Butternut Squash, and Swiss Chard, go seamlessly from the stovetop (the enameled surface makes it easy to create fond without burning) to the oven (cast iron maintains steady heat to ensure food cooks perfectly). We even walk you through deep frying and artisanal bread baking at home (try the Korean Fried Chicken Wings or the Braided Chocolate Babka). And a range of appealing desserts, from Pear-Ginger Crisp (the pot holds a generous 5 pounds of pears) to Bourbon-Pecan Bread Pudding, benefit from the Dutch oven’s high sides and even heating.

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What makes a Dutch oven special?

Let us count the ways.

Chicken Pot Pie

Make One-Pot Dinners

Nowhere is the Dutch oven’s do-it-all power more apparent than in one-pot meals. Its capacity to hold large amounts of food, along with its ability to handle nearly any cooking method, makes it easy to transition from the stovetop to the oven and then to the table for serving—without reaching for another pan.

What can you make in your Dutch oven? Better to ask what you can’t make.

The pride of every kitchen, the Dutch oven, is on every gift registry and in every well-stocked cabinet. A good Dutch oven is a kitchen essential, heavy and thick enough to conduct and retain heat and deep enough to handle large cuts of meat and quarts of cooking liquid. You may associate it with braises, stews, and chilis, but it can do much more. The foolproof recipes in Cook It in Your Dutch Oven prove just how versatile this multitasker is.

With your most versatile pot you can:

Roasts and Braises

A Dutch oven is excellent for roasting and braising. The pot makes it easy to brown meat on the stovetop before going into the oven to finish. Our Chicken in a Pot with Red Potatoes, Carrots, and Shallots; Braised Short Ribs with Wild Mushroom Farrotto; and Indoor Pulled Pork with Sweet and Tangy Barbecue Sauce are intensely flavored, easy-to-master recipes.

Fry Your Favorites

Chances are you don’t own a deep-fryer—but that doesn’t mean you can’t make plenty of fried foods, from pub-style Fish and Chips to Drop Doughnuts. Even shallow-fried foods such as our Extra-Crunchy Fried Chicken are worth making in a Dutch oven, as the pot’s high sides alleviate spattering.

Bake Artisan-Style Breads

Using a Dutch oven is hands-down the easiest way to re-create bakery-style breads such as Seeded Seven-Grain Bread, Spicy Olive Bread, and Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls. The pot mimics the steamy environment of a professional bread oven to create light interiors and crisp crusts, and it also helps enriched doughs rise high as they bake.

Make ‘One-Bowl’ Desserts

Use a Dutch oven as your mixing bowl to prepare rustic desserts and then transfer it directly to the oven to bake. The pot’s heat-retaining sides also help desserts such as Peach Cobbler, Bourbon-Pecan Bread Pudding, and White-Wine Poached Pears with Lemon and Herbs stay warm at the table.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ America’s Test Kitchen; Illustrated edition (December 4, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1945256567
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1945256561
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.87 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.87 x 0.66 x 9.62 inches