Sunday, January 10, 2010

How to Season your Cast Iron Cookware

Cast iron has a porous surface. The aging process is used to fill and the shell surface smooth. It is true that the more you use and season a cast iron, no more stick surface. Here's how to season a new or used cast iron utensils:

1. If the pan is new, it will ensure that all the adhesive label removed.

2. Rinse Wash and dry the dishes.

3. The fat inside with Crisco or other solid shortening. A medium-light veil, as is fata boiler, is sufficient.

4. Preheat the oven to 350 ° F and position the oven rack in upper third of oven.

5. Open the windows, because there will be some smoke.

6. Rub a thin layer of reduction (eg Crisco) or oil (bacon grease works great, too) around the bottom and inner sides of the pan with a paper towel.

7. Put the head on the top oven rack surrounded by a sheet or pan with a drip pan drippings.

8. BakeIn this way the pan for 1 hour. Then turn off the stove and let cool in the pan.

If the pan properly seasoned, the cooking surface must be smooth and shiny. It helps if the first things that we cook with the pan involve oil, new experience, try something roasting or soldering.

To eliminate concerns to shorten too much you can move your head in the oven on the bottom. Place a baking sheet or aluminum foil on rack below to catch any drops.

APan or other tools may be, as often as needed, seasoned for a good placement. Suppose you have just tortillas and after all that hot, you see the surface of the cast dry. Just season, even before putting it away.

Until Pan is seasoned very well, and for many uses multiple ingredients, do not try foods with high acid content (tomatoes, such as cooking). The corrosive nature of foods high in acid do not react well to non-seasoned cast iron. OncePan is well seasoned, but it is possible for anything. I think my mother could have plutonium in their large pan.

Perhaps the hardest thing to cook for one particularly challenging to do, to refrain from the use of soap or detergent for cleaning. Experts cast iron utensils can easily be cleaned with boiling water and a stiff brush. I (a short-handled brush with stiff bristles of nylon, which I had to clean my cast iron pans in use.)And often, say after corn bread, I'm just brush the skillet vigorously, wipe with a damp sponge and dry with a paper towel. It 'important to dry cast-iron appliances tightly closed after use, unless they rust thoroughly dried. Cast-iron utensils will darken with use, turning from a steely gray, new, dark gray or black.

After years of use my cast iron pans were old friends. Although I have never chosen to replace it, if I have (for example, a smart kitchenThief, and I saw my training for the treasures they are), I was able to liven up the new pots, and buy, and some have new friends old.

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