I bought myself a Christmas present
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Nice!
I’m a big fan of cast iron cookware.
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What will be your inaugural recipe?
I’m hoping for cornbread!
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What will be your inaugural recipe?
I’m hoping for cornbread!
@Steve-Miller said in I bought myself a Christmas present:
What will be your inaugural recipe?
I’m hoping for cornbread!
No cornbread yet. I started with some sauteed vegetables, and then some breaded pork cutlets. The pan is really non-stick and the food cooks up beautifully.
It is pretty heavy, however, especially when I hold it with one hand, tipping it, and scraping the contents into a bowl. Definitely a weight lifting exercise, at least for me.
A 12 inch skillet would probably be too heavy.
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What will be your inaugural recipe?
I’m hoping for cornbread!
@Steve-Miller said in I bought myself a Christmas present:
I’m hoping for cornbread!
Finally, we have achieved cornbread! Came out perfectly.
I used this King Arthur recipe for sourdough cornbread.
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/sourdough-cornbread-recipe
I really like the way the butter is prepared. You put a stick of butter in a 10" cast iron pan, put it in the oven, and set it for 425 degrees. In 15 or 20 minutes, the butter has melted, foamed, and is starting to brown a bit. You take the pan out, let it cool a little, and then pour most of the butter into the batter you've already prepared, leaving a tablespoon or so in the pan to brown the cornbread as it bakes and to keep it from sticking.
Great way to use up some discard. And you get totally delicious cornbread.
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That Smithy pan looks great, especially since it has that really smooth cooking surface that the Lodges don’t have. Enjoy it!
I have two Lodge skillets from some 30 or 40 years ago. At this point they could use restoration and reseasoning, and I’ve been reading about that on a Facebook group. May get to it in a month or so.
