Dutch Oven Recipes

Am I the only one who hears "dutch oven" and giggles? ;D

ROFLMAO.....

oh man....I got tears in my eyes. And I knew...I completely and totally understood that you wanted recipes for cooking food....but still.....I had to look! :)

I do all Dutch oven recipes in the crockpot. Unless we are camping then I put our cast iron Dutch oven covered with foil then buried in hot embers for the day.

I don't have a Dutch oven (sniff), so I use most of my Dutch oven recipes in the slow cooker.

TRICK (needed)... Sear as you're supposed to, then DEGLAZE the pan into the slow cooker. Otw, you lose the spirit/most of the flavor. If it calls for wine, use that to deglaze. If not, do your best with stock or water , but get the seared remains out as that makes the flavored stock to be braising in.

For gravy, since you add extra water for the slow cooker... Just pour all liquid out at the end and boil off the extra... OR... Pull the solids about half an hour earlier, cover w fool and put in microwav or toaster (aka small space that will retain heat and keep hot, and add flour to thicken. Turn on high to boil the flour cooked.

You can use it in a crockpot.

Do not open the crockpot to check on it. That is the number one rule when using a crockpot. You need to leave it alone until it is fully cooked. Opening a crockpot in the middle if cooking dries out the food and makes the cooking time longer. Sometimes it makes the meat tough. It's so hard not to check on it, especially if it smells really good, but don't. :)

I want to learn to cook with Dutch Ovens in the ground, in a fire, in the oven, everywhere.

We used to have a group in my old area that met each month and you just paid dues and brought a particular dish to be cooked during the meeting, well, maybe they cooked some of them beforehand. But they always went to the local craft fairs and had a booth for people to sample the different items.

I can remember some kind of cobbler and then biscuits and gravy. It was sooooooo good.

I hope your recipe turns out, I think if you just watch it any dish can be adapted to how ever you need to cook it.