Customer Reviews for Staub - Cast Iron 0.5-qt Round Cocotte - Matte Black
Customer Rating
5
on January 19, 2021
Posted by: Cookingmonster
Wonderful size for anyone living alone. Holds about 16 ounces of liquid. Perfect for both cooking and re heating. The cast iron enamel holds the heat and has fantastic absorption properties making it perfect for cooking all types of grains and rice. Oven safe up to 500 degrees, makes it even more useful, and a pleasure to cook with and serve from.
Put these on my Bridal Registry and was pleased to receive 8! Perfect for individual servings of soup, souffle, casserole, pudding and stew. Keeps items nice and hot so can be placed on the table prior to seating. Also can be used for clarified butter, warm dips and spreads, as well as individual sorbet, ice cream and gelato. Keeps hot hot, and cold cold. Perfect for entertaining!
Always see these small cocottes at restaurants and resorts. They are great for serving warm dips, sauces, clarified butter, molten cakes, individual, mac and cheese, even cinnamon rolls. Love how they look on the table, and how they keep everything nice and warm. In the process of adding more to my collection, my goal is an even dozen. These will last a lifetime so I consider them an investment in years of entertaining!
This mini pot is the perfect size for a serving of French onion soup and melting cheese on top of the soup is easy because the cast iron is such a good conductor of heat. The handles are helpful to take in and out of the oven. Clean up is a breeze because of the enamel on the cast iron.
I love this size and use them for individual servings of soups, mac 'n cheese, chili, the possibilities are endless! The black enamel interior makes them very easy to clean by handwash. I like to collect them in different colors to liven up the table settings!
Petite dutch ovens can offer an opportunity to cook and serve warm, sauces, spreads and small side dishes. The Cast iron also works well cooling and serving cold dishes and the material keeps the temperature where you want it.
With all the features of the larger cocottes this small half quart cocotte is fun to have for the smaller cooking tasks! This is approximately two cups so it's great for small batches of sauces or for melting chocolate, cheese or butter. Think of anything you'd do in your smallest stainless steel pot and you can do it in this instead! Go ahead and use it for baking and serving hot dips too.