Product Description

Le Creuset Tagine Cerise

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29491 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Colour: Cerise
• Brand: LE CREUSET UK LTD
• Model: L7473-00-67
• Released on: 2003-03-18
• Dimensions: 13.30" h x 15.20" w x 17.10" l, 10.00 pounds

Features

• Le Creuset Tagine Cerise

Manufacturer's Description
Use the Le Creuset Tagine on any heat source

The conical lid encourages fast condensing and basting of the food while it is cooking

Create tasty North African dishes or follow British and European recipes.

Customer Reviews

COOK the Moroccan Way!
A TAGINE (TAJINE) is made up of two parts and is ideal for the slow cooking of dishes requiring little initial liquid, relying instead on the dish - by design - to create its own and therefore retain even more flavour.

LE CREUSET's TAGINE has a 30.5 cm diameter CAST IRON base in MATT BLACK, which can be used on any heat source
and
a STONEWARE 'lid', with unglazed rim.

Le Creuset embossed, this item comes in a sturdy box, complete with a little (multi-lingual) booklet including a handful of recipes as well as full use/care instructions, and would make an ideal Christmas gift for someone wishing to cook the real Moroccan way!

And I can honestly say that the recipe from the accompanying booklet,

'Moroccan Lamb Tagine with Fennel and Dates'

was well worth the effort for the effect it had on my guests, both in terms of the aroma in the kitchen and the taste of the finished product!

Being cast iron, the base can be put in the dishwasher, although I do tend to soak mine a while and give it a rub with a plastic brush to help shift any stubborn remains, first.

The lid, after washing in hot soapy water, does need a little attention to ensure that it is thoroughly dry before storing away.
Overall size is approximately 27 cm x 30 cm, so some shelf/counter space is required when not in use, especially as it is recommended that it is stored upright, to avoid damage.

LE CREUSET's dedicated book:-

THE CAST IRON WAY TO COOK

by Sue Cutts, has a whole chapter entitled:-

'Woks and Moroccan Tagines'

with some informative notes on cooking with a tagine, as well as the delicious recipes:-

Fish Tagine with Couscous
and
Moroccan Chicken Tagine

Or...

Clay-Pot Cooking, from Jennie Shapter

has my favourite vegetarian recipe:-

'Mixed Bean and Aubergine Tagine with Mint Yoghurt'.



Also currently available in:-

DIJON
KIWI
TEAL (aka CARIBBEAN)

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2009 UPDATE:- LE CREUSET TAGINE

NEW design is also now available with a deeper base/2L capacity, serving 4-6 people:-

CERISE RED (Graded Shades)
ALMOND (aka DUNE)
TEAL

Great cooking product
Great product, my wife & I saw these Tagines and experienced this traditional style of cooking whilst in Morocco, an experience not to be missed. The 5 spice long cook process makes food taste just fantastic, and when Amazon offered this product at just over forty quid inc. postage we had to have one.
Le Creuset cookware is brilliant, we have many saucepans & casserole dishes now and have never been disappointed, so go buy one! Also look out for the Le Creuset fondue set , another great fun product.
Diameter is 30.5 cm.

Updated version of Traditional Cooking Pot
On holiday in Essaouira, Morrocco, I was privileged to have been invited to dinner by one of the locals. My host involved me in every step of the meal, from taking me to see fresh flatbread being baked in huge wood-fired stone ovens, to buying produce at the local market, to preparing the tagine at a local cafe and then having the whole dish transported back home by a 'handyman' with a handcart.

Slow cooking with the conical funnel of the tagine resulted in a delicious, aromatic dish with the flavours and moisture of the ingredients locked in. Sat around the table, dining out of the communal dish with my host family was an absolute delight, an unforgettable experience. So when I eventually returned home I simply had to buy a tagine for myself; choice was limited and I ended up buying the Le Creuset model simply because it was the only one available at the time. Its main difference from the traditional cooking pot is that the base is made of cast iron rather than earthenware. I expect that this means that the dish will be more durable in the long-term. However, the cast iron means that it is less efficient at dissipating heat compared to the earthenware so that it tends to overheat unless the gas is kept really low. Even so, it's difficult to stop spilling over when used on the average domestic hob - the size of the dish sees to that! I agree with others who have said that this tagine would ideally cook a meal for 4 - not big enough for a really large party, but great for a special evening with friends. Looks good and very capable of producing authentic dishes!