^ my large Le Creuset

Do not use your nice Le Creuset for baking bread. Get a smaller cheaper enameled cast iron pot for that, and use parchment paper inside as well. Even still, mine discolored. But I use my large Le a Reiser for almost everything every day. Even when a recipe calls for a skillet, I usually use my Dutch oven because I don't have to worry about the ingredients overflowing (like wilting a lot of spinach).

Here are my favorite recipes!

Marcella Hazan bolognese:
https://leitesculinaria.com/84057/recipes-marcella-hazan-bolognese-sauce.html#wprm-recipe-container-390261

Posole:
https://mjskitchen.com/2017/02/pork-green-chile-posole-new-mexico/

Risotto:
https://divinacucina.com/2016/12/non-stir-risotti-amici-miei-gabriele-ferron/

Anonymous wrote:I use mine almost every time I cook. Enjoy!

Boils water so fast for pasta.

My favorite recipe in it is Barefoot Contessa's Lamb Shanks with Orzo.

+1. I use mine everyday too! I would make a nice bolognese.

Re: baking, Depending on which recipe use, I would caution against preheating your pot dry because it can crack enameling. Some recipes call for that some don’t just keep it in mind.

Anonymous wrote:I use mine almost every time I cook. Enjoy!

Boils water so fast for pasta.

My favorite recipe in it is Barefoot Contessa's Lamb Shanks with Orzo.

Same here. I use it almost every day. It heats up so much faster I used it for everything from pasta, to chili to stealing veggies.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No knead Dutch oven bread

Yes! I love The NY Times recipe for this, or Sally’s Baking Addiction.

I think 7 qt may be too big for this though

Anonymous wrote:No knead Dutch oven bread

Yes! I love The NY Times recipe for this, or Sally’s Baking Addiction.

Anonymous wrote:Barefoot Contessas Company Pot Roast is an amazing recipe. Also Chicken and Orzo in a pot— a variation on classic chicken noodle soup, really.
I make pasta sauce in mine a lot. And all my soups.

Those sound great, thank you!

Barefoot Contessas Company Pot Roast is an amazing recipe. Also Chicken and Orzo in a pot— a variation on classic chicken noodle soup, really.
I make pasta sauce in mine a lot. And all my soups.

I use mine almost every time I cook. Enjoy!

Boils water so fast for pasta.

My favorite recipe in it is Barefoot Contessa's Lamb Shanks with Orzo.

A delicious pot roast.

No knead Dutch oven bread

Any hearty soup or stew. I’m making posole today.

I mainly braise in mine: goulash or beef bourgoinoine.

I just got my very first Le Creuset and can’t wait to use it. It is the 7 qt Dutch oven. Anybody have a good recipe they’d like to share?