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I got a great bargain in Sainsbury's, a gorgeous orange cast iron casserole - only £19.99 in the sale! Only problem was I was on foot and had to lug it home, and it was heavy!!

I'm christening it tonight with a beef, mushroom and red wine casserole..............it smells gorgeous

It tasted good too

does a magnet stick to the base of it? 'cause I'm thinking of replacing my hob with an induction one at some point but most of the pots I have now won't work on it. And it sounds a real bargain


That casserole sounds yum; a bit more detailed recipe please? as it sounds like something great for the slow cooker as well

I haven't got a magnet

It was 500g of diced braising steak, browned with two sliced onions in some oil, then added a box of chopped tomatoes, half a small punnet of sliced mushrooms, a good helping of mixed herbs and a ginormous glug of shiraz. Oh and some water, about a cup full, as I didn't have any stock cubes

Two and a half hours on 160 degrees C, then thickened with some gravy granules, and put back for twenty minutes. We had a small jacket spud each with it, but I think next time I would add tiny baby new potatoes to the casserole

sounds yummy.

Not sure why but I really struggle with getting the flavours of casseroles right. Either one flavour totally overpowering or everything rather bland which I then try and fix; which can be a bit hit and miss at times

I'm a bit of a bung it in and hope for the best merchant myself, but this was really nice. Instead of gravy granules, if you used a stock cube I think it would have thickened up nicely with flour, but it needed the granules without

Those Sainsburys casserole dishes are lovely Kaz, what a bargain
I have one, in a beautiful shade of blue, that I lugged home from France It was sooooo much cheaper than Le Creuset how could anyone resist?!
Very heavy though, I only use it occasionally but for large mounts it can't be beaten, the meals cooked in it really do taste extra good

Toss the meat with flour seasoned with salt, black pepper and mixed herbs before browning it Kaz, it browns better and thickens it too
Or you can add mustard powder, or paprika, or ground ginger, to the flour

We have a Le Creuset outlet here, but even so they are out of my price range I also looked in the other cook shops in the outlet, but even in there they were £30 plus - so I am delighted with this one

No red ones left though which was a shame, as the accents in my kitchen diner - kettle, toaster, blind - are red, but you can't have everything

ETA I will do that Di, with the flour

Kaz wrote:We have a Le Creuset outlet here, but even so they are out of my price range I also looked in the other cook shops in the outlet, but even in there they were £30 plus - so I am delighted with this one

No red ones left though which was a shame, as the accents in my kitchen diner - kettle, toaster, blind - are red, but you can't have everything

ETA I will do that Di, with the flour

Don't talk to me about matching kitchen appliances.

Until 10.40am this morning my lovely WHITE toaster matched all my other lovely WHITE kitchen appliances.

10.41am this morning the toaster went kaput!

I get home from work and what has Don done?!

Bought a CREAM!! toaster.

CREAM!!

CREAM????!!!!!