A Dutch oven is probably the most flexible cookware in the kitchen. It can be used mainly both on the stove and in the oven. You can cook a variety of dishes in it, such as soups, stews, rice, and other casserole dishes. It is convenient for a cook to have a single container with so many uses.
In terms of design, it is a two-piece cookware: a pot and a tight-fitting lid. It generally has thicker walls than a normal pot. It is conventionally made of metals or ceramics.
Why can’t the conventional ones be the best?
When we buy a Dutch oven, we want to choose the best one. It should not be reactive for healthy cooking and yet be multi-functional. Dutch metal ovens are not multi-functional, cannot be used in the oven, and are highly reactive. Metals are innately reactive, and food is a biochemical entity, which is why it filters out toxins while cooking. Similarly, ceramics are loaded with a variety of chemicals that contaminate food. In fact, ceramic can be good for making masterpieces and bathroom items, the presence of so many chemicals makes it unsuitable for cooking food.
A Non-Reactive Dutch Oven – Choose Your Material Wisely
Since metals and ceramics are reactive, it is important to choose a Dutch oven with an alternative material that is not reactive. Pure clay is a naturally inert material that is mined from the surface of the earth. A pure clay Dutch oven is non-reactive and can be used on the stovetop and in the oven. Cook much healthier foods:
How do you cook healthy?
As pure clay is inert, it does not release toxins during firing. In addition, the delicate nutrients remain intact and cooked food has great nutritional value in the body. Metals and ceramics have strong heat that even burns fabrics (touching a metal pan just 5 minutes after heating can burn the skin!). The delicate nutrients present in its ingredients barely survive the ordeal. To make matters worse, the water-soluble nutrients escape as vapor, leaving the food deficient in nutrients.
The unique far infrared heat of pure clay pots keeps nutrients intact and its excellent vapor management properties naturally condense it back into food. Since the body needs water-soluble nutrients on a daily basis, food cooked in pure clay saves it from this universal deficiency!
The convenience of cooking so many dishes both on the stove and in the oven. And the health benefits of cooking nutrient-dense foods in a non-reactive and non-harmful (for nutrients) material make the pure clay Dutch oven the best choice.
