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    OK I know what one of my Christmas presents is this year. (My oldest Son found it and came and asked me what it is...of course I had to go see what this "Thing" was) Something I have been wanting for years now... A 12" 6qt. Dutch Oven! Yes!!! Santa Claus (and the missus) Love me!! I LOVE dutch Ovens! Only one problem.... although I have ate food cooked in them I have never cooked in one myself! Sooooo..... I am looking for some good,easy recipes for Dutch Oven Cooking. I am SO looking forward to cooking in it Christmas day If I can! I have a bag and a half of Charcoal and wood if I need it.... I just want to cook something NOW!!! LOL

    Rick .... PLEASE post your Cobbler recipe!!! I really want some cobbler and SOON! LOL

    Plus any tips any of you may have would be GREATLY appreciated!

    I have already been looking at this site......

    http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/~p...en-recipes.htm


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    Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler

    2 (29 oz) cans of sliced peaches
    1 Duncan Hines Yellow cake mix
    1 cup margarine or butter

    Prepare hot coals for the dutch oven.

    Empty the two cans of peaches in the dutch oven, juice and all. Dump the cake mix over the peaches. I try to spread the cake mix evenly over the peaches but it's important that you DO NOT MIX. Take a spoon and add dollops of butter to the mix. Place the dutch oven on hot coals and place a few coals on top. I generally put four or five coals depending on size. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour. I generally take a peak at about 40 minutes to see how it's doing. Super easy and you can substitute any fruit for this. If you use pie filling then you will need to add a little water to the pie filling since it doesn't have any juice in the can. You'll probably only find cherry pie filling and it works just fine if you add the same amount of water as the peaches have.

    Here's a huge list of dutch oven recipes.

    http://www.scoutorama.com/recipe/
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    Dutch ovens are awesome. You do know how to take care of one though right? You're gonna have to treat it before using it.

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    Beat me to it Rick.

    Be careful Pocomoonskyeyes3, those darn things can be addictive.

    We use this one on camp-out from time to time.

    Pot Roast
    1 boneless beef chuck roast (3-3 1/2 lbs)
    1 teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet
    2 tbsp. cooking oil
    1 cup water
    2 tbsp. taco seasoning mix
    2 tbsp. beef bouillon granules
    1 teaspoon sugar
    1/4 cup water
    3 tbsp. all-purpose flour

    In a Dutch oven, brown roast in oil and Kitchen Bouquet. Combine taco seasoning, bouillon, 1 cup water, and sugar; pour over the roast. Cover and simmer 2-2 1/2 hours or until meat is tender. Remove roast to a platter and keep warm.

    For gravy, pour 2 cups pan juices into a saucepan. Combine the 1/4 cold water and flour; stir until smooth. Add to juices; cook and stir over high heat until thickened and bubbly, about 3 minutes. Slice roast and serve w/ gravy.
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    I made chicken parm in one once, no real recipe, just went with it. Had frozen breaded chicken that I tossed in to cook in the dutch oven and some sauce from a jar. Once it cooked, added a little more sauce and the mozzarella over the top.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPGreco View Post
    Dutch ovens are awesome. You do know how to take care of one though right? You're gonna have to treat it before using it.
    Yes, I am slowly moving away from all the "New" Non-stick cookware, and moving towards the old Cast Iron cookware.... tired of buying a new frying pan/pot just to have a "Non-stick" surface every few years. Sooo when and where I can I'm going back to Cat Iron.
    It is a Lodge, "Seasoned ready-to-use".

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    A whole Plethora of Playlists for those who don't like reading.... playlists of YouTube video playlists about Dutch Oven Cooking!
    http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...+cooking&uni=1

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    Poco - you might be interested in the International Dutch Oven Society (IDOS). http://www.idos.com/
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    The F.A.R.Ts bought a dutch oven once to use at the command center. It was horrible. There was a huge fight about who was gonna cook and who would clean up and who would have to carry the thing back and forth to the response boat. We can't leave it on there. It makes the boat list. Anyway, we finally decided to just go with Kentucky Fried Chicken. We sit the box in the dutch oven and call it good. Now, if I can just talk one of the other guys into throwin' the box away. It's startin' to look like a franchise with all those used boxes layin' around.
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    You are welcome hon. I hope you enjoy it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by crashdive123 View Post
    Poco - you might be interested in the International Dutch Oven Society (IDOS). http://www.idos.com/
    I saw that and am planning on checking it out more thoroughly soon. They also have some Recipes you can check out too.
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    You are welcome hon. I hope you enjoy it.
    Oh THANK YOU Sweetie!! You KNOW how much I'm leaning more and more towards Cast Iron cookware.(Somehow the food just tastes better when cooked in Cast Iron.... Not sure why that is???)

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    I sure hope neither of you are talking to me. Especially Poco.
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    I made venison chili at camp in the dutch oven. It came out the same as it would at home on the stove. But, everybody else ranted and raved about how great it turned out.

    So, I think just the experience of cooking in a dutch oven can be enough to enhance the enjoyment of any recipe.

    I brown the meat on the lid set upside down on some coals. Then used welding gloves to flip the lid back over and drain the grease.

    We mainly grill meat at camp and heat upside. But, I need to take the dutch oven out more often. I Think I'll make some apple cobbler next trip out with a bigger group.

    Hell I think I am going to make some apple cobbler tomorrow night to go with dinner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    I sure hope neither of you are talking to me. Especially Poco.
    LOL No Rick. HOWEVER Maybe you could answer this question though?
    Somehow the food just tastes better when cooked in Cast Iron.... Not sure why that is???

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    I've never noticed a difference, actually. That chicken soup of Phil's was pretty danged good and wasn't in cast iron.
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    Pork roast

    One Pork Loin roast
    One onion
    4 cloves of chopped garlic
    salt pepper
    2 tbs caraway seeds
    Sprig of rosemary
    1/4 cup of a sweet red wine I like port, or lambrusco

    Chop onion and saute in bacon fat or olive oil.
    Dry the roast with a paper towel, season on all sides with salt and pepper. Sprinkle the top with caraway seeds over the top spread the garlic on top. Put sprig of rosemary on top. Add the wine to the oven

    Place roast in the dutch oven and bake for 3 hours at 350˚F or 175˚C.

    Remove the roast and let it rest 10 min before cutting. While the roast is resting, put the oven on stove top to finish gravy. bring the liquid n the pan to a simmer. If you like a dark gravy you can add some gravy master. Mix some corn starch or flour in some water s a thickener. Slowly add and mix the corn starch or flour as a thickener. Season to your liking.

    The complicated version is to make it a roulade or a stuffed rolled roast.

    Two diced granny smith apples,
    1/4 cup of chopped pecans
    1/2 med sweet onion
    1/4 cup of chopped dried cranberries.
    4 table spoons cherry preserves (optional)
    olive oil or bacon fat.
    cotton string to tie the roast.

    The filling
    Saute the onion pecans and the cranberries above in a fry pan until the onion is translucent, add the cherry preserves and and the apple continue to simmer until the liquid is gone. Set the pan aside.

    Prepare the roast by laying the roast on the cutting board and slicing the roast about 1/2" above the cutting board as you cut roll the roast so that the roast ends up being a 1/2" thick rectangle its ok if it starts to separate.

    Set the roast with its length going away from you. Spread the filling over the roast leave the edges without filling. Begin rolling the roast with the filling at the end nearest you. As you roll you may have splits in the meat roll the best you can holding the splits in place. Once rolled Tie the roast. Use string that is intended for cooking so that you don't have to worry about any unknown chemicals. Our local grocery has string for trussing up chicken and turkeys.

    Here is a link that demonstrates the technique.
    http://www.ehow.co.uk/video_2339634_...ank-steak.html

    One tied follow the above recipe from the

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    Anything you can think of can be cooked in a dutch oven. Even if it is preseasoned i would wash it out and coat it with shortening and put in oven on low heat for a while. A bbq pit works also.

    To make sure it cook evenly rotate pot 1/4 - 1/2 turn and rotate the lid the same in the opposite direction.

    I love to make biscuits and cornbread in mine. Until it's really broke in u may want to stay away from very acidic foods like chili and things like that.

    Also if your looking for more cast iron skillets check out garage sales and flea markets even if its severly rusted a little sand paper or steel wool will clean it right up and then just reseason.

    Ok one more tip and then i'll stop, if u hve the camp oven(the one with 3 legs) flip it upside down and put the lid on the legs, now u have a griddle for pancakes or bacon or whatever. Cookin bacon is also a GREAT way to keep em seasoned. After washing with only water wipe it with a light coating of oil and put it up.

    I hope u enjoy, it is addicting. There used to be a show called campfire cafe and he's got a website, great recipes there also.

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    I made some cornbread one night at the Jamboree but I do not know if anyone remembers it....

    If you want to I can post my recipe for it.

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    Yes, I do. No one else got any, I don't think. It was hot but I made off with most of it.
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