Kitchen Aid Cookware: Lodge 9 Ounce Oval Mini Server Review

I wouldn't have known what to do with this a year ago.A small cast iron pan with handles for pot-holders.What's it for?

Then I had what may be the best dinner of my life, at Mario Batali's new Vegas steakhouse, Carnevino.It was early fall; they had an item on the menu, "Market Peppers."Vine-fresh, long skinny red sweet peppers were seeded, cored, brushed lightly with olive oil, sprinkled with sea salt, and oven-roasted - and then brought to table - in this little pan, or one very much like it.The pan was so hot that it kept sizzling them right at the table; you served yourself and the sweetness, the good roasted flavor where the hot iron had seared the pepper skin, was just unbelievable.

You can make this, and other similar vegetable and mushroom dishes, at home in this wonderful little pre-seasoned pan.Because it's cast iron, which retains and delivers heat wonderfully, you need very little oil; foods sear nicely without scorching, and cook through without needing to sit in a puddle of oil to do it.

I pretty much want this on the table every day, filled with delicious roast things.You can also use it for breakfast scrambles, one-person casseroles or pot pie, or pretty much anything else you like - it's cast iron, it's indestructible.Just don't put it in the dishwasher - no soap please, just clean by rinsing under hot water with a stiff brush, then coat with oil lightly and put it away.

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Product Description:
This 9 ounce oval mini server will enhance any cookware offering.Lodge tableware is versatile, perfect for hot or cold appetizers, desserts, sauces or specialty entrees.Always in season, this mini server will create positive responses in your home as well as over an open campfire.Seasoned ready to use.6 1/16" x 3 7/8" x 1 1/16" deep