Le Creuset Cast Iron Square Grillit, Granite, 26 cm
from LE CREUSET UK LTD
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Category: Kitchen & Home
Release Date: 18/03/2003
Availability: dispatched within 24 hours
Index: Kitchen & Housewares
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Kitchen Shopper Price: £41.97
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Product Description The Le Creuset Grillit has been designed with both style and superb function in mind. From the comfortable, ergonomic handle and assist handle for safe, easy lifting to the excellent anti-drip pouring lip to eliminate drips and spills. The black enamelled interior will withstand the higher temperatures required for this type of cooking and the solid base will ensure stability on the hob. Round and Square Grillit with ergonomic handle, assist handle and ''anti-drip'' lip. Le Creuset is consistently used by the World''s leading chefs all of whom appreciate its superb performance and good looks. Each piece is hand crafted to perfection. Suitable for all heat sources. Round Grillit: 26cm diameter Square Grillit: 26cm square Please Choose your required shape from the list below.
Versatile, practical and stylish  Sent: 13 October 2008
My second foray into the Le Creuset cast iron range was this superb "Grillit" - or griddle-pan to the rest of us! At 26cm, it's big enough to cook one huge beef steak or several smaller items like chicken breasts. It's a good, sturdy pan with a lip on each side to help you pour off the fat and a good sized handle and a helper-handle to facilitate lifting it. As with all cast iron kitchenware, it's VERY heavy, so not something to consider buying unless you know you can cope with the weight. It holds the heat fantastically and takes no time at all to heat up. The secret to cooking a good steak is to thow it into a very hot pan - this grillit makes that very easy as it only really gets very hot - it's not so good at subtle, low temperatures, but then you don't need them in a griddle pan. The granite colouring is very stylish and inside is coated in some form of enamel which helps to stop things sticking. Cleaning it is a breeze - you just take it off of the heat, let it cool for 10 minutes, pour in some water and let it cool completely. Once it's cool you can clean it easily with a brush or just pop it in the dishwasher. Simple! I'm still amazed by the amount of fat which pours out of almost everything I cook using this - it's certainly an eye opener and makes for much healthier cooking.
A new kitchen essential Sent: 10 September 2008
I was given one of these as a present and it has rapidly become a kitchen essential. I use it for all meat cooking, reserving my frying pan for delicate fish, rissotto and stir fry (I really should get a wok!). It is also great for grilling vegetables.
As with the entire Le Creuset cast iron range, it is seriously heavy and you will find yourself using the lifting tab that is opposite the handle. But that heaviness delivers consistent heat and you can rely on the entire cooking surface being an even temperature.
The interior is black enamel with ridges to give the char lines that are essential on a tuna steak. Fat will collect in the bottom and with very fatty foods, like sausages, you might need to pour away some fat part-way through the cooking. The lips on either side make this very easy.
Less fatty food will stick to the ridges slightly and if you are used to cleaning a non-stick fry pan by running it under the tap, wiping it with a sponge once and then drying, you need to be ready for a bit more work - both to get bits off the ridges and to pry stuff out of the troughs.
But it is pretty simple - leave it to soak in warm soapy water for 15 minutes then scrub lightly with a pot brush and everything will lift off. It is also dishwasher safe, but I never put pans (or knives) in the dishwasher whatever the manufacturer says, so I can't vouch for that.
If my house burned down and I had to restock my kithen from scratch, this would be one of the cookware essentials near the top of the list - it makes for low-fat cooking of fatty foods without the hassle of using a grill, sears beautifully and looks great left on the hob, with a great range of colours to choose from.
Five stars.
An even healthier way to cook - ideal for fast, low-fat grilling of meat, chicken, fish and vegetables Sent: 20 February 2008
'Le Creuset Grillits' products are completely covered in vitreous enamel, protecting the surface and making them easier to use and clean.
Ideal for fast, low-fat grilling of meat, chicken, fish and vegetables - the ribbed base gives those characteristic char-lines and flavour.'
Sturdy and Suitable for all types of hob, including induction.
Durable black enamel lining/anti-drip pouring lip.
26 cm square with `assist handle' for easy lifting, but don`t forget your 'Le Creuset Double Oven Gloves'!
Relatively easy to clean, by hand, or pop it in the dishwasher.
There has been some criticism re why the Le Creuset `Grill Range' is NOT of the `non-stick' variety.
As one would expect of `Le Creuset', the Company listened to the critics and answered, and it seems appropriate to copy it here:-
'Why do Le Creuset grills not have a non-stick cooking surface?
Because it isn't necessary. A black vitreous enamel surface can offer all the advantages of a non-stick surface but will not damage, peel or deteriorate during high temperature grilling.
No non-stick surface can withstand the repeated high surface temperatures that grilling requires. Therefore a non-stick surface will deteriorate quickly and peel off.
Additionally, a non-stick surface will not produce the same seared finish to the food. Cooked food colours are usually paler and the food often has less flavour as a result.'
And that really does say it all!
It is basically a different sort of cooking, but, like everything else, once mastered never forgotten!
Also available in a 26 cm round version, in a variety of colours - some at great prices at Amazon, today!
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Associated kitchen categories: Griddles & Skillets cookware, griddle, skillet, le cruesetle, crusetle, cresuet, crueset, le cruset |
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