Beef in Red Wine Sauce

Ingredients
3 medium onions, sliced
4 medium carrots, peeled, sliced, 1/4 inch thick
1 cup ham julienned
3 pounds beef, cut in 1 inch cubes
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon thyme, dried
1/2 teaspoon rosemary leaves, crumbled
1/2 teaspoon marjoram
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon salt
1/4 cup brandy
1 1/2 red wine
1 can tomatoes, with liquid, chopped

Directions
Combine all ingrediants except tomatoes in large bow. Refrigerate covered 2-3 hours.

Soak top and bottom of a 3 1/4 quart clay cooker in cold water for about 15 minutes and drain.

Transfer beef mixture to cooker. Add tomatoes with liquid. Place covered cooker in cold oven.

Bake at 425F, stirring once or twice until beef and carrots are tender, approx 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

Serves 6
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Roast Chicken & Peppers

Ingredients
3 1/2 lbs chicken
pearl onions
1 small red pepper, sliced
1 small green pepper, sliced
1 clove garlic
4 oz baby sweet corn
4 oz button mushrooms
4 oz green beans
1 tbsp tomato puree
salt and pepper to taste
3-4 sprigs of fresh thyme (or 1 tsp dried thyme)
6 oz red wine or chicken stock
flour

Directions
Soak the Romertopf in cold water for approx 15 minutes.
Place the chopped garlic, sprig of thyme and salt and pepper inside the chicken.
Place chicken in the Romertopf and surround with onions, peppers and more sprigs of thyme and salt and pepper.
Mix the tomatoe puree with the wine or stock and pour over the chicken.
Place in a cold oven and cook at 400F for one hour.
Remove pot from oven and add sweet corn, sliced mushrooms and green beans, cook for an addition 30 minutes or until done.
Remove the chicken and vegetables and keep warm.
Strain off the sauce, reduce if necessary.
The amount of sauce can be increased by adding 5 oz of chicken stock to the sauce and thickening with 2-3 tsp flour dissolved in 3 tbsp cold water. Whisk well until the sauce is brought to the boil and thickens.
Adjust seasonings and serve with chicken and vegetables.
Boiled new potatoes, sprinkled with chopped parsley, are a delicious complement to this meal.

Serves 6


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Pot Roast with Cider

Ingredients
3lbs pot roast
2 medium carrots, peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks
4 small turnips peeled and quartered
3 medium zucchini, cut into 1/2 inch rounds
1 large onion, sliced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
4 bay leaves
2 tbsp chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste
8 oz dry cider, or beef stock
1 tbsp flour


Directions
Soak both the top and bottom of your Romertopf roaster in cold water for about 15 minutes.
Place the sliced onion, 2 bay leaves and garlic in the pot.
Place the beef on top and surround with carrots and turnips.
Place the last two bay leaves on top of the meat, add the parsley and season to taste.
Pour the stock or cider over the meat and place pot in a cold oven.
Heat the oven to 400F and cook for about 1 hour.
Remove the pot and add the zucchini. Return to the oven for a further 40 minutes.
Remove from the oven and test the meat with a fine skewer, it should enter easily.
Lift the meat and vegetables out of the pot and keep warm
Drain off the sauce.
For more sauce with the meat, increase the amount by adding 5 oz of beefstock to the sauce and thickening it with 2 - 3 tsp of flour dissolved in 3 tsp of cold water. Whisk well until the sauce is brought to the boil and thickens. Check seasoning and strain into sauce boat.
Serve with the beef.

Serves 6

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Meatloaf Recipe for Clay Pot Cooking

One of the best main dishes to cook in a clay pot is meatloaf. You can use the same ingredients that you would if you were making the meatloaf in a casserole dish, but you may have to bake the loaf a little longer to solidify all the ingredients.

First soak your clay pot in water for at least 15 minutes.

Ingredients
1 lb ground beef
1 lb ground pork
2 eggs
1 cup breadcrumbs
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 cup iced water
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tbs brown sugar
1 tsp red wine vinegar

Mix all ingredients except for ketchup, brown sugar, and cider vinegar in a large bowl. Mix salt, pepper, or other seasonings to taste. Pat the ingredients into the clay pot, then mix remaining ingredients and spread on top of the meatloaf. Bake for about an hour and a half at 400F.

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Use and Care of Romertopf Clay Pot Cookware

If you have just purchased or received a new clay pot and have no idea what to do with it, you are not alone. To get started, you may need suggestions for preparing savory and nutritious meals with your new clay cookware, as well as where to purchase your Romertopf clay pot.

Most clay pots are unglazed, and before you use your pot for the first time, you should soak it for at least half an hour, so that the moisture will be retained in the foods you cook. For subsequent uses, soaking the pot for about fifteen minutes should be fine. The majority of clay pots that you can purchase are for oven use.

Always place your Romertopf in a COLD oven. Never place it on an open flame, or a hot cooktop.

For cleaning, clay pots usually only need to be hand-washed, in hot water, do not use soap, to cut grease use a small amount of baking soda.

Cooking meats is one of the main uses of the clay pot, but you should avoid cooking fish or meats with strong seasonings like pepper or curry for the first use of your pot. It will take a while to get the taste out of the pot. Over time, clay pots will become seasoned and darken each time you cook with them. Because of the pot's ability to keep food moist and savory while cooking, it is not necessary to add excessive seasonings, butter or salt to your food. Because you do not have to add water to boil your food, your dish will retain all its nutritious qualities.

Recommended clay pot recipes include tuna steak, beef stew, chicken and rice, or even a dessert, like apple crisps. Vegetarian, baked pasta, or casserole dishes can be prepared in a clay pot as well; the crispness and color of vegetables will be retained throughout cooking, and casseroles are less likely to become dry when baked in a clay pot.

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Clay Pot Recipes - Baked Halibut

Baked Halibut

Ingredients

2 Tbs. olive oil

4 halibut steaks

1/2 cup breadcrumbs

2 Tbs. fresh parsley, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

4 cups cold water

4 lemon slices

Soak clay pot and its cover in water at least 15 minutes. Coat bottom of pot with oil and add fish. Combine remaining ingredients, except lemon, in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover pot and put in cold oven. Bake at 450F for 20-30 minutes until fish flakes easily. Serve garnished with lemon slices.

Serves: 4


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Clay Pot Recipes - Sweet 'N' Spicy Spareribs

Clay Pot Sweet 'N' Spicy Spareribs

Ingredients

4 pounds meaty spareribs

8 carrots

1 onion, finely chopped

2 tablespoons clear honey

juice of 1 lemon

1 tablespoon curry

salt

pepper

Instructions

Place spareribs in soaked clay pot. Cut the carrots in half, then quarter the pieces lengthways. Add the carrots and sprinkle the chopped onion over the top. Mix together the honey, lemon juice, curry powder, salt and pepper, trickle the mixture evenly over the spareribs. Cover the pot and place in the cold oven. Set the oven at 475F. Cook for 1 hour.

Transfer the carrots to a serving dish and keep hot. Rearrange the spareribs and baste them with the juices, then cook, uncovered, rearranging the ribs once more, for a further 20 minutes, or until well browned. Service piping hot.

Serves: 4

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Clay Pot Recipes - Orange Chicken

Clay Pot Orange Chicken

Ingredients

1 (3 - 4 pound) chicken

Salt

Pepper

1 clove garlic, crushed

2 medium oranges, peeled and sliced (reserve rinds)

1/2 cup orange juice

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger root

1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

1 tablespoon brown sugar

Arrowroot

Instructions

Presoak clay pot top and bottom, in water for fifteen minutes. Wash chicken, inside and out, under running cold water. Rub inside of chicken with salt, pepper and pressed garlic. Stuff with peeled orange slices. Place chicken in pot, breast side down. Grate orange rind and sprinkle over chicken. Add orange juice, soy sauce, ginger, allspice and brown sugar. Place covered pot in cold oven. Turn temperature to 480 degrees F. Cook 90 minutes. Ten minutes before done, remove from oven, pour liquid into saucepan. Return the pot, uncovered, to oven for final 10 minutes to brown the chicken. Meanwhile, bring sauce to a boil and thicken with arrowroot. You may want to add a bit of brown sugar to the sauce, to taste.

Serves: 4

Cooking with Romertopf Clay Bakers avoids over-cooking while it eliminates the need for added fats. Soaking Romertopf in water before it is placed inside the oven allows it to create and maintain moisture that cokks recipes to perfection, while preventing the nutrients from escaping.

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