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List Price : $50.00 Price : $54.95

Product Description

Our Superstone La Cloche Bread Baker utilizes the steam generated by the moist dough within the bell, resulting in a delicious bread with a crackly , golden crust and light crumb. Roasts, chickens and fish bake as the flavors of the natural juices circulate within the dome, thus preserving moisture and reducing shrinkage. 11"D x 2"H.

Amazon.com Review

This heavy stoneware dish and lid from Sassafras brings an ancient Roman and Greek cooking method to the present day. Once used as a portable oven for cooking bread, fish, and meats, la cloche (or cooking bell) now helps modern cooks bake lighter, crustier bread and juicier fish and meats. The dish also doubles as a rustic serving plate for finished foods. To use, arrange dough or meat on the bottom dish, cover with the domed lid, and place in the oven on the lowest oven rack. Be sure to season the dish and lid before use with a coating of cooking oil for best results.

Use to bake light, crusty breads and moist fish and meats
Fits in standard-size oven with upper racks removed
Superstone natural stoneware
Soak in warm water, scrape off food with a wire brush or pad
Unique dome top and material create even circulation of heat

Sassafras La Cloche Brick Oven Reviews

79 of 81 people found the following review helpful

La Cloche, September 20, 2005

Alexanderplatz (Kentucky) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sassafras La Cloche Brick Oven (Kitchen)

I had wanted one of these baking dishes ever since I read about them in Carol Field's book THE ITALIAN BAKER. My wife and I received one as a wedding present and I have now baked bread in it multiple times. It does indeed make a difference in the texture of the crust. After years of experimenting I had never been able to achieve that especially crisp crust that you get from a bakery, until now. Another plus is that the dough's final rise inside the covered dish obviates the need for plastic wrap. I lately have purchased the rectangular "baguette" version of La Cloche at an outlet store, and have found it to be a more practical shape for day to day baking. The original bell-shaped La Cloche is great, however, for making large, round hearth loaves or a cluster or dinner rolls.

79 of 83 people found the following review helpful

I'm The Baker, December 7, 2005

Purly Girly (Sierra Nevada, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sassafras La Cloche Brick Oven (Kitchen)

I love to bake. I really love to bake bread. My specialty is sourdough. So now I have 3 strikes against me, that is, until I found La Cloche.

Although it can be used to cook meats, I personally only use it for bread. La Cloche turns your regular oven into a brick oven, and the quality of your bread will amaze you. It browns beautifully, has a crispy, chewy crust that seems to carmelize the sugars in the crust differently. There is no need to spray water or create steam in the oven, because the steam is created inside La Cloche by the bread itself. So actually bread making is more simple and safe because you are not spraying water into a 500 degree oven.

There are 2 shapes, a french bread style and round oven hearth style. I have both and pop them into the oven at the same time, so I am baking 2 loaves of bread at once, which is a little more economical.

Truly, I wish I had this from the beginning of my baking attempts. If you are a baker or... Read more

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful

Great bread, but..., March 15, 2006

M. K. Dominguez (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sassafras La Cloche Brick Oven (Kitchen)

I used La Cloche to make bread with, specifically San Francisco Sourdough, with SPECTACULAR results. The crust was crisp but chewey, and I could not imagine baking another loaf without it. But after I used it the first time, the bottom developed a crack. After a second use, the crack became so large that I will not use it again for fear it will break during cooking.

I called Sassafras Enterprises (800.537.4941), and for $8.00 to cover shipping/handling they are sending out a replacement bottom. Their customer service was outstanding, and I feel they build a quality product. I also purchased the rectangular version of La Cloche, and I have not had an issue. Perhaps our La Cloche was damaged during shipping. I would have rated it 5 stars otherwise.