Dutch Oven Cooking
By Terry Lewis
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Terry Lewis serves up some of his tastiest dishes in this collection of Dutch oven recipes designed to inspire new cooks, those with some experience under their belts, and the well-seasoned cook-off masters. Beginners will find success with Dutch Oven Stew, Chicken and Rice, and Easy Cobbler, while the intermediate level cooks will enjoy making Chicken Cordon Bleu, Honey Rolls, and Oatmeal Chocolate Cake. Folks looking to compete with the best can try their hand at Maple BBQ Baby Back Ribs with Buttered Almond Rice, Sourdough Herb Rolls, and Carmel Pumpkin Cheesecake.
Terry Lewis, with the help of his daughter Tori, is a two-time winner of the World Championship Cook-offs held by the International Dutch Oven Society. He has been cooking and competing in Dutch oven events for over twenty years and occasionally uses his expertise to judge cooking competitions. Terry lives in Tabiona, Utah.
Recipes and secrets from Dutch Oven Society World Champion.
Terry Lewis
He has written a children’s book, “Bani a Butterfly Adventure”, and is a Navy veteran, trying to follow his father’s footsteps, who was a veteran of WWII, and an artist/writer in his early years.
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Dutch Oven Cooking - Terry Lewis
Dutch Oven Cooking
Terry Lewis
Photographs by Zac Williams
Dutch Oven Cooking
Digital Edition v1.0
Text © 2011 Terry Lewis
Photographs © 2011 Zac Williams
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.
Gibbs Smith, Publisher
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Layton, UT 84041
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ISBN: 978-1-4236-1460-9
For the three wonderful and patient women who taught me to cook; my mother, Carolyn Nadean Roberts Lewis, and my grandmothers, Angeline Lunceford Lewis and Florence Wilson Roberts
And for my daughter and cooking partner, Victoria (Tori) Marie Lewis
Dutch Oven Cooking
Table of Contents
Introduction Beginner Breads Sides Main Courses Desserts Intermediate Breads Sides Main Courses Desserts Advanced Breads Main Courses Desserts Our Author Metric Conversion Chart
Introduction
I believe to have a success with anything; you need to start with quality equipment and ingredients. It is no different with Dutch oven cooking. I use Dutch ovens from Camp Chef and Lodge because they are the best quality, and I prefer Kingsford charcoal to use for cooking. As far as ingredients are concerned, use only high quality products for the best results.
Dutch ovens
Most Dutch ovens come seasoned and ready for use. All you have to do is wash them. Over time, with continued use, your oven will build up a better coating or season. Right after cooking is the best time to clean your oven. I wash mine with water and a little soap, but do not scrub the coating away or you will have to start over with the seasoning process. Heat the Dutch oven in your house oven or over a camp stove or coals to get it completely dry. Wipe it down with a little oil or cast iron conditioner. I use a conditioner sold by Camp Chef that I really like.
Heat
Learning to control the heat is one of the trickiest parts about cooking in Dutch ovens, but once you do, you will have great success. In this cookbook I have provided the number of coals to use for each recipe. Always place the bottom coals in a ring shape underneath the oven. The heat goes to the middle, so until you have some experience, don’t put coals in the center of the ring. The top coals should be in an evenly spaced pattern around the lid of the Dutch oven. A good rule of thumb for the amount of coals needed is to use twice the number of coals as the oven is in inches—for instance, using a 12-inch oven, you need 12 coals for the top and 12 for the bottom, or 24. But you don’t put them on that way; you put two-thirds of the 24 on the top, or 16, and one-third on the bottom, or 8. You may need to tweak this formula as you become practiced, but it is a good starting point. For most recipes, the baking temperature is about 350 degrees, and this formula achieves that temperature. You can raise or lower the temperature by adding or removing 1 coal for approximately every 20 degrees you need to adjust.
Tools
It is easy to spend a lot of money on tools for Dutch oven cooking. Before you go out and buy a bunch of equipment, I recommend that you find someone who cooks with Dutch ovens and ask about which tools they like. If you can attend a Dutch oven competition or gathering, you can see many different tools and how they work. This way you won’t buy something that