If you are headed to the mountains to go hunting or fishing, or to a camp ground bar-be-cue you simply have to take along your best assortment of outdoor cast iron cookware.
Not much taste better than chili con carne that has been slow cooked all morning over the open fire in a cast iron dutch oven, and if your dutch oven is properly seasoned you won't even need to take along extra cooking oil, butter, or lard as the cast iron camp dutch oven when properly seasoned will have a natural non-stick surface. Add some hot coals to the top of the lid and you will get an even heating surface all around the oven.
The camp dutch oven is also great for baking some outdoor biscuits and gravy too! Here is a great recipe for making biscuits in your cast iron camp dutch oven! Make sure that the surface of your cast iron cookware is properly seasoned before you try this recipe. For a great list of instructions on keeping your cast iron cookware properly seasoned please refer to our the instructions at the bottom of this post.
| 4 cups flour | 1 tsp. salt | |
| 2 tbsp. baking powder | 1/2 cup shortening | |
| 1-1/2 cup milk or water |
Combine dry ingredients. Work in shortening and add milk gradually. Knead and pinch off desired amount and place in greased 12" or 14" camp Dutch oven and bake 15-20 minutes at 325ยบ F.
For step by step instructions on how to properly season the surface of your cast iron cookware, feel free to check out our site at http://www.castironcollection.com where you will find a great selection of cast iron cookware at great prices, you will also see a tab labeled "other resources", click on this tab and you will see a link to http://gnowfglins.com, click on this link and you will find great step by step instructions for proper seasoning of all of your cast iron cookware cooking surfaces.
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