Dutch oven

A roasting pan or a Pure is a flat rectangular, round or oval vessel with two handles, with which you can cook, for example, pork or roast goose in an oven. Spreads are cast iron roasting pan in use, but they are like pans in stainless steel, copper, iron and aluminum rifled available with non-stick coating of iron with heat-resistant enamel layer.

In the southern German -speaking Reindl is a name for a rectangular roasting pan with two handles, usually made ​​of metal. It will roast of pork, chicken, duck, goose, or the like. prepared, as well as desserts like apple strudel or tube pasta. In Austria Reine is also used synonymously for casserole.

Also available are roasters made of glass. In earlier times there were roasters made of ceramic, this could only be used in the oven or over an open flame. A roaster can also be used for frying on the stove on the so-called " cooking zone ". In principle, it is a mixture of pan and pot. A roasters made of clay is called clay pot.

Etymology

The word comes from Pure pure ( f ), variants were Reinel, Reindel, Rindel, Reidl. From Johann Andreas Schmeller the following is an excerpt: " the old name still lives dialect, mainly in Upper Germany, where it is needed from a flat sheet of kitchen pot or thon or a shallow bowl milk. "