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Le Creuset 3 Ply Set
Since Roman times the cast iron was the material of choice for cooking. Even today with the wide range of cookware, cast iron, still forged and handcrafted, reigned supreme for its versatility, appearance and ability to retain and extend the heat evenly. To produce the desired shape of a piece of Le Creuset, you need two sand molds. You create the mold inside the piece and the second outer mold. The molds are joined together leaving a small gap between them. Raw materials, including pig iron, melt at a high temperature in a boiler (in French called "creuset"), then poured into molds. Once the form is melted and cold iron, is removed from the mold ready to finish the final process. After use, each mold is broken (the sand is recycled), which means that the two pieces "Le Creuset" are never exactly alike. Once separated from the mold parts, each one must pass through several finishing processes. The hands of skilled craftsmen clean and smooth the rough edges, eliminating any kind of impurity in a manual process called "fettling. " Subsequently, the surface of each piece is cleaned to proceed with enamel. Each piece of Le Creuset receives two coats of enamel. The first is a ground layer which, when heated to 840 ° becomes clear and colorless. This allows better adhesion of the second layer of colored enamel to cast iron. This special coating color is applied internally and externally. After the glaze dries before vitrification to obtain a durable, hygienic and resistant to shocks. . . .
