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“The taste of ingredients” is a word we often hear. In order to enjoy the real taste of the ingredients, it is essential to be particular about the cooking utensils as well as the quality of the ingredients. Nagatanien's roasted earthenware pots help you create a delicious dish, just like making a dashi or pickling herbs can dramatically change the taste of a dish. It is said that once you taste a dish that uses waterless cooking to retain the rich flavor of the ingredients, you will be captivated and will not be able to escape.

The appeal of roasted earthenware pots

As the name suggests, the roast donabe is a clay pot that can be roasted (roasted). Since it is a clay pot that can be heated empty, it can be used for all kinds of cooking other than roasting, such as "baking", "frying", and "simmering" (it is not suitable for frying). “Anhydrous cooking” is what roast clay pots are particularly good at. For example, curry and beef stew can be transformed into a rich and flavorful dish using only the nutritious moisture that overflows from vegetables and meat without using water. From roasted dishes, steamed vegetables to baked sweet potatoes, you can create a wide variety of dishes with just one roasted earthenware pot.

Four great features of the roasted earthenware pot

1. Delicious "anhydrous cooking" with a sealing effect
It is a patented product designed to naturally improve airtightness with moisture between the main body and the lid. Anhydrous cooking, which involves stewing or steaming food using the water contained in ingredients such as vegetables, meat, and fish, allows you to cook food with plenty of flavor and umami.

2. Thick molding using Iga coarse soil
Iga's coarse soil has a high heat storage property, and the far infrared ray effect penetrates the heat to the core of the ingredients. You can also use the heat storage power to create a delicious finish with residual heat cooking.

3, empty firing is possible
The bottom of the clay pot has been treated to prevent the bottom from becoming hot, so you can heat it empty or cook for a long time. In addition, the lid is also made of a material that can be heated empty, so you can place charcoal on the lid and use it outdoors as a ceramic dutch oven.

4, Grilled food using a net
If you use the attached net, you can also make grilled dishes using the net, such as grilled vegetables, baked rice cakes, and baked sweet potatoes.

Ideal Iga clay for cooking

Production of Iga ware began in the Kamakura period (1185-1333). In the old days, Iga ware was used as tea bowls (pottery used for tea ceremonies).
It is said that Iga City, the production area, was once the bottom of Lake Biwa, and the soil of Iga, which is collected from the stratum called Old Biwako Layer, contains a lot of organic matter that lived 4 million years ago. . When this soil is baked at a high temperature, the organic matter foams, creating many fine pores in the soil. The soil in this state does not allow heat to pass through immediately, and has the property of storing heat once. It is said that among the clays that can be obtained in Japan, only Iga clays are fire-resistant enough to be used in earthenware pots.

Taking advantage of its heat-resistant properties, we have adopted a manufacturing method called "Iga's nanado-yaki," which involves firing at high temperatures over and over again. Only a very small amount can be taken out as a finished product, and it is a very time-consuming pottery. The Iga-yaki pottery produced through this process is characterized by its strong shape and unique texture of the clay.

Nagatanien is a long-established store that continues to carefully manufacture clay pots by making judgments with their own eyes. We are also focusing on selling each part so that it can be used for a long time, and we are creating tools that will become companions in our lives for a long time, rather than temporary items that cannot be used if one part breaks. continue.