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21 Oct, 2020

Clay pots, is it necessary to cure them?

When we premiere Clay pots, the same questions always arise. Is it necessary to cure them? How is healing done?

The clay pots are presented in a very natural material, such as clay. Hence, the need for its cure, before cooking our food.

En Hornosdeleña.es, as specialists in manufacturing and sale of clay pots, we solve your doubts about the curing of clay pots and we recommend a simple curing process, before enjoying your recipes.

Is it necessary to cure clay pots?

The curing of the clay pots closes the pores and makes the clay more resistant to high temperatures and their changes. In this way, we avoid breakage and prolong the life of our casseroles, in addition to improving the flavor of our baked recipes.

How to cure clay pots?

Before using your clay pots, you need to follow the following process.

1 - We will leave the clay pot in water, overnight, before using it (minimum 8 hours).

2 - The key is that, when the casserole receives the first heat stroke, it is humid so that the pores that may have been created in the cooking of the casserole itself, which have been made at high temperatures, close.

3 - Afterwards, you just have to wash and dry it, as usual and ready to use again!

As you can see, the recommended curing process for casseroles is very simple and you only have to do it once, before using it for the first time.


It is important to cure the casseroles before using them, since, if we do not do so by leaving it in water beforehand, the casserole will also carry out the curing process, with the broth from what we are cooking for the first time. This will be a problem, since the flavor of the first stew impregnated in the casserole will remain and, when we cook other recipes, the flavor of the first cooking will remain.
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6 comments on “Clay pots, is it necessary to cure them?"

  1. The council m'ha anat de primera, estic molt agraït. Volia clarify a dubte l'esmalt that fan to serve does not carry pas plom?

    • Good day, it is could say that it is sense plom, it carries the minimum per a that remains adherit to the cassola, as the potter indicates, but molt per low of what is allowed per a nourishment. I can be calm. Moltes gràcies pel seu commentari.

  2. Good day, how do I rent the fum adherit to the exterior of the forn cassola?
    Or not s'ha de treure?
    Gràcies.

    • It is normal that the cassoles remain a little black per outside, but it is not necessary to carry all of them, we usually rent them.

  3. I thought that this cure was not clear to me.

    Fent the cure of 2 cassoles, the great m'ha petat.
    L' he anat escalfant gradually i molt slowly.
    Deuria be dry ja, and I have not sapigut trobar el punt.

    I have another Japanese ceramic pot. The cure is fa amb arròs bullit. I will not petar.
    The cures depend on the type of fang?

    Gràcies

    • Good morning, for the cure: the night before the first use, leave it with water all night, but the time for cooking is spent normally. The thing is that when we put it to the forn the first time we tinga humitat, and it helped that with the heat and the humitat the fang is compact and tank all the pores. I have always cured you, sols cal fer açò the first time of us.

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