We talk about Le Creuset until we're blue in the face, here at The Kitchn, but can you blame us? That rush from a new piece of Le Creuset never seems to fade. Here's our current crush: Le Creuset's version of a marmitout.
A marmi-what? A marmitout, an old-fashioned combo of a saucepan and a skillet.
While browsing Sur La Table, we came across this Le Creuset Two-in-One Pan. This is a great deal because the sauté pan can be used as a lid for the saucepan. This is a total space saver not only in the cabinets, but also on the stove. While you're simmering the beginning stages of a soup you can keep it covered with the sauté pan, and occasionally take it off and cook up the remaining ingredients!
Have you tried one of these? Or do you have another model of a marmitout?
• Find it: Le Creuset Two-in-One Pans, $149.95 at Sur La Table
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Aside from my dutch oven, this is one of the best things ever purchased for my kitchen! Its beyond handy...
Can you use these on ceramic topped stoves?
Is there a recipe or name of the dish in the top photo? It looks delicious!
Second the recipe request.
Also, totally looking into this. This would come in so handy for my kitchen! Not to mention that I've been looking into getting another skillet and most of the ones I was looking into cost around that anyway.
OMG, I'm not a huge Le Creuset guy (I prefer Staub) but I would totally buy this, especially in the aubergine colour!
I have a red one that belonged to my Great-Grandmother (It's been around for a loooong time). I use it almost everyday. Le Creuset has outlet stores with "as-is" sections where they have pots with a slight disfigurement, yet the pot is perfectly functional, or discontinued colors... These pots are significantly discounted! You can also find them at Marshalls (sometimes), but they are still fairly expensive. This particilar pot makes an excellent wedding gift.
I could be full of it, but that recipe looks like cippino, a seafood dish with tomato stock. No idea what the pasta-looking stuff is, though.
This was an awful tease...
The pasta dish seems to be burnt penne with whole cloves of raw garlic. I'm gonna skip that one. But now I want mussels...
I have an old one, a gift from a friend. It was her mom's, bought in France in the sixties. It's a pale blue!
We have a small one, dark blue; have had it for ages. Very useful. Must remember to look for a little larger one as well. Isn't the lower dish yellow wax beans with garlic?
One of the parts is ALWAYS used daily in my kitchen. It hits the road with me when I am camping in my Tear Drop. ((The only two cook items pack besides a french press.))
Although my skillet is in a black coating. Does anyone know what it is made from? It doesn't act like Telfon.... does Le Creuset actually use Teflon???
I would imagine that it's a kind of enamelled cast-iron like the rest of their stuff?
Lodge also makes a combo cooker like this. I've had it on my wish list for awhile (I know it's only $35, but I've never owned cast iron and I'm nervous).
I have a different model. My skillet is non-stick. I seldom use the saucepan to be honest, but the skillet is perfect when I'm making eggs for myself.
Cashba: Don't be nervous about cast iron! The seasoning part tends to scare folks off, but the majority of cast iron (Lodge brand included) comes pre-seasoned. Buy a good scrub brush when you get your pan, and just remember to not use soap (and if you do use soap, a hot oven and some Crisco will easily reseason your pan; they usually come with instructions on how to do it), and you'll be fine!
I own two cast iron pans and I love them; they can be used to cook anything from scrambled eggs to brownies!
I've had these for at least 25 years & I can't imagine doing without this clever 2 parter. I highly recommend it & am glad now to know what the pans are called!
I have a Descoware marmitout that has to be at least 30 years old like this and use it all the time. I love this 2-piecer
Cajun Castiron makes a similar piece:
http://www.cajuncastiron.com/eshop/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=N26254