Cooking with enamel is a healthy choice for anyone who cares as much about what they cook with as what they eat. In this article we look at enamel cookware such as frying pans, pots, egg pans and baking trays, as well as serveware and cleaning tips.
Dishes cooked in enamel
All the food we eat is directly linked to our health. This covers not only the cooking stage in our pots and pans but everything back to where and how the food was produced.
What we eat and how we cook it are key to healthy eating. Age, lifestyle and where we live can also change how we eat.
The part we want to focus on is what our food is cooked and served in. Thanks to their structure, enamel kitchenware and enamel serveware help protect your health.
Above certain temperatures, some materials can react in ways that may harm our health, whether on the hob or in the dishwasher. Enamel performs very well here too.
Cooking with Enamel
With porcelain enamel coated onto a single piece of steel sheet, you can cook the healthiest food on many heat sources, including direct flame, induction hobs and the oven.
Thanks to their smooth, non-porous surface, enamel pots and pans keep food tasting exactly as it should, which is a very important quality.
Light in weight, enamel cookware is highly practical to take and use on camping and caravan trips and all your other outdoor activities.
Enamel pots and pans heat up very quickly by nature, so knowing how to use them properly will both extend their life and protect your health. With careful care and cleaning, enamel will serve the generations after you as well as it did on day one.
What Is Enamel Cookware?
Enamel cookware, a symbol of health, is the collective name for sturdy, healthy pots and pans you can use on every type of hob.
Here are some enamel products you can easily use at home and in business.
Enamel Frying Pan
With a single handle and a hole for hanging on a hook, light enamel frying pans let you cook all kinds of food quickly and easily. You might want to try them for omelettes, menemen (Turkish scrambled eggs with tomatoes and peppers) and sauces.
As easy to clean as they are to use, enamel frying pans protect both your health and the flavour of your food.
Enamel Pot
Food cooked in a pot is usually good, but food cooked in an enamel pot is excellent. Because an enamel pot has a glass-like enamel surface over a single piece of steel, it delivers maximum energy even on the lowest heat, so you can make truly delicious dishes with long, slow cooking.
The lids of these enamel pots are also enamel, so you can use them for oven dishes too if you like.
Our enamel pots currently come in 16 cm, 18 cm, 20 cm and 22 cm sizes. The care and use guidelines we've put together for all our enamel products also apply to our pots.
To read them, please see:
ENAMEL CARE & USE
Enamel Egg Pan (Sahan)
Enamel sahans, the traditional Turkish egg pans, are popular again for eggs and all kinds of breakfast dishes. The 16 and 18 cm sizes are especially popular with breakfast venues for serving sucuk (Turkish sausage) and eggs.
You can also use enamel sahans to make some sauces and to reheat food quickly.
Enamel Baking Tray
You can make your tastiest oven dishes in enamel baking trays, and not just savoury dishes: they're great for cakes and desserts too.
Easy to clean and care for, our enamel baking trays come in round, square and rectangular shapes to suit every need.
Serving and Presenting with Enamel
Cooking matters, but so does what food is served in. Serving healthy food in healthy, colourful enamel serveware will bring life and colour to your table.
Enjoy setting an elegant table with eye-catching, colourful and healthy enamel.
What Is Enamel Serveware?
Made from the same materials as enamel cookware, enamel serveware is very sturdy and healthy. If a hard knock chips the enamel on the metal, it poses no health problem. It may create a cosmetic flaw, but that only adds character. Enamel pieces that take on a retro look can still be used.
Enamel Plates
Enamel plates have a wide range of uses, with sizes from 12 cm to 32 cm for different purposes. Very handy for breakfast and meals at home and at work, they are popular for their light weight and healthy nature.
In the most popular round shape, the smallest sizes are used for breakfast and small snacks, the 16 and 18 cm sizes for desserts and small portions, and the 21 and 25 cm sizes as general-purpose serving plates.
There are also 22 and 28 cm enamel pizza plates in different shapes, which can be used to both bake and serve pizza. Thanks to their ideal size, they are also used for hors d'oeuvres and other dishes.
Because they stack easily and are practical to use, enamel plates are also one of the most popular enamel products for camping and caravanning. Unlike porcelain and ceramic, they aren't fragile, so they last much longer. Easy to clean and care for, enamel plates are back in their old popular days.
Enamel Bowls
Enamel bowls come in sizes from 12 cm to 32 cm. From preparation to serving, they can be your most useful pieces.
Whatever volume you need for preparing, cooking or serving food, there is an enamel bowl for it.
Like all other enamel products, they can be used on a direct flame, on induction and in the oven when needed, and they are dishwasher safe.
The 12 cm bowls are great for small servings at breakfast, soup, yoghurt and similar snacks. The larger 14 and 16 cm sizes are good for popcorn, small portions and single salads.
The 20 cm salad bowl and 26 cm large salad bowl are very popular. The largest 32 cm enamel bowl is also known as a dough mixing bowl, though of course you can use it however suits you best.
Enamel Mugs and Cups
Enamel mugs and cups are among the most used enamel pieces. With the same care and cleaning needs as other enamel products, they are among the most popular products in businesses and, for personal use, in camping and caravan life.
Emayeci enamel products are made of steel and glazed with glossy, smooth porcelain enamel. Porcelain itself is made from natural clay, fired to take its final form and glazed with enamel.
How Should You Clean Enamel?
After a while, food can leave a yellowish stain on the glass-like surface of enamel. Rub a bar of soap on the stained area, wait about half an hour, then rub it with a soft sponge and rinse with water, and your enamel will be as shiny as before.
Another method is to sprinkle a pinch of salt on the stain, squeeze lemon juice over it to make a light paste, gently rub the area with a soft sponge and clean with warm water.
Finally, because our enamel kitchenware is made from some of the purest materials in nature and preserves the taste of the food you cook and serve in it, enamel should always be your first choice. Dishes cooked in enamel bakeware, which combines a nostalgic character with today's needs, taste better, and food served on enamel trays and meze plates looks more stylish.
Stay healthy with enamel.
Cooking with Enamel: Frequently Asked Questions
What is enamel cookware?
Enamel cookware, a symbol of health, is the collective name for sturdy, healthy pots and pans you can use on every type of hob.
What is enamel serveware?
Made from the same materials as enamel cookware, enamel serveware is very sturdy and healthy. If a hard knock chips the enamel on the metal, it poses no health problem.
How should you clean enamel?
After a while, food can leave a yellowish stain on the glass-like surface. Rub a bar of soap on the stain, wait about half an hour, then rub with a soft sponge and rinse, and your enamel will be as shiny as before.