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Title: Restore Your Rusty Cast Iron
Categories: Info
Yield: 1 technique
1 Cast iron skillet
1 Brillo pad
4 tb Oil
Nonabrasive scour pad
(ScotchBrite is good - UDD)
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2 tb Salt
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Soft bristle cleaning brush
TO RESTORE: Scrub under hot water using a brillo pad on
all sides to remove all rust spots.
Dry thoroughly using a kitchen towel or on a stovetop
burner on high heat.
TO SEASON: Generously rub 3 tablespoons of oil into
both sides of the pan using a paper towel.
Next, use a separate paper towel to remove any excess
left on oil.
Place upside down in the middle of your oven rack at
500 F/260 C for 1 hour. Store or use.
TO MAINTAIN: Scrub with hot water using a nonabrasive
scour pad with 2 tablespoons of salt or a soft bristle
cleaning brush to remove all unwanted stuck-on food
particles.
Dry thoroughly using a kitchen towel or on a stovetop
burner on high heat.
Add 1 tablespoon of oil and rub it into the pan on
both sides.
Place in the oven on the middle rack at 500A or over a
burner on high heat until it reaches the oil smoking
point. You do this so the oil does not spoil.
Cool and store.
CHEF NOTES: There is no cast-iron pan that is too far
out of reach to be cleaned using this process.
Anything can be cooked in a seasoned-up cast iron
skillet, even something as simple as sautA(C)ed vegetables.
The same process also applies to carbon steel pans
Author: Chef Billy Parisi
UDD NOTE: To clean/restore cast iron that has years of
built-up grease caking the outside simply put the pan
(or pans) into a black plastic trash bag and pout in a
quart of household ammonia. Seal the bag and put it in
the sun on yoor patio or back porch for a couple of
days. Get out the garden hose when you are ready to
finish the job and blast the brownish sludge into the
grass. It won't harm your lawn, I promise. Then
discard the trash bag and take the cookware into the
kitchen and start at step two above.
TECHNIQUE FROM:
https://www.billyparisi.com
Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
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