Clay Oven Revisited - 2015

Last year I completed building a clay woodfired oven. Here is a link to the post - Building and Enjoying a Wood-fired Clay Oven

I've enjoyed cooking a wide variety of things in it - pizzas, bread, pies, pork roasts, chicken, root vegetables, lasagna and much more, with very good success.  I've learned a lot and want to share with you here because so many people have said they would like to have one of these ovens and have asked for advice on how to build one and how to cook in them. I'll be adding more to this post over the next few weeks and months so check back regularly.

Cooking tomato sauce for the pizza that will soon be baked in the oven

June 28 - Made:

Roasted whole chicken stuffed with lemon slices, garlic and rosemary

Flatbread with rosemary and sea salt

Grilled Eggplant with mint

Roasted stuffed cherry peppers

Roasted tomatoes to spread on the flatbread

June 22 - Made:

Garlic Flatbread
Roasted eggplant and sausage
Goat Cheese with tomatoes, shallots, capers and basil
Cannellini Beans with pancetta and sage cooked in a "Beever Bean Pot"

Goat Cheese with tomatoes, shallots, capers and basil to spread on the flatbread -  

Roasted eggplant, sausage and onions - 

Cannellini Beans with pancetta and sage cooked in a "Beever Bean Pot"

May 30 - Made:

Mediterranean Pork Spare Ribs
Roasted corn on the cob
Lentils with herbs - in the clay pot - a "pignata"