Circle Cooking Large Tagine

Perfect!

Ordered this as a Christmas gift for my father, and the original package went missing. Treasures of Morocco was understanding and extremely helpful, and shipped a replacement to me in time for the holidays. The tagine is well-made, beautifully designed and definitely heavy-duty. Looking forward to enjoying family meals cooked in it!

It cracked and broke The second time using it .could not return it because it was 5 days past the return window. Don’t waste your money on this

I waited until I came full circle before I made my comments. First, the tagine arrived ahead of the scheduled delivery date. The packaging was worthy of a nuclear warhead. It was well wrapped and padded. Once I got the all the padding off, I found that the tagine was in perfect condition. It was very substantial and had nice glaze. I went to the seller’s website and downloaded their instructions on how to cure the tagine. Their instructions were simple and easy to follow. In a brief amount of time, I had the tagine properly cured and ready to use. I had also purchased a heat diffuser since I have a gas stovetop. I live in a small town in central Texas where the variety of restaurant cuisine consists of Mexican, barbecue…..and Mexican. I had been spoiled in Dallas with a wide selection of restaurants and missed having a varied menu to choose from. So, I decided to experiment with cooking different types of food. I was intrigued with the complexity of spices found in Indian and other Middle Eastern and African dishes. It was while searching for dish recipes that I found those for the tagine. I selected one that seemed interesting and gave the tagine its maiden voyage. It handled the medium heat necessary to brown the chicken without a problem. I then set the heat on low and gave it an hour. The result was an astounding dish of complex flavors. The chicken was fork soft. In the end, the tagine cleaned up without effort. I am very pleased with my purchase and the seller; and will certainly add more recipes to my list now that I’ve mastered using the tagine.

Nice looking! Bought this for my husband who enjoys cooking. He likes the quality, size and style of it. Good value for the price and versatile for cooking different foods.

Arrived the day after placing order - well-packed and in perfect condition. Cooked with it the following day after seasoning it (this is a glazed tagine & although we read conflicting instructions about whether seasoning glazed tagines is necessary, we did it - no harm, maybe it did some good). Thus was our first attempt at tagine cooking - easy prep - even easier cooking in oven (put it in and leave it `til recipe says it's ready) - delicious dish as good as any tagine we've eaten out - and easy clean up (directions state it is dishwasher safe but it's a space hog in our washer & it's easy to hand wash). We're pleased with our purchase and have several new tagine recipes lined up to try.

I am very happy with this lovely tagine. Having recently traveled to Morocco, I can say that it appears very authentic. The set is rather large and is earthen ware so was a bit fearful of the shipping. The people who wrapped this package up were amazing. It does appear glazed, except for the very bottom, so I went ahead and went through a seasoning process, just to be on the safe side. Since I have an induction cooktop, it was necessary to use a defuser which helps non-magnetic cookware to work on an induction stove. It all worked very well and the dish was lovely.

I have family in Morocco, for whom a Tangine is the main cooking utensil. One cousin is a vegan, as am I, and it was she who convinced me you don't have to cook meat to make good use of a tangine. She grew up with unglazed tangines, but now uses the glazed. Her mother says if it's not unglazed, it doesn't cook as well. I went with the glazed. It arrived today and after washing it, started my first dish (Moroccan "Chicken", Apricot and Almond Tagine -- using lentils instead of chicken. I could also use soy curls instead of lentils). It's just about finished and remaining warm in the oven. The aroma is wonderful My only complaint with this product is the way it came packed: in a small mountain of foam peanuts. The Tangine was deeply swaddled in bubble wrap, then buried in the peanuts. Removing the tangine took almost an hour, most of which was spent chasing and trying to gather the peanuts and put them in some sort of container that I will have to take to the county facility for disposal, since they can't go into a landfill or be recycled. Foam peanuts are the scourge of the environment and I wish the vendor had not used them. The bubble wrap would have been sufficient since it was secured with the heavy sealing tape also. That said, I am very satisified with the tangine, and the heat diffuser I bought with it.

We gifted this item to our son and daughter-in-law. Hope they will use it for a long time and give it exceptional reviews.