Purpose-built for baking crusty, beautifully risen sourdough at home

Create the intense heat and steam your sourdough needs for excellent oven spring, a crisp caramelised crust and a beautifully baked loaf.

With its shallow bread-pan design, this cast iron Dutch oven makes it easier to transfer, score and remove your dough, while the generous interior gives your loaf plenty of room to expand during baking.

Ideal for sourdough baking

🌻 Excellent heat retention

Cast iron holds and distributes heat effectively, creating the high-temperature baking environment sourdough needs for strong oven spring and even baking.

🌻 Traps steam for better oven spring

The heavy lid helps retain the moisture released by your dough during the early stages of baking, keeping the crust flexible while your loaf expands.

🌻 Crisp, caramelised crust

As the bake progresses, the steam escapes and the intense heat helps develop the deep golden, crisp and beautifully caramelised crust sourdough is known for.

🌻 Shallow bread-pan design

The lower profile makes it easier to safely transfer your dough into the hot pan and remove your finished loaf.

🌻 Generous baking space

The 30 × 24 × 14cm internal size provides plenty of room for your dough to expand, making it suitable for a range of sourdough loaf sizes.

🌻 Suitable for round and oval loaves

The generous shape accommodates Sourdough Mate proving baskets from small to large, including both round and oval baskets.

Note: Silicon Dutch Oven Bread Mat sold separately.