Baked Risotto

Here you see one of the items on my birthday wishlist: a Le Creuset Casserole Dish

And this is the Maxwell & Williams version I received, which all seemed well and good.


Only when I went to christen it this afternoon (to make Bill Granger's zucchini & tomato baked risotto), this is what happened:

Yes, that's right. It exploded!!

Mere seconds after I was idly thinking as I stirred away at my onion, extra-virgin olive oil and salt, I wonder if I should have checked instructions on the box to see if it's okay to cook with this pot on the stove-top? ... Nah. It'll be right!

Then bang! I screamed and jumped.


Oh and there was a warning on the box.


Can't you see it? Oh that would be because it's written in extremely small letters.

not suitable for naked flame

So I can't ring up and demand a replacement. And just as well I checked because who wants to be called an idiot for not knowing the difference between how you cook with cast iron products and how you cook with stoneware? Not me. I feel like the person in that I.T. joke.

And also very fucking pissed off.