November 11, 2013 - 3:11am
La Cloche - Broken
Hi all, does anyone have any tips to repair my cloche? The bottom part has cracked into 2 pieces, its a clean break so wondering whether there is any way to stick them back together with a non toxic heat resistant glue.
Is this my fault for placing the cloche in a hot oven from cold or is this a defective cloche?
I've only used it 3 times! So iit works out at £15 per loaf - joy!!!
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Measure your Cloche base and head for the garden supply store and hopefully you'll find, as I did, a saucer shaped flower pot base. You'll need to find and mark the sweet spot where the base and cover seat the best.
Jim
Hi junglejer,
Heat the lid and base, in the oven, from cold. Shape bread on parchment and 'sling it' into the baker.
After the bake, remove the loaf with the sling, leaving the stoneware in the oven to cool slowly after turning off heat. I also do this with my enamel coated cast iron, helps prevent cracking/crazing of the enamel, which is also ceramic. I do the same slow cool down with unenameled cast iron.
Thermal expansion and contraction co-efficients is what makes cracking happen.