Baking dish for cooking, serving and storing food

Abstract

A baking dish includes a generally shallow platter made of ceramic material suitable to withstand a baking environment and having a baking surface defining a supporting plane on which a baked product can be made. A substantially upright continuous wall in the form of a ring generally conforming to the shape of the baking surface is provided that has a height dimension when supported on the baking surfaces relative to the supporting plane to define a generally cylindrical space for receiving and containing a food product to be baked. The platter and ring have substantially conforming peripheries. A laterally extending bead or a protuberance extends about the periphery of the platter and a deformable engaging member in the form a peripheral lip is provided about the periphery of the ring for removably attaching the ring to the platter about the periphery and for providing a generally sealed connection at the mating surfaces of the platter and wall of the ring. A cover has a substantially upright continuous wall conforming to the periphery of the baking surface and is closed at one end and open at the other end. The cover is provided with second engagement member similar to the one provided on the ring for removably attaching the cover to the platter. In this way the ring can be initially attached to the platter for baking the food product and substantially the ring can be replaced by the cover to store the baked product within a substantially sealed enclosure.