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Double BoilersIt All Boils Down To "Gentle" CookingDouble Boilers (sometimes called a bain-marie) are really nothing more than two sauce pans, one fitting inside the other, so you can cook using indirect heat.
Water partially fills the bottom pan and your food is gently cooked in the top pan. This hot water bath allows us to cook "gently," like melting chocolate or making delicate sauces. Using indirect heat ensures that your food will not be scorched. Heat sensitive foods really should be cooked in one of these pan combinations. Do you absolutely need a double boiler? Once again, it depends on what you cook most often.
Here is an ideal scenario: buy two sauce pans, one fitting inside the other, with a lid and then you may not need to purchase any more sauce pans separately. Once again, it depends on what you cook and for how many people. Let's take this one step further. Find the cookware as described above and a steamer insert that fits into the larger sauce pan! It's kind of like three for one deal!
Is there such an item available on the market? You bet! You can probably find one at a local store or you can save the gas money and order online. That's just one option and one source for a double boiler. There are many available.
What material? Again, as discussed on the cookware page there are many factors to consider, including your budget. But if you build a system as I have described, you will actually have three pans at a reduced cost.
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