double saucepan

British  

noun

1. US and Canadian name: double boiler.  a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan

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Keep the sauce very hot in a bain-marie or in a double saucepan.

From The Belgian Cookbook by Various

Press it into a mold and cook it in a double saucepan for quarter of an hour.

From The Belgian Cookbook by Various

Allow to come just to boiling point again—this should be done in double saucepan or boiler—and add a little lemon juice.

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)

In a double saucepan melt a lump of butter, flavor it with salt, pepper, some minced parsley that you had first rubbed on a raw slice of onion, and some lemon-juice.

From The Belgian Cookbook by Various

Pour into a double saucepan and stir over the fire till the custard thickens; flavour with vanilla to taste.

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William