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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Example Sentences

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

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)

Beat together the yolks of two eggs and a gill of cream; mix and pour the sauce in a double saucepan; set this in a pan of hot water and whisk thoroughly three minutes.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

Turn it all into a buttered mold and let it cook for five quarters of an hour in a gentle oven 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