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

When used, heat it in a double saucepan and apply it with a brush.

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It is made with fish, semolina, and onions in a double saucepan which in England is called a steamer. 

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One cup of rice should be put on in a double saucepan with three cups of cold water and tightly covered.

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

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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.

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