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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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

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

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

From Food Remedies Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses by Daniel, Florence

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

From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Jones, Henry Festing

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

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary