Bain marie
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:43 am
A hot water bath typically used for cooking custards or melting chocolate. It limits and stabilizes the cooking temperature in the dishes placed in it.
Obviously a French term, yet it often appears in English cookbooks when "water bath" is just too dowdy.
Often hyphenated. It has an interesting history involving alchemists, possibly dating back to ancient times.
Obviously a French term, yet it often appears in English cookbooks when "water bath" is just too dowdy.
Often hyphenated. It has an interesting history involving alchemists, possibly dating back to ancient times.