bain-marie
noun [ C ] uk/ˌbæn.məˈriː/ us/ˌbæn.məˈriː/ bains-marie or bain-maries
双层蒸锅，隔水炖锅
a device or a process for cooking foods that involves putting the food in a container into a pan of hot water
Melt the chocolate and butter in a bain-marie. 将巧克力和黄油在蒸锅里融化。
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- She placed the souffle dish in a bain-marie and put it in the oven.
- Put the gratin dish in a larger, deep-sided oven dish, then fill this with boiling water to halfway up the side of the gratin dish so you have a bain-marie.
- Moist air can carry around three times as much heat as dry air, which explains in part why we cook some foods in a bain-marie (that is, in a shallow dish of water in a hot oven).
- This is an easy, two-step chocolate sauce that can be made without a bain-marie.