bain-marie

IPA: bˈeɪnmɝˈi

(cooking) A large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food slowly, or to keep food warm.
A unit comprising an array of such pans.

Examples of "bain marie" in Sentences

A good way to get your egg whites to stay really firm is to mix the egg whites with the sugar first and heat them up in a bowl over a skillet with boling water the traditional bain marie and beat them with a mixer until they are quite fluffy.
heat it up over the bain marie as usual and whip it GOODD hah oh and 4 lbs of butter mmm im not sure how big your mixer is .. this batch its pretty big so you might want to half it only thing i can think of about it not emulsifing is that the meringue was too warm and melted the butter.

A cow that's been recently cut up has the portions laid out in bain-marie that day.
Among the inventions attributed to her is the double boiler commonly known as a bain-marie.
A custard is made using milk, sugar, vanilla, and egg yolks; the mix is cooked in a bain-marie for a few minutes, but must remain thin enough to pour.
Custards are often cooked in a water bath, or bain-marie, to ensure that the temperature of the vessel theyre cooking in doesnt get hotter than 212F and the egg cooks gently.
I find this is a pretty high chocolate-to-cream ratio, so if you are unable to get all the chocolate to melt, you can place the bowl over a bain-marie and stir until the chocolate is completely melted.
I happen to be gifted in the art of cheesecakes, baking them in a bain-marie, or water bath, that helps to keep those flourless, cream-cheese-filled pies from cracking some of the timeovercooking is really what cracks them.