Nordic Ware Universal 8 Cup Double Boiler Fits 2 to 4 Quart Sauce Pans
November 30, 2009 by admin
Filed under Double Boilers
- Fits pot and pans from 6 to 9 inches in diameter (2 to 4 quarts)
- Made of aluminum with nonstick interior for easy release
- Easy to clean
- Designed for gently heating sauces, melting cheese, chocolate
- Made in America
Product Description
The universal double broiler fits any 2 to 4 quart sauce pan. The boiler has an 8 cup capacity and a non-stick finish for easy clean up. Proudly made in the USA by Nordic Ware.Amazon.com Review
Cleverly design with a series of concentric grooves, this conical double boiler insert fits any pot or pan that’s 6 to 9 inches in diameter or 1 to 4 quarts in capacity. The double boiler itself holds 2 quarts. Designed for gently heating delicate sauces or for m… More >>
Nordic Ware Universal 8 Cup Double Boiler Fits 2 to 4 Quart Sauce Pans
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Why does no one else make non-stick double boilers?! Thank god this one’s terrific, but I am buying an extra should Nordic Ware ever lose their minds and discontinue these. It neither slips nor wobbles and it’s dead cheap.
Eggs are pure protein; they stick to everything and you will spend hours trying to scrape the little bits away.
- Get out the plates and silverware so you don’t have to bother with it later. Make coffee.
- Drink coffee and get out everything you need.
- Put a saucepan on the heat with 2 inches of water or so and bring to a simmer. Water should not touch base of boiler.What you are cooking with is the gentle heat of the steam on the boiler. Genius.
- Turn the heat as low as possible and plot the double boiler into your saucepan, maybe lube up the interior with a little butter. Everything is better with butter and it’s just a little insurance and flavor to boot.
- Whisk up two or three eggs per audience member with a tiny squidge of cream or milk. (Do not salt. Salt after cooking. It does funky things with the water/protein emulsions. Oh, don’t get me started…)
- Tip eggs into double boiler and confirm the heat is as low as it will go.
- Do some damn thing for the next 20 minutes, wafting back into the kitchen every so often to give the eggs a stir with a wooden spoon or other nonstick implement. Go for “moist soft curds”.
-When the eggs are almost done (yes. right. “moist curds”), make and butter toast (“Toast!”, I said. Not “tepid pale bread”!)
- If you are a real superhero, you’ve warmed the plates with a bit of hot water and a quick dry and will serve the lot with salt and pepper (bother after cooking). If you are a god, you’ll bring this up to your wife’s room with some juice, the coffee, and the paper. You have no idea what kind of points you can score from this kind of genius.
Well done and thanks.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this b/c my new pot & pan set did not come with a dbl broiler. It was cheaper to buy this dbl broiler than buying the next larger pot/pan set. This product serves the purpose! I cook/bake a lot. For the times I need a dbl broiler, this works just fine. Granted, it doesn’t sit as tight as a “true” dbl broiler but it doesn’t move or tip either. I have to use a pot holder when I am stirring, which is no big deal. As another review noted, you can’t sit it down b/c of the rounded bottom. All I do is sit it in another pot from my cabinet. There is a hole if you want to hang it. I store mine inside of the pot I use it for, put a paper towel down, then the pot lid upside down inside of it. I don’t have much storage space yet this works for me. Very easy to clean.
Rating: 4 / 5
Great cooking tool. My only warning is, it is much bigger than it looks (almost a full foot across at the wings). You’re going to need a wide pan to use this with!
Rating: 5 / 5
This thing is great – it works well and heats quickly; it generally doesn’t get too hot, so you can hold the lip while stirring; it’s lightweight and easy to clean; it’s got a hole punched in the lip so you can hang it on your pot rack when you’re done with it. Sure, it’s not as sturdy as a double boiler, but it more than makes up for that in the above features, and I find it just as easy to use.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this pan because it got some good reviews and despite my sense that the ridges might make it hard to scrape any melted chocolate/butter out of it. I thought I perhaps hadn’t understood just how it fits into a pan. Alas! My initial impressions were correct. Melted chocolate IS hard to scrape out of the pan; and, invariably, some gets trapped in the ridges and remains in the pan. I think it’s good to have at least one pan like this for traveling and for moments when a regular double broiler is in use. However, I’d be happier with it if the price were much, much lower. By the time one adds shipping, a lot of money has been invested in a product that really could be much better.
Rating: 3 / 5