Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large pan containing hot water in which smaller pans may be set to cook food slowly or to keep food warm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel of any kind containing heated water, in which another vessel is placed in order to heat its contents gently, or with more regularity and evenness than if the heat were applied directly to the second vessel: used in some operations of cooking, manufacture, chemistry, etc. Also called
water-bath .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun in 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
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large pan that is filled with hot water; smaller pans containing food can be set in the larger pan to keep food warm or to cook food slowly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Among the inventions attributed to her is the double boiler commonly known as a bain-marie.
Archive 2008-08-01 Peggy 2008
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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.
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Among the inventions attributed to her is the double boiler commonly known as a bain-marie.
Femina Habilisa and Maria the Alchemist Peggy 2008
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Among the inventions attributed to her is the double boiler commonly known as a bain-marie.
Femina Habilisa and Maria the Alchemist Peggy 2008
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A cow that's been recently cut up has the portions laid out in bain-marie that day.
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A cow that's been recently cut up has the portions laid out in bain-marie that day.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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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.
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
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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.
Archive 2009-02-01 Brilynn 2009
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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.
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
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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.
Ratio Michael Ruhlman 2009
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