The Best Double Boilers for Gently Cooking Your Most Delicate Dishes

Click here to read the full article.

Sometimes cooking calls for a gentle touch. It can’t be all scalding hot pans and flash frying, after all. Delicate dishes such as crème brûlée, cheesecake and hollandaise, require an equally delicate cooking method, known as a bain-marie.

A bain-marie is essentially a fancy French way to describe cooking something in a bath of hot water. This process envelopes the ingredients with gentle heat and promises more uniform cooking. One of the easiest ways to achieve this technique is by using a specialized setup known as a double boiler. This is basically one smaller pot on top of another larger pot. The larger pot has hot water simmering within it to transmit gentle heat to the smaller bowl.

More from Robb Report

• The Best Hand Blender to Mix to Your Ingredients to Perfection

• The Best Serrated Paring Knives for the Kitchen's Most Detailed Jobs

• The Best Tagines for Making Authentic Moroccan Cuisine at Home

You can, of course, make your own double boiler using your pots at home, but buying a specific set guarantees your pots will fit together perfectly. Here, we’ve pulled together our four favorite double boilers on Amazon to help you create a perfect bain-marie.

Sign up for Robb Report's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.