Pots/Pans

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Flashcards on Pots/Pans, created by 16emhendricks on 04/12/2014.
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Brazier
Brazier Medium to large pot, more shallow than sauce pots, has straight sides and two handles for lifting. Typically made of heavy-weight material with a thick bottom for good heat distribution. Used to braise meat and vegetables
Double Boiler
Double Boiler A pot that has an upper pot and a lower pot. The lower pot holds boiling or simmering water that gently cooks the food in the upper pot. Used for melting chocolate or heating milk, cream, or butter.
Fondue Pot
Fondue Pot A pot with a heat source placed directly below the pot. Used for food preparation process known as fondue. When eating fondue, people use forks to dip bits of food into warm semi-liquid sauce (such as cheese or chocolate)
Sauce Pot
Sauce Pot Used to prepare sauces, soups, and other liquids. Sauce pots are more shallow than stock pots, with straight sides and two loop handles for lifting.
Stock Pot
Stock Pot A stock pot is a large pot for preparing stocks. Stock pots with spigots allow liquid to be poured out easily without losing any of the solid ingredients
Braising Pan
Braising Pan A high-sided, flat-bottomed cooking pan, this is used to braise, stew, and brown meat. Also called a brazier or rondeau
Cake Pan
Cake Pan These baking pans have straight sides. They are available in a variety of sizes and shapes, including round, rectangular, square, and specialty (such as heart-shaped)
Cast-iron Skillet This is a heavy, thick pan made of cast iron. Used to pan grill, pan-fry, and braise foods like meat or vegetables
Crepe Pan
Crepe Pan A shallow skillet with very short, slightly sloping sides. It is used to create crepes, a specialty pancake
Fish Poacher
Fish Poacher This is a long, narrow, metal pan with a perforated rack that cooks use to raise or lower the fish so it doesn't break apart
Hotel Pan Used to hold prepared food in a steam table, hot-holding cabinet, or refrigerator. Sometimes used for baking, roasting, or poaching meat and vegetables, but the pan is really too thin and doesn't distribute heat well
Muffin Tin Small, round cups or molds that are used to make muffins, cupcake, or other small baked goods
Roasting Pan A shallow, rectangular pan with medium-high sides and two handles, cooks use it to roast and bake foods such as meat and poultry
Saucepan A pan with medium height, straight sides, and a single long handle. Used for general cooking, in particular liquid or liquid-based mixtures, on ranges
Saute pan The original French saute pan is slope-sided and made of thin metal for quick heating and is strictly used for sauteing. In the US the "fry pan" is generally referred to as a saute pan although it has curved sides, a long handle, and is slightly thicker
Sautoir The classic shape is called a saute pan in the US. It has a wide bottom and straight sides. Used for pan-frying, stir-frying, and shallow poaching
Sheet Pan
Sheet Pan Cooks use this very shallow pan, about one inch deep, for just about anything, from baking to roasting vegetables
Spring Form Pan
Spring Form Pan Two-part, spring-loaded baking pan. The bottom piece and ring secure with a spring to hold the bottom in place. Once an item is baked, the pastry chef can release the spring to make it easy to remove the cake from the pan
Wok
Wok Metal pan with rounded bottom and curved sides. The curved sides makes it easy to toss and stir food. Cooks use this especially for frying and steaming Asian cooking
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