How can I make a double boiler?!
Answers: I don't have any money right now, and I need a double boiler for a receipe.Please help me.
You basically place a bowl that is conductive of heat and safe to use on the stove over a saucepan of boiling or simmering water. The bowl should be substantially larger than the pan or pot by at least 2-3 inches. This method actually works better than a dedicated double boiler as it is easier to quickly place and remove the bowl over the pot.
Just be careful not to burn yourself if steam escapes from around the bowl while it is over the pan.
Take a med pot and put water in it and set a smaller pot that will set on top of the med pot and let it boil that way. Try to make it to where the smaller pot does not go all the way down to the bottom of the med pot if you can help it bc the water will start to boil over the sides if you do. Hope this helps.
Just place a metal mixing bowl or a glass heat-proof (Pyrex) bowl over a small saucepan with an inch or so of simmering water. You do not want the water to touch the bottom of the bowl. Use a bowl that creates a good seal with the top of the sauce pan to maximize heat retention. Also, make sure you can get a good grip on the edge of the bowl with a towel or hot pad. You don't want the bowl to sit too far into the saucepan.
You need a large pan, and a smaller one that will sit inside the large one with space between the bottoms of both. The water goes into the large pan underneath. The water level cannot be touching the bottom of the top pan, though, so check the water level by putting the top pan in after putting water in the bottom pan. If it's wet, it's too much water. Try until it's below it. Then cook away.
All you need is a pot with water and get it up to a boil then turn it down to about a simmer, maybe a little higher, then you just put a container( i.e. pot, mixing bowl) on top or in the water.
Take a pot and put a little water in it. Now put a smaller pot inside the first pot. You want it so the smaller pot isn't touching the water. Then cook whatever it is you're cooking in the smaller pot. The idea is to avoid direct heat from your range top, so the food doesn't cook too quickly (or burn, or curdle).
Take a pot, add some water, bring to barely a simmer.
Take a bowl that fits snugly unto the pot without the bottom touching the water - this is key. Voila, double boiler
A pot and a glass bowl that is larger than the pot. Make sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the boiling water! Only put enough water in the pot to steam the bowl- 1-2" should do it!
If you don't own a set of double-boiler pans, improvise one by nesting a heat-proof glass or metal bowl on top of a saucepan. Glass holds the heat better than a metal one, which conducts the heat faster.
For the top part, use a fairly big wide bowl, not a small deep one -- for instance, if you are melting chocolate, the larger surface area helps it to melt at the same time, preventing it from burning from some being melted and some not.
Be certain that about half of the bowl can be inserted into the saucepan. Most importantly, make sure the water doesn't not touch the bottom of the bowl or top pan. This is especially important because melting chocolate or custard could scorch from the direct heat of the hot water.
You want it to cover the entire top of the pan so steam escaping from boiling water can't get out during simmering and cause seizing when melting chocolate.
Be careful when removing either bowl; they get very hot.