• Home
  • Contact
  • Recipes
  • Edible Gifts

Cornucopia Cooks

Cornucopia kor-nuh-KOH-pee-uh. noun - the horn of plenty, symbol of abundance

  • Cook to Order
  • Private Dining
  • The pop in and pop out
  • Cooking Classes
  • Cornucopia events

Bain Marie

February 2, 2011 By Sandy

A bain marie is a French term wihich means water bath. It is a method of cooking which aids equal distribution of heat to the item you are cooking. It is often used to melt chocolate, whisk egg and sugar for a sponge, making custard from scratch and baking items with a custard mixture like bread and butter pudding or creme caramel. Because the heat is unharsh and equally distributed it helps prevents over heating and curdling.

To make an improvised bain maire:
For baking: a deep, preferably metal, baking dish in which your dish/dishes fit into. Place in oven and then add water so that it reaches the middle of the dish / dishes you are baking.
For melting chocolate or making custard: a pyrex bowl which can fit over a saucepan of gently simmering water works perfectly.

Filed Under: Tips and information Tagged With: bain marie, creme caramel, melting chocolate

This week at Cornucopia Cooks

This week at Cornucopia cooks

Anything for carnival?

Current Freezer Stock

Check out what's in the freezer

Latest blogs

Thinking of a party at home this spring / summer?

Could outsourcing the food element help persuade you?

Malaysian and basic cooking classes

Fancy a Malaysian or a basic skills cooking class?

More Posts from this Category

Customer comments

Anniversary lunch for 18, Saturday 7 May

Everyone was commenting on the quality of the food and how lucky we are to have Cornucopia in the village.

60th Birthday dinner, Saturday 30 April 2022

thank you very much for providing such delicious food and a lovely venue

More Posts from this Category

Sandy’s latest recipes

Short Ribs, Korean style

Mejedra / mejudra

Mango, lime and ginger cheesecake

All recipes

Recipes

Tweets

  • Thank you to @YourSSE for your prompt response and communication with respect to power outage in parts of Eynsham. November 16, 2020 7:52 pm
  • Thank you to @lyallandco and @EynshamCellars for rehousing my freezer stock while @YourSSE restore power due to an… https://t.co/qMQ9ExGAfM November 16, 2020 7:49 pm
  • go to twitter

Search the website

Contact

1, High Street, Eynsham, Witney, Oxon, OX29 4HA [email protected] 07551876285

Copyright © 2022 Cornucopia Cooks