Kitchen Barbarian
Senior Cook
- Joined
- Aug 21, 2012
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I do have a Pyrex double boiler. Definitely better and easier to use than trying to balance a bowl over a steaming pan of boiling water. I used one constantly growing up but after moving out on my own didn't get around to getting one of my own until they had stopped making them. Recently I found one at a retro cookware shop. We did have and use the wire thingy to offset the pan bottom from the burner. They still make the exact same one and I bought one to go with my new Pyrex double boiler.
Personally I can't melt chocolate without having it seize without using a double boiler - microwave doesn't work either. I've been having to melt chocolate for the coating for my buckeye candies with paraffin for years because otherwise the chocolate would seize. There is ganache in my future ... maybe even truffles ...
Personally I can't melt chocolate without having it seize without using a double boiler - microwave doesn't work either. I've been having to melt chocolate for the coating for my buckeye candies with paraffin for years because otherwise the chocolate would seize. There is ganache in my future ... maybe even truffles ...