Using bain marie
Q: When baking a dish using a bain marie – what should the temp of the water be? Boiling, just hot or are there instances where cold water should be used?
A: A bain-marie (also known as a water bath) is used for cooking to heat food gently and gradually to fixed temperatures (or to keep materials warm over a period of time). Custards are cooked in a bain marie to keep a crust from forming on the outside of the custard before the interior is fully cooked, therefore creating evenly cooked finished product. The colder the surrounding water it is when it is placed in the oven, the slower it will cook and get up to the required temperature. In cooking classes at Wickedfood cooking school, we usually use water at body temperature when we cook with a bain-marie in the oven for cream caramels.
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