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A skillet with straight walls and delusions of being a small lake.
means A wide, flat-bottomed cooking pan with tall, straight sides and usually a long handle, used for frying, browning, and simmering food in a shallow layer of liquid.
from From the French 'sauter,' meaning 'to jump' or 'to leap' — because the classic sauté technique involves tossing food so it jumps in the hot pan. 'Sauter' descends from Latin 'saltare,' 'to dance or leap,' the same root that gives us 'somersault' and 'salient.' So the pan is named for the lively little hop the chef coaxes from a pan of mushrooms — though the modern straight-walled version, with its higher sides, is built more for holding sauce than for making anything jump.
- name origin
- Saute means jump in French, for tossing food
- vs skillet
- Straight sides hold liquid; sloped sides flip it
- surface area
- Wide flat bottom sears more in one batch
- sauce master
- Tall walls catch splatter during fast deglazing
- helper handle
- Loop opposite the grip carries heavy braises safely
all-clad ha1 — professional 3-quart stainless steel sauté pan, made in pennsylvania since 1971
le creuset saucier — enameled cast iron curved sauté pan from france, iconic for high-heat cooking
scanpan ctx — professional non-stick 3.5-quart sauté pan made in denmark