What is a water bath?
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A water bath is a method of gently heating substances and food products by placing them in a vessel immersed in a container filled with water, which has direct contact with a heating element (stove, gas burner, fire flame). Since the maximum temperature of water is its boiling point (100 degrees), a container immersed in water cannot get hotter.
How to design a water bath at home?
- Take two different sized pots.
- Pour water into a larger one, and a dish or substance required for heating into a smaller one.
- Place the small pot so that the handles rest on the sides of the large pot.
- Turn on the stove and control the process!
The principle of limited temperature heating, associated with the maximum possible water temperature, can be used differently. Other liquids and substances are used, such as sand, oils, solutions. Select the substance with the required maximum heating temperature and use in a water bath.
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