a cooking utensil consisting of two saucepans, one fitting inside the other. The bottom saucepan contains water that, while boiling, gently heats food in the upper pan
US and Canadian name: double boiler
Examples of 'double saucepan' in a sentence
double saucepan
Stir in the boiling milk and cook in a double saucepan until thick and creamy.
Conil, Jean & Conil, Christopher (ed) A Passion for Food (1989)
Cream the egg yolks and sugar and cook in a double saucepan until thick and creamy.
Conil, Jean & Conil, Christopher (ed) A Passion for Food (1989)