Bain-Marie

The French term Bain-Marie refers to cooking food in a water bath. You can buy expensive specialist equipment, or you can quite simply use a bread tin or baking tray along with a heatproof dish.

What to do is to put you food into a dish, and cover it either with a lid or some foil. Place this in a baking tray or bread tin, depending on the size of your dish. Boil some water, and pour this carefully into the baking tray around the dish containing the food.

Be careful not to splash any of the water, and only fill up with water halfway up the side of the dish containing the food. This is because you don’t want it to accidentally splash into your food while cooking.

Place the whole thing into your oven, and cook for the required time on the temperature stated in your recipe.