bain marie

[beyn-muh-ree; Fr. ban-ma-ree]

bain-ma·rie

[beyn-muh-ree; Fr. ban-ma-ree]
noun, plural bains-ma·rie [beyn-muh-ree; Fr. ban-ma-ree] .
1.
(in cooking) a receptacle containing hot or boiling water into which other containers are placed to warm or cook the food in them.
2.
British. a double boiler.

Origin:
1815–25; < French, Middle French, translation of Medieval Latin balneum Mariae literally, bath of Mary, reputed to be a Jewish alchemist who devised such a heating technique, and sometimes identified with Moses' sister Miriam
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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