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Mauviel, a French family business established in 1830 and located in the Normandy town of Villedieu-les-Poeles, is the foremost manufacturer of professional copper cookware in the world today. Highly regarded in the professional world, with over 170 years of experience, Mauviel offers several different lines of copper cookware to professional chefs and home cooks that appreciate the benefits of their high quality products. Professional cooks can attest that copper cookware is an essential part...
- 10.6-Inch copper bowl for beating egg whites
- Copper material interacts with egg proteins to produce fluffy, high-rise whites
- Allows whites to reach full volume and stiffness
- Brass side ring lets chef hold or hang bowl
- Hand washing recommended; limited lifetime warranty
This Mixing Bowls give to us some advantages, like this :
1. It is what it is
I never understand reviewers who complain about the design features of this very specialized product. Complaining that one of these doesn't have a flat bottom is like complaining that your Corvette doesn't have a back seat. Round copper bowls like this are specialized items made for one purpose: to whisk eggs whites (maybe that's why it's called an "egg white bowl?" maybe?), and the design is optimized for the best result when doing that one specific task. That means they're made out of copper, which involves extra work to clean, and they're spherical in shape because that shape matches the movement of a hand wisk, and hence you get more consistent, uniform mixing, and more egg contacting the copper than you do in a flat-bottomed bowl. As far as holding the bowl all the time, a) I always hold the bowl while I'm whisking egg whites whether the bottom is flat or not, and b) it doesn't take a degree in culinary science to figure out you can set one of these in a cereal bowl if you want...
2. Nothing can touch Mauviel whisking bowls
There's two ways to work this bowl: Either set it into a heavy ceramic mixing bowl as a "nest" or carry it in the crook of your arm with your thumb through the ring. Either way is comfortable. When nested in a ceramic bowl, this Mauviel is stable enough to tilt it toward your whisking hand so that you have an easier wrist angle than if you used an ordinary flat bottom bowl.
If you want to chill the ingredients, put cold water or water and ice in the ceramic nest bowl; if you want to warm the ingredients, use hot water in the ceramic nest bowl. 'Dem Frenchies ain't as dumb as we often like to think -- this works GREAT!
8-Inch is the smallest reasonable size for this type of bowl. Consider getting a larger one if you whip a significant quantity of egg whites. I think a larger bowl of the 10.6-inch Mauviel allows me larger movement of arm and whisk which makes more bubbles and gets the whites to stiffen up faster. The 12-inch seems like more than I need most of the...
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mauviel is true quality
I have always found that egg whites beaten by an electric mixer were too foamy. Almost like soap bubbles. This copper bowl makes them creamy and appetizing. They are very stable and it simply makes fantastic merinque.
Why reinvent the wheel? People have been doing this for hundreds of years. It really doesn't take as long as you think, nor is it as difficult as you may think.
I was watching Sara's Secrets on the Food Network while Bill Yosses was the guest. I was very impressed with him so I borrowed his book Desserts for Dummies. In it, he says that a 12" diameter bowl is best while ~ 7qts is a good volume. He was correct. This bowl seemed huge, but when eight egg whites triple in volume, it fills it up by two-thirds. It is a fine size.
The copper is beautiful. I hang it over my kitchen.
I had no reservations about quality before I ordered and I was correct in my assumption. Mauviel makes quality products. I would consider this...
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