Shallow casserole pan with glass lid, 28 cm

A wide pan that lets you see the whole dish

There is a moment halfway through a risotto when dinner no longer depends on the ingredients but on whether the spoon can reach everything. This pan is 28 centimetres across and 7.5 centimetres deep, so it spreads out rather than building up. A layer of meat, the vegetables beside it, the sauce between them: you can see all of it, reach all of it, and nothing hides against the wall while your back is turned.

Why it comes out midweek

Rice catches at the bottom of a deep pot, and sauce runs over the edge of a flat frying pan. This shape sits between the two: it holds 3.8 litres, which is four plates of a one-pan dinner, and it is not so large that you wait for it to heat. Put the lid on to steam, take it off to reduce, and the sauce pulls together on its own.

The body is forged aluminium, so it takes on heat quickly. The onion does not stall halfway to translucent, and the meat browns instead of stewing in its own liquid.

What you notice when you pick it up

The shape is minimalist, the finish matt. On the worktop that means the pot neither reflects nor glints; it simply stands where you left it. A narrow metallic frame runs round the root of the handle, with the fashion wordmark sunk into the material inside it.

The handle and the lid knob are described as stay-cool, ergonomic and soft-touch. That matters when you lift a full pan from the hob to the worktop and would rather not reach for a tea towel first.

A glass lid you can see through

The tempered glass lid meets the rim through a soft-closing, heat-resistant silicone system. It does not clatter when you put it back and it does not lift while the pan boils. The steam hole lets the excess out, so the sauce stays under the lid instead of setting on the hob.

With the lid on you do not have to raise it to see where the cooking has got to. In a shallow pan that counts for a lot, because steaming turns into frying in the space of a couple of minutes.

It fits any hob

The base is turbo induction and works on every type of hob: induction, gas, electric, vitroceramic and halogen. Move house or change cooker, and the pan stays.

The coating that saves you a pool of oil

titanPro coating

The hard-wearing non-stick coating of Fashion by Berlinger Haus. It cleans easily, which on a wide, shallow pot shows with risotto and with tomato caught on the surface.

The non-stick surface shows in the quantities too: frying starts with less fat. Cleaning is simple as well: on a wide, seamless base there are few places for anything to settle.

Materials and safety

The body is forged aluminium, the lid is tempered glass, and the coating is the brand's titanPro system.

Two ordinary days with this pan

Thursday evening, risotto. The onion softens evenly across the wide base, the rice spreads in a single layer, and every ladle of stock stays where you poured it. You are not hunting with a spoon in the bottom of a deep pot.

Sunday lunch, and the dish is made here instead of in a roasting tin: scallops, chicken breast or vegetables cook in one layer and go to the table in the same pan. Less washing up, and nothing falls apart on the way.

Care

• Let the pan cool before you run water into it; no coating enjoys a sudden shock.
• Stir with wood or silicone so the non-stick surface stays intact for years.
• Wash it with a soft sponge and washing-up liquid; scouring pads and powders scratch.
• Wash the glass lid separately and dry the silicone rim before putting it back.
• Lay a tea towel inside the pan if you stack another one into it for storage.

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