Deep frying pan with glass lid, 24 cm

Fry, then cover: the same pan

Most recipes take their turn at the line that says cover and leave for ten minutes. That is when the hunt begins in the cupboard for a lid that roughly fits the pan. This 24 cm piece arrives with its own, in tempered glass, so the change is a single movement rather than a ceremony.

24 cm, 2.3 litres: one or two portions

It is smaller than the classic family pan. Dinner for one, two portions of rice and meat, a chicken breast with vegetables: all of it fits into 2.3 litres without firing up the big burner.

The 6.5 cm wall is matched to that size. High enough that the sauce does not reach the rim, low enough that you can see what is happening inside when the lid is off.

A glass lid that does not clatter

The lid is tempered glass, and a soft close heat resistant silicone system runs around it. That silicone rim is what stops it knocking when you set it down and what keeps it seated on the pan. In the middle there is a steam hole so the vapour inside does not lift it.

The lid works through its glass

The glass is the point: you do not have to take it off to see how far the cooking has got. Covered food loses heat every time the lid is raised, and every raise is another movement too. Under a metal lid you are timing blind and you open it either too early or too late; here you can see when the liquid has gone from beside the meat and when to turn the heat down.

The knob on the lid is made from the same soft touch material as the handle, and it stays just as cool. Anyone who has ever grabbed a hot lid knob without a cloth knows what that detail is worth.

A forged body, a low-arched handle

The pan is made from forged aluminium and its inside is protected by the hard-wearing TitanPro non-stick coating. The outside is matt, the shape undecorated, and the handle leaves the body in a low arc rather than standing away from it. In a smaller kitchen that counts too: with the lid on top the pan takes up one shelf.

Turbo induction base

The pan's bottom plate, which works on induction hobs as well. The pan is suitable for all types of hob.

Non-stick for the covered stretch too

The TitanPro coating works when you cannot see it either: under the lid, rice or meat in sauce is just as unlikely to set on the bottom. That is the stretch where most pans give in, because the thickening sauce presses against the base and burns there first. Because the wall is high, the coating runs up the side as well.

Two pieces, two movements

The pan is easy to keep clean. You wash the lid separately and the pan with a soft sponge; nothing gets trapped under the silicone rim if you wipe it dry afterwards. On a piece with a lid that is two objects and two movements rather than an evening of soaking: lukewarm water into the cooled pan, one pass round the inside, and it goes on the rack.

Materials and safety

The handle and the lid knob are stay cool, ergonomic and soft touch.

How an evening goes with it

You get home, put a chicken breast on, brown both sides, pour in the cream and put the lid on. From there you are not standing at the hob: you glance through the glass when it occurs to you and lay the table in the meantime.

In the morning the same pan does something else. Steam leaves through the hole in the middle of the lid instead of looking for a way out under the rim, so the lid does not start rattling over the porridge or the semolina.

Care

• Use wooden or silicone utensils; metal scratches the coating.
• Do not put the hot lid into cold water, because glass dislikes a sudden change of temperature.
• A moderate setting is enough; continuous high heat is what wears a non-stick surface.
• Wipe the silicone rim dry after washing so no moisture is left underneath.
• A soft sponge and washing-up liquid will do; keep scouring agents away.
• Store the lid flat or back on the pan so the glass rim does not knock against anything in the cupboard.

Two ways of cooking, one pan

A deep pan with a lid comes out more often than a plain frying pan because it carries two ways of cooking at once. Open, you fry; covered, you steam, and you change no pan in between. A 24 centimetre piece covers two or three servings, fits a smaller hob, and leaves one pan and one lid at the sink.

Who 24 centimetres is enough for

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