![]() Luckily, during the testing process, I found that Cuisinart’s set offers the ideal selection of pans, from small to large. In other words, most cooks wouldn’t want to have to purchase additional pieces. Flexible for Small- and Medium-Sized KitchensĪnyone investing in a full cookware set will want to know that the pans they’re purchasing cover all of their culinary needs-but this is particularly important to those on a budget. ![]() My marinara tests turned out beautifully, with a flavorful, just-right fond, and I am confident that the Cuisinart set can handle similar ingredients that require that sort of steady browning and caramelization. ![]() The strength of a given set’s surface adhesion is particularly apparent when making sauces like marinara, which becomes savory and flavorful when the adhesion is just right. This essentially refers to food’s ability to stick to the bottom of the pan or pot just long enough to create a powerful flavor. Still, the Cuisinart pans’ cooking surface excels in other ways, particularly when it comes to surface adhesion. I found that the set heated to a boil, then turned down to a simmer to properly cook both of these foods, yielding fluffy, separated rice grains and solid yellow yolks, respectively.) (A side note: Interestingly, my tests with basic long-grain rice and hard-boiled eggs did not appear to be adversely affected by what I perceived to be a quick-heating element. But more advanced cooks have likely already become used to certain temperatures-the kind that heavy-bottomed, top-tier sets can withstand-and will want to consider this characteristic before making a purchase. That said, if this was your everyday set, you’d soon become accustomed to its particular heating speed and learn how to set your stove to accommodate the pans. Especially as compared to the unparalleled All-Clad, I found that Cuisinart pan’s surface got hot much more quickly, and thus the protein’s crusts got brown much faster than expected. Note, however, my call-out that the set holds up “well” and not “perfectly.” I did have to adjust the cooking temperatures when I used this set.
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