Living on a farm I do an enormous amount of cooking. I learned quickly after marrying my husband that I needed to step up my cooking skills and to start to purchase excellent cookware. No more "toy" pans for me I need professional quality! After all half my life is in the Kitchen!
The Saute pan is a wide , flat , straight-sided frying pan to be used for extended cooking. The best ones are not non-stick but made of metals that conduct heat quickly and evenly - lined copper, stainless steel-wrapped aluminum and anodized aluminum. They should have a long handle and a lid. They come in a variety of sizes. Copper is the best choice
I enrolled myself in a good cooking class click here and go to the side bar for a free cooking class as well to help myself to grow in my knowledge of cooking as well as pulled out out my arsenal of study material and went to town.
How to saute - put your oil in a hot pan to allow the oil to float on top. Use a oil like butter vs olive oil. You will make a movement to flip the contents it takes practice. Kind of a round movement. Saute in french means "to jump" so you are helping the food to kind of jump.
Learning to saute is excellent for fast delicious one pan meals like stirfrys , etc.. Getting one "good" saute for Mom in the kitchen will be a lifesaver!
Saute cooking is excellent for changing up recipes as well since all you have to do is change up the sauces and you have a whole new meal! It makes cooking exciting!