Mauviel Steel Pan, 8 Inches, Black, 1 Piece

Cute. Love it.

Vengo da una lunga esperienza con le crêpes, crepière elettrica e svariate padelline antiaderenti.Mi sono finalmente decisa, data la mia insoddisfazione, a passare alla classica padella in ferro francese. Il risultato è stato straordinario: le frittatine risultano morbide, porose e di una consistenza insuperabile.E' sufficiente imburrare lievemente all'inizio, dopodiché il lavoro risulta facile e divertente.Naturalmente occorre prima temprare con un po' di pazienza l'attrezzo, togliendo con estrema cura la cera protettiva.Successivamente si riscalda un po' di volte poco olio nella padellina e lo si lascia raffreddare nella stessa tra un passaggio e l'altro.La crepiêre, dopo ogni utilizzo, va semplicemente pulita con acqua bollente, fatta asciugare sul gas e ripassata con pochissimo olio, utilizzando uno scottex per non sporcarsi.

Received my crepe pan yesterday. I had previously watched Mauviel’s YouTube video detailing how to remove the protective wax coating in the oven. I followed the instructions, except that I kept it in the oven for one hour at 300 degrees instead of 30 minutes. I placed it on a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat and topped with a sheet of parchment paper. When I removed it from the oven (still very hot), there was a large puddle of wax. Yay! Most of it was removed! I rinsed it under very hot water, and the remaining small amount of wax was gone. I did have to scrub a little around the rivets, though. I followed the seasoning instructions (I used grapeseed oil). I finished up with a light coating of Crisbee rub and heated the pan on medium high heat for about 10 minutes.This morning, I performed the dreaded fried egg test, and the pan passed with flying colors! No sticking. I melted a small amount of butter in the pan before adding the egg. The sweet spot temperature setting on my crummy electric coil stove was 3.5. I then fried a second egg to make sure that it would still be non-stick. It was! Happy Dance!I purchased this small crepe pan because my larger de Buyer crepe pan is too large and heavy for me to swirl the batter in the pan. Plus, I also think that the crepes are too big. For me, this Mauviel pan is the “Goldilocks” size, lol.Anyway, this is a wonderful pan that will in all probability last for the rest of not only my life, but my son’s as well. Just buy it! You won’t regret it as long as you follow Mauviel’s instructions for removing the protective wax.

Read the following instructions on cleaning off the beeswax finish. If you do so, you will love this pan. If you do not, and try to clean off the wax by washing it in the sink, you will hate this pan.The pan comes with a protective beeswax finish that must be removed before the pan is seasoned, and used. It literally takes 30 seconds to do it properly, or 10 hours if you do it wrong. Simply heat a kettle of water to boiling, and pour it over the pan. Wipe out any residue and repeat, if necessary. Voila. Beeswax gone. If you are concerned about the beeswax going down your sink, then do this outside, away from any landscaping you care about, that would be harmed by the hot water.If you try to clean off the wax in the sink with soapy water, you will still be doing it 8 days from now. Don't reinvent the wheel. Only heat will melt wax, whether it's beeswax or any other kind of wax.The next step, seasoning the pan. The instructions are here on the Mauviel website: http://www.mauvielusa.com/M-steel-Crepes-Pan-Steel-Handle-8--plu3653.20.html. In a nutshell, cover the bottom of the pan with oil that does not have a strong flavor, heat for 5 minutes over medium heat. Turn off the heat, move off the burner, and let the pan cool. Pour off the oil, wipe clean with paper towels, and repeat the process a 2nd time. The pan is now seasoned and ready to use.After that, treat this carbon steel pan as you would cast iron. Do NOT clean it with soap and water, and do NOT heat shock the pan. Rinse it off with hot water after use, scrubbing it with a brush or dishrag as needed, with NO SOAP, dry thoroughly right away, and the pan will perform beautifully. It will develop a non toxic non stick finish without any chemicals.I read another review that this small pan would not sit correctly on the counter or stove because the handle is too long. That has not been my experience. My pan is perfectly balanced, and will sit flat and not tip over, even empty.This sized pan is absolutely perfect for making individual omelettes. They finish rapidly, so you can crank out omelettes for everyone on a weekend morning. Enjoy!Update:I've now used this pan to make omelettes about 10 times. Mauve crepe pan, where have you been all my life. This is better nonstick than any of the chemical nonstick pans I've ever used, and all without the chemicals. It's absurdly easy to keep clean (it just wipes clean with the merest spray of water.) I never could get an omelette to turn out right, and now I'm turning out perfect French and American style omelettes. (The difference is the French omelette is stirred and shaken continuously for a curd consistency with no browning, while the American version is more browned.)

Yeah, as others have noted, this was not particularly fun to season. If you screw it up, like I did, boiling some vinegar in the pan will greatly hasten removing the bad seasoning. I found that it was much easier to season the 9.5" pan than the 8". I have no idea why, but the way the 9.5" inch pan heated more slowly and evenly on my electric stove may have had something to do with it.Once I got it seasoned, I fell in love with it. It's just a super nice pan. Crepes cooked very evenly on it. None stuck. Maintained temp pretty well on my really weird, terrible stove (which has since gone to where horrible stoves go when they die). Have not used it on my new stove yet, but I expect even better results with more consistent temps from the stove.I am a huge fan of cast iron cookware, and this is a fairly natural extension of that concept, only lighter. If you like/love cast iron, you will really enjoy this pan. I bought this to use exclusively for crepes, at the time, but can see myself using it for other things as well.I see more such pans in my future, and I would definitely recommend this one. Love that it works on induction as well. Inexpensive. Quality. What more could you want?