sautoire

noun

1. A heavy skillet with straight sides, used for sautéing food.

   “Use the same slices of bread, only instead of toasting them, lay them in a sautoire with hot clarified butter; brown them on one side only, then drain, and leave the butter in the sautoire.”

   “Dip them in beaten egg, roll in fresh bread crumbs, and place in a sautoire with one ounce of clarified butter.”

   “Lay them in a sautoire, season with salt, pepper and two ounces butter.”

   “Here it is. Perigueux sauce: Chop up very fine two truffles. Place them in a sautoire with a glass of Madeira wine. Reduce on the hot stove for five minutes. Add half a pint of Espagnole sauce. For Espagnole sauce, see No. 151."”

2. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of sautoir.

   “Another new conceit is the sautoire made of narrow colored or metal ribbons and carrying at the end a symbol of good luck, such as an ivory elephant […]”