29/10/2026
Fond: The flavour you've been leaving behind.
Those brown bits left in the pan after browning are called fond. Add a splash of liquid to the hot pan and stir, and you’ve deglazed it, turning that residue into the base of a pan sauce. Swipe for how it forms, how to get it right, and the pan we’d use for it.
Pan Pairings is a new series where we explain a technique, recipe or cooking style and suggest a pan to go with it. This is the first. Save it for your next sear, and tell us the technique you’ve never quite cracked.
Save this for your next sear, and tell us a technique you’ve never quite cracked.
SCANPAN is available online and through cookshops and retailers across the UK.