PAN 999 Pan Lids

With the PAN 999 Lid, Tobia Scarpa solves two kitchen dilem­mas at once. Its two diam­e­ters, of either 9 or 12 inches, allow it to top any pan in Scarpa’s beloved cook­ware line, thereby reduc­ing clutter; while its mini­mal­ist profile and unmis­tak­able dimple trans­form cook­ware into works of art worthy of display. The Lid is a stand­out of Scarpa’s Cooking in Silver cook­ware line, manu­fac­tured by the Milanese silver­smith studio San Lorenzo; as with its compan­ion sauce and frying pans, the Lid is made of pure iron with an inte­rior pure silver, which conducts heat more uniformly than copper while remain­ing antibac­te­r­ial whether used on conduc­tion, glass, ceramic cook­tops or with gas burners and ovens. All may be easily cleaned with a simple appli­ca­tion of White of Spain non-toxic clay.

Silver, the most conduc­tive of metals, is made without harmful coat­ings or chem­i­cals. By distrib­ut­ing heat in a uniform manner, you can cook quickly at low temper­a­tures to preserve the nutri­tional and antiox­i­dant prop­er­ties of food. Sulfi­da­tion (black­en­ing) of the silver surface during cooking is normal and to be expected. Strew clay over silver surface and rub with damp paper towel or cloth, then rinse.

PAN 999 cook­ware includes a pan, pot, saucepan, lids, and a frying pan. All sold sepa­rately at Cooks & Poets.