no words needed.
The only pan for this dish, the Martha Stewart 9 inch springform pan, only at Macy's. The rim locks the inverted bottom into a natural gutter that seems to allow only a bead of liquid ooze out the bottom instead of leaking into the 1/4 inch reservoir that is created under the bottom when you invert the bottom so the flat side is up on a normal springform pan. You need to an inverted bottom so you can slide off the cake on a parchment paper liner. Otherwise it gets trapped by the upward lip of normal pans. To seal the deal cut a circle of parchment paper an inch larger in radius than the sides of the pan and clamp the sides down with this paper in place so that it acts like a rubber washer in a faucet.
Here is a blue shot (wrong color setting on the Nikon food scene mode) showing
the parchment liner.
Here is our product review:
Food movie enthusiasts will
remember the "timpano" in the 1996 movie Big Night, but "timballo" is the more
usual name for a pasta baked in a formed pan. This is the only pan on the market
that holds the milk in when making cacio e pepe timballo because of its inverted
bottom disk lip construction locking into an outer gutter. Try it and impress
your friends!
So this is the better solution, square works better than round. Although there was some slight leakage with this pan. Not enough to worry about.
Here is the result ready to cut retangular portions from.
And here is bob's plate, with some broccoli and salmon to complete the meal.