It is much cheaper in the US for some reason.
It is soooo tasty, it’s my favorite part of this dinner always lol.
I use the teeeeniest bit of olive oil, but more importantly I use an excellent quality non stick skillet. It really makes cooking so much easier (and healthier since I don’t use much oil anymore).
$26.99 on Amazon right now! Cuisinart 622-30G Chef's Classic Nonstick Hard-Anodized 12-Inch Skillet with Glass Cover https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0078P9D8K/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_lR1HBbSAZ2J4M
A crepe pan works great too. The sides of the pan are only an inch tall like this, but you can find them much cheaper than this Amazon example.
Someone above posted a link to the uk amazon version, I found it cheaper on the US amazon site. It is a crepe pan, though can be used for a few other purposes as well.
Weird just called that on the Canadian Amazon.
de Buyer - Mineral B Carbon Steel Egg Pan - Naturally Nonstick - Oven-Safe - Induction-ready - 4.75" https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00462QP3Y/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_1SWX3C2YYJY3ZNXASYMQ
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DeBuyer 9.5" blue steel crepe pan is $30 shipped from amazon right now. IMO it's the best value right now, unless you want to wait for the 9.5" Matfer crepe pan to come back down to $23.
This is a good starter pan for eggs, quesadillas, potatoes, and pancakes. If you don't cook on gas it's harder to season the sidewalls through cooking, so the crepe pan with the low side walls is a great first pan. You also don't want to own too many pieces of CS, they rust if not used regularly.
If you're not cooking on gas, it's super important to match the base to the exact diameter of your burner.
Looks like Amazon is offering the 12 inch De Buyer crepe. Be careful as the 11.8 inch on the same page is actually the 9 inch.De Buyer 12 inch Crepe Pan
You have this one? https://www.amazon.com/Buyer-France-Cooking-Surface-9-5-Inches/dp/B0019N4ZHQ
I don't understand why the pan wouldn't be able to go in the oven, it's all metal, right? If so, you certainly can season in the oven.
Preheat oven to 450F. Clean the pan thoroughly with soap and hot water. Make sure you get a good scrub to remove any wax or oil that came from the factory. Dry it completely. Wipe the pan with a super-thin layer of vegetable oil, inside and out, handle included. With a clean paper towel, wipe off all the oil and try to get it completely dry. Put the oiled, dry pan in the oven upside down for an hour, then turn the oven off and let it cool in the oven.
After it's cool, take it out, preheat the oven again, and start again from "Wipe the pan with a super-thin layer of vegetable oil".
Make sure you wipe as much as you can off with a dry paper towel before it goes in, you don't want any oil appearing on the surface of the pan, but if you rubbed your clean finger on it, it would still FEEL oily. That's the perfect amount of oil on the pan.
You don't need a tandor to make good roti. All you need is flour, water, butter/ghee, oil, a rolling pin, a big surface to roll your roti out on, and one of these, or something similarly wide and flat.
I ordered crepe/tortilla pan and is made in France. It is not delivered yet but I am excited to use it. Anything that we can find that's not made in China helps.
I Don't have one myself, but I ALWAYS hear great things about Solid Tekniks pans. And if money is no issue it will probably be one of the best pans you can buy.
You may want to consider purchasing a better quality non-stick if all of your pans are destroyed so easily.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0078P9D8K?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 <-- goes upto 500F
This iron pan: DeBuyer Mineral B Element Iron Crepe Pan, 11.8-Inch Round. Ok, it's a bit pricy, but it will last forever if you care for it properly.
You recommend Silverstone, which I've never used, but this is the best egg pan I've ever used and also loved by everyone I've given one to:
Calphalon Commercial International Crepe Pan
EDIT: Hmm.. that doesn't look like an exact match for the one I bought, but awfully close. It was a "Calphalon International Crepe Pan" but mine was sold direct from Amazon for ~$25 when I bought them (I have 2 in my set, as one is almost always dirty)
Don't underestimate the importance of a good omelet pan. Don't use metal utensils on it or it will get scratched and be much harder to use. The cook where I used to serve tables used to pitch a fit if anyone else scratched her 'good pans.'