This is the Nordic Ware Basalt 10-inch sauté skillet — a heavy-gauge aluminum skillet with a dark volcanic-look ceramic coating inside and out. The 10-inch diameter is the everyday sauté size: big enough to sear four chicken thighs or a pair of steaks without crowding, small enough to handle easily with one hand on a home range.
The ceramic coating is PFAS-free nonstick chemistry — no PTFE, no PFOA — so eggs slide off and a fond builds up for pan sauces without the tradeoffs of traditional nonstick. The dark finish holds heat like cast iron but at half the weight, so it browns meat properly instead of steaming it. Stay-cool stainless handle, oven-safe to 400°F, induction compatible. Part of Nordic Ware’s premium Minneapolis-made cookware line.
Nordic Ware has been manufacturing bakeware in Minneapolis, Minnesota since 1946. The company invented the Bundt pan in 1950 and still casts, spins, and coats every piece in its Naturals, Bundt, and cast aluminum lines at that same Minnesota factory — one of the last family-owned American bakeware makers still building its core products at home.
