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Kitchen utensil
A
rolling pin
is a cylindrical
food preparation utensil
used to shape and flatten
dough
. Two styles of rolling pin are found: rollers and rods. Roller types consists of a thick cylinder with small handles at each end; rod type rolling pins are usually thin tapered batons. Rolling pins of different styles and materials offer varying advantages, as they are used for different tasks in cooking and baking.
Types of rolling pins
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- Rod
: thin rods typically made of wood around 1?2 inches (2?3 cm) in diameter. They are used by rolling the rod across the dough using one's palm. The pins may be tapered at one or both ends for more pivot control in certain tasks such as making small
jiaozi
skins or
pie
shells. Most
East Asian
or
French
style rolling pins, and the
Turkish
Oklava
are rod-style.
- Roller
: consists of a thick heavy roller made of a variety of materials around 3?4 inches (7?10 cm) in diameter with thinner handles which extend through the roller. They are used by grasping the handles and pushing the pin across the dough. Many
Western
rolling pins are roller types.
- Textured
: some specialized rolling pins have textured surfaces that mark and indents the dough surfaces for special breads and pancakes. They may even be embossed with writing.
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- Chakla belan
: in
Indian cuisine
, the rolling pin (
belan
) is used in combination with a
chakla
(flat circular rolling board). The dough for
chapatis
is rolled on the
chakla
with the help of the
belan
.
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Devices like
Rotimatic
and Rotillicious combine the functions of
chakla
,
belan
and round electric cooking griddle also known as
tava
.
Material
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Rolling pins come in a variety of sizes, shapes and materials including
glass
,
ceramic
,
acrylic
,
bakelite
,
copper
,
brass
,
aluminium
,
silicone
,
wood
,
stainless steel
,
marble
, and
plastic
.
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Some are hollow and are able to be filled with cold or warm water to better roll a desired food. Marble rolling pins are often cooled in a
refrigerator
for maintaining a cold dough while making
puff pastry
.
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In popular culture
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An angry
housewife
wielding a rolling pin as a weapon is a common
cliche
in
humour
, as, for example, in the English
comic strip
Andy Capp
.
See also
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