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Bench scraper

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, bench scraper means: A broad, flat tool used to lift or divide dough and scrape a work surface.

In Turkish: hamur kazıyıcı, tezgah spatulası

How it is used

Common in bread and pastry work; also called a dough scraper in this form.

Example sentences

  1. Divide the sticky dough with a bench scraper.

    The straight edge portions dough without pulling it by hand.

  2. She used the bench scraper to clear flour from the table.

    The same broad edge gathers residue from the work surface.

Common collocations

  • metal bench scraper
  • scrape with a bench scraper
  • prepShort for preparation: the work of getting food ready before cooking or service, such as washing, peeling, cutting, portioning and making sauces. Also used as a verb.
  • clean as you goThe working habit of cleaning your station, tools and spills continuously while you cook, instead of leaving all the cleaning until the end.

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