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Dough hook

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, dough hook means: A curved mixer attachment designed to work and knead dough.

In Turkish: hamur kancası

How it is used

Used with stand mixers; the attachment is selected for dough rather than whipping.

Example sentences

  1. Fit the dough hook before mixing the bread dough.

    The attachment performs the kneading action needed for dough.

  2. The dough wrapped around the dough hook during kneading.

    The dough winds around the attachment as it is stretched and worked in the mixer.

Common collocations

  • dough hook attachment
  • fit the dough hook
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.
  • 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.

More terms: Kitchen Equipment

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