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Meat mallet

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, meat mallet means: A handheld pounding tool used to flatten or tenderize pieces of meat.

In Turkish: et döveceği

How it is used

Recipes may specify a flat or textured face for different results.

Example sentences

  1. Flatten the chicken breast with a meat mallet.

    Pounding changes the thickness of the meat piece.

  2. The meat mallet had a smooth side and a textured side.

    Different faces offer different contact surfaces for the task.

Common collocations

  • flat meat mallet
  • tenderize with a meat mallet
  • 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.
  • portionThe amount of a food served to one person. As a verb, to portion means to divide food into equal amounts for serving.

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