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Paddle attachment

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, paddle attachment means: A flat mixer attachment used to combine mixtures without the action of a whisk or dough hook.

In Turkish: palet karıştırıcı aparatı

How it is used

Often used for cake mixtures, biscuit dough and creaming butter with sugar.

Example sentences

  1. Use the paddle attachment to mix the biscuit dough.

    The flat beater combines the ingredients without kneading them like bread.

  2. She changed to the paddle attachment for the buttercream.

    The attachment choice reflects the consistency being mixed.

Common collocations

  • flat paddle attachment
  • mixer paddle
  • pastry chefA chef who specialises in desserts, pastries, breads and other baked goods and usually runs the pastry section of a kitchen. Also called a pâtissier.
  • whiskA tool made of loops of wire on a handle, used to beat air into eggs and cream or to mix sauces smoothly. As a verb, to whisk means to beat with this tool.

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