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Palette knife

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, palette knife means: A blunt, flat-bladed tool used to spread, smooth or lift food in pastry work.

In Turkish: pastacı spatulası

How it is used

In kitchen English it commonly refers to an icing spatula rather than a cutting knife.

Example sentences

  1. Smooth the icing with a long palette knife.

    The flat blade spreads a coating into an even layer.

  2. She lifted the thin chocolate decoration with a palette knife.

    The tool supports a delicate piece without cutting it.

Common collocations

  • icing palette knife
  • spread with a palette knife
  • 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.
  • plateTo arrange cooked food on a plate so that it is ready to be served and looks attractive. The noun plating means the way a dish is arranged.

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