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Pasta machine

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, pasta machine means: A device that rolls pasta dough into thin sheets and may cut them into strips.

In Turkish: makarna açma makinesi

How it is used

Used with roller settings when discussing sheet thickness.

Example sentences

  1. Pass the dough through the pasta machine again.

    Repeated rolling reduces the thickness of the pasta sheet.

  2. The pasta machine's cutter produced narrow ribbons.

    The cutting attachment changes a sheet into individual strands.

Common collocations

  • pasta machine rollers
  • pasta machine cutter
  • 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.
  • recipeA set of instructions for making a dish, with a list of ingredients, their quantities and the steps, times and temperatures needed.

More terms: Kitchen Equipment

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