Rolling is the cooking term for flattening dough, either by pressing it between two rolls (as a pasta machine) or a roll and a flat surface (when using a rolling pin). Ask questions about the technique of rolling dough, and add specific equipment tags as necessary.
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Wood versus marble rolling pin 'performance'
Is there any reason that a marble rolling pin would perform 'worse' than a wood rolling pin?
My roommates recently bought a visually appealing marble rolling pin; however, I've noticed a few problems, specifically that the marble doesn't seem to…
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After rolling pizza dough, how do I move it to a pan without ruining it?
On multiple occasions now, I have rolled pizza dough out to a circle about 14" in diameter, and then I have trouble moving it to my pan.
First of all, I roll the dough on a granite counter. Even though I sprinkle flour on the counter beforehand, the…
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Pasta edges break when being rolled in pasta machine
When I make pasta, and roll it through my pasta machine, the edges always end up cracking up a little. It becomes quite difficult to pass it through the machine without it tearing and dividing my pasta in half.
The resulting pasta is not bad per se,…
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Is there an alternative to spreading flour when rolling the dough?
Today, when I was rolling the dough for my Podpłomyk, I noticed that I actually need to use quite a lot of flour to prevent the dough from sticking to the rolling pin and the board. Is there a way around that, for example some substitute for flour…
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How to roll pasta thinly by hand
Last weekend, I made some fresh pasta without a pasta machine. I used a simple recipe of 200g AP flour, 2 large eggs, ~1 tbsp olive oil and a pinch of salt, kneading by hand then resting the dough (for about 1.5 hours) at room temperature wrapped in…
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How to smooth a wooden rolling pin
My wooden rolling pin has a rough patch on it due to the grain of the wood. When I roll out pastry with it, the pastry tends to stick to the rolling pin at that point and lift. Is there anything I can do to get a smooth surface all over the rolling…
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Kneading and rolling fondant icing without air bubbles
I recently did a short cake decoration course and we rolled out fondant to prepare cake boards and then cover the cakes with fondant. The work surface there was absolutely clean with no scratches and when I kneaded and rolled out fondant, there were…
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Why do some rolling pins only have one handle?
I've been looking into getting a new rolling pin as I've been making more and more homemade pasta. One rolling pin that I came across has only one handle. At around the 5:15 mark of this video, you'll see that the knob of the handle is laying flat…
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How can I correct this Brandy Snaps disaster?
I recently got a copy of the "Be-ro book of Home Recipes". Near the beginning is a recipe for 'brandy snaps'. This is a kind of cracker that is rolled after cooking to make tubes that are then filled with cream. However, my attempt to cook them…
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Can you use cookie cutters on sticky dough?
I am a baking novice trying to make these oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I'm trying to get them to be cute shapes with cookie cutters but the cookies keep spreading. I am wondering if maybe this type of dough is just too wet and sticky to hold a…
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