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pastry blender

American  

noun

  1. a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.


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I was like, "What is a pastry blender?"

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

Cut in chilled butter with your fingers or a pastry blender until no pieces are larger than a pea.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

When Mitch Cohen was growing up in Springfield, Va., all five children were taught to mash canned tuna using not a fork — the tool of choice in most households — but a pastry blender.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022

If you don’t have a food processor, you can make the cheddar-Parmesan pie dough in a large bowl, using a pastry blender to cut the butter and cheese into the dry ingredients.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022

With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in 6 tablespoons butter and lard until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Perdue, Mitzi

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