What is the bench knife?
Bench knives are kitchen utensils, often used in baking, which is usually used to cut, portion, scratch and otherwise handling the dough before baking. Despite the name, there is more similar spatula in some respects and usually consists of a single piece of metal, square or rectangular shape connected to a rounded handle. The knife is held with one hand, holding the handle, and rather than extends from the top of the handle, a metal “blade” comes from the side. The bench knife can be used to cut the dough for division, separate dough from the work surface or for cleaning.
also known as a number of other names, including a scraper on the bench, a dough knife, a scraper of the dough and the dough and knife cutter, the knives usually consist of only two pieces. It is the handle of the knife and knife itself. The blade is the only piece of solid metal, which is usually about the thickness of a steak knife or chef. Although the thinner bench The knife Couples is used if the blade is too thin, the dough or breaking will be bent when scratching.
The bench knife handle is usually wooden and firmly connected to the blade of the knife. Although the blade is not really sharp, especially compared to the chef or similar implement, it is more like a butter knife and can still cut soft objects. The edge of the bench knife can be used to clean the dough and quickly, so it is ideal for the division of a large piece of dough into individual loaves or wheels for role production. When the sticky dough is processed on a surface such as wood, marble or laminate plate, it can easily stick. As a result, the knife on the bench is ideal to get under the dough and pull it out of these surfaces more easily than your fingers.
Bench knife can also be used after the dough has been ready to clean the work area. Even with amazing flouring surfaces, the dough can often stick to the surface and cleaning marble or laminate with dough or wet flour glued to it can be difficult. The edge of these knives onThe bench can be used to scrape the material from the surface, which can then be easier to delete and clean. As a result, the bench Kniva is a huge "multitasker" in the kitchen and a useful tool for home and professional bakers.