What is the gadget called that you run over pizza dough to aerate it (prick holes in it) prior to topping it?
Posted by admin | Posted in Gadget | Posted on 20-07-2009
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It is a wheel-type gadget that you roll over the dough to make sure you don’t end up with big bubbles.
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a rotary fork? a prickly wheel?
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It’s called a “docker.”
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A Pastry Puncher? I just use a fork if I don’t want the bubbles. But, I like them. It gives texture in some parts of the pizza. Oh well…to each they’re own dough I suppose.
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The “docker” is used to keep the surface of the pizza crust flat, not for texture. When you “dock” a pastry it keeps it from rising obscurely. I believe the scientific process behind this is that it allows the steam to vent rather than build up where it can’t escape thereby pushing the dough up into “bubbles” where, once the structure of the item has developed it retains this odd shape. As far as texture…to be fair…it will be a little more dense or less airy than it might have been without docking, but this is not the purpose for docking. Texture is usually adjusted through ingredients.