Ball cutter
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A Kugelausstecher (English Melon baller ) is a spoon-like special knife consisting of a hollow hemisphere of a short handle. It is available in various shapes and materials in stores. As a rule, it is made of metal or stainless steel , with the handle sometimes also being made of plastic or wood . The edge of the hemisphere is mostly sharp-edged and functions as a blade . The hemisphere is usually about two centimeters in diameter and has a small hole in the middle, which is used to better remove the clippings. There are also models with two different sized hemispheres at both ends; as well as "combination devices" in which a ball cutter hemisphere is combined with other garnishing tool parts or blades.
Mostly it is used to cut out fruit in a spherical shape, such as B. from melons . The fruit balls produced in this way are often used for decoration .
In addition, the melon baller, who used mostly as is Paris cutter (also Paris knives ; French Cuillère parisienne ) was referred to, in the classic French kitchen in the preparation of vegetables à la Parisienne (also Parisienne ) used and is used for cutting of walnut-shaped balls of vegetables such as B. from potatoes for the preparation of Parisian potatoes (pommes parisienne) .
In addition, the ball cutter is also used in the production of decorative butter balls , e.g. B. for buffets .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Herbert Birle: The language of the kitchen, Culinary Lexicon, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7750-0390-2