Dough wheel

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wavy wooden dough wheel

A dough wheel (also known as a baking wheel or baking wheel) is a kitchen tool that consists of a wheel with a handle and is used to cut rolled out dough. The design of the wheel can be with a wavy, smooth or toothed edge.

Whale bone dough wheels
Pastry wheel - Representation by Bartolomeo Scappi (1570)

The pastry wheel has been manufactured in different models and designs over the years, e.g. B. made of wood, whale bones, ivory or even silver, the handles were often artfully decorated with geometric and zoomorphic carvings. Today it usually consists of a wooden handle and a metal wheel.

history

The first depictions of a rolling board, rolling pin and rolling pin, as they are still used today for homemade pasta, are said to be in the grave relief Grotta Bella in Cerveteri from the 4th century BC. To be seen. However, the identification of the tools shown as kitchen appliances is not generally accepted.

Toothed pastry wheel for ravioli

German terms such as dough wheel , Teigrad , Teichrädlein and Backradel can be found in cookery and dictionaries from the 17th century, and the kitchen utensil also appears as a pate wheel in the Italian-German language and dictionary from 1693.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dough wheel. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 21 : T – Treftig - (XI, 1st section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1935 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  2. ↑ On the Water - Scrimshaw Ivory Jagging Wheel. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
  3. ^ Reggio città metropolitana: Per l'amicizia mediterranea . Gangemi Editore spa, 2016, ISBN 978-88-492-9169-8 , p. 410 ( google.de ).
  4. ↑ Oretta Zanini De Vita: Encyclopedia of Pasta . University of California Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-520-94471-8 , pp. 15 ( google.de ).
  5. ↑ Oretta Zanini De Vita: Encyclopedia of Pasta . University of California Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-520-94471-8 , pp. 15 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. ^ Matthias Kramer: Newly prepared Italian-German language and dictionary . 1693, p. 998 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  7. ↑ Johann Karl Gottfried Jacobsson: Technological dictionary or alphabetical explanation of all useful mechanical arts, manufacturers, factories and craftsmen, as well as all work dabey occurring, instruments, tools and technical terms, by their nature and true Gebrauche: from jewelry to Z . Nicolai, 1784, p. 380 ( google.de ).
  8. ↑ Johann Karl Gottfried Jacobsson: Technological dictionary or alphabetical explanation of all useful mechanical arts, manufacturers, factories and craftsmen, as well as all work dabey occurring, instruments, tools and technical terms, by their nature and true Gebrauche: from jewelry to Z . Nicolai, 1784, p. 380 ( limited preview in Google Book search).