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Kitchen gadget - the pastry blender

8/6/2017

One of my favourite kitchen gadgets has to be a pastry blender.
Until I got one of these, my pastry making technique was very hitty-missy, due to the fact I have the hottest hands this side of Dantes Inferno.
Before I could rub my cold butter into the dry ingredients into small breadcrumb size lumps, it had already started to soften and melt, which is bad news for pastry making.
However, by using this metal bladed blender, the butter remained cold, allowing it to be cut into the flour/sugar to whatever size needed.
If you have, in the words of the late Charlton Heston, "Cold Dead Hands", then you probably don't need this gadget. But for mere mortals like me and my super heated digits, it's been a boon to my pastry making.

4 Comments

Gill Fordyce

11/7/2018 10:48:27 am

I love kitchen gadgets so I noted your pastry blender with envy and have now ordered one. I’ll let you know how I get on. I’m getting repetitive strain (boredom actually) rubbing in butter with my hands and I have a load of scones to make.

Paul link

15/7/2018 05:06:16 pm

Good stuff Gill, you’ll find it a lot quicker, but also, it keeps the ingredients cool, so the butter or fat doesn’t melt or soften with the heat of your hands.
Good luck with the scones & let me know how you get on.

Fordyce Gillian

6/5/2019 09:57:39 am

I can honestly say this has been the best kitchen gadget I have ever bought. It is so easy to use and makes the messy job of rubbing fat into flour a doddle. It also keeps my hands out the mixture. Thank you for this tip.

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