PrintCalling all pizza makers - what is this tool called?
A friend is looking to buy an item for her budding chef son, who is about to turn 15. It is a spiky roller item that is used to take the air bubbles out of pizza crust after it is rolled out. Apparently he saw this item being used on the Food Network but the hosts didn't identify it except as perhaps a pizza pricker.
Anyone know what this is called or where she could get one?
Thanks!
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7 Comments:
You may be talking about a roller docker, also known as pastry pricker. It puts holes in pastry, crusts, and pizza to avoid air bubbles. I found it by googling--here's one link, but there are other places that sell it, too.
http://www.hubert.com/prod/SB.19168.16437/chanadv/Pastry-Cutters-Roller-Docker.html
Teachertalk at 10:19AM on 03/02/08
Yep, thats a dough docker.
jonfoxx at 1:21PM on 03/02/08
Personally, I like bubbles in my pizza dough. Big and puffy, crispy on the outside and steamy, light and doughy on the inside.
seyo at 2:18PM on 03/02/08
It's a dough docker available from Amazon.com
beth1 at 4:35PM on 03/02/08
Also check out the King Arthur flour website. They might have one there, (even if they don't have a docker they have lots of great stuff on their site.)
trini at 5:16PM on 03/02/08
You can also get one at Sur La Table. Try Amazon.com too.
NuJoi at 9:14AM on 03/03/08
I'm not being sarcastic, but... why would she want to roll the bubbles out? They aren't a huge problem (the sauce usually flattens most of them), and I'm with seyo on this, as I too have always liked bubbles in the crust; is it a special kind of pizza?
mongoose at 3:36AM on 03/04/08