Vic Firth French Rolling Pin
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Vic Firth French Rolling Pin
Customer Review: Perfect rolling pin for real baking
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw a rolling pin like this being used on the Julia Child Master Chefs series, used to make puff pastry. It was obvious that it did not have the drawbacks of rolling pins with handles, or the tapered ones that make it difficult to make even thickness in dough.
I had never successfully made puff pastry; it was too hard to work the dough properly. Just a rolling pin won't solve the problems, but this pin really made it easier: good control, just the right size and weight. Great for pounding dough or butter with a vengeance! Good, even thickness that makes it easier to get a consistent thickness in the dough. Feels good under the hands.
Also works great for pie pastry, pasta, anything I've tried.
Great product. Nothing flashy, no gadgetry, just a tried and true cooking tool.
Customer Review: Know What You Need
Summary: 5 Stars
Quality is excellent. Can't fault the finish at all. Some reviewers complain about the taper beginning at the center, but that is NOT a fault, merely the nature of this style pin. You do need to understand the appropriate uses of the various kinds of rolling pins available to any baker. Different dough characteristics and different end products call for different weights and styles of pin. This pin, for instance, will not develop enough force for some jobs, but it is highly maneuverable and very nice for thin products, like pie shells where you want consistent thickness and where you need to work the dough from the center out to avoid cracking. In truth, the serious baker will have different pins to select from. This is a nice one to fill the spot it's designed to fill.Customer Review: A life changer!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always loved pie, but the making was often a chore, especially with arthritis. With my VF pin I feel like I am gliding across the dough...amazing. Grab the pin and a pastry cloth, and I can roll out a large double crust in 2-3 minutes, humming all the time. Love the size, love the weight, love the silky feel of the polished wood in my hands. It's time to hang my Mother's roller on the wall as antique, this is MY pin.Vic Firth French Rolling Pin Try it with Regency Pastry Cloth & Rolling Pin Cover Set, but throw away the pin cover. You won't need it.Customer Review: Tapered Rolling Pin
Summary: 5 Stars
For some reason, this tapered rolling pin excels at rolling out pastry dough. I think you can apply more pressure in the middle of the rolling pin and that makes the dough spread out more easily than just continuous even pressure of a normal rolling pin.
I tend to use both the old-fashioned traditional rolling pin and this one. I use the traditional one for rolling out dough I need in a square/rectangle shape and the tapered one for rolling out pastry dough and tortillas.
So, if you are wondering why it is so hard to roll out pie crust, try this rolling pin and I can promise you will have a smile on your face! French pastry makers have this one covered!
~The Rebecca Review
Customer Review: Terrific! Does exactly what I expected it to do.
Summary: 5 Stars
I was just looking for was a rolling pin to help my pizza dough look like a pizza base, and a pie crusts that you'd want to bite into. So many rolling pins to choose from here on Amazon.com (which is arguably a good thing) and I finally went for this one.
I don't know why anyone would want it's length any longer that it is, as I end up using only half at a time to flatten anything out, either from the middle or the outer edges... It's a 'doddle' to use with the tapered edges... It helps you feel your way to flatten you pastry out. I couldn't be happier with the product. I honestly can't imagine using any other type of rolling pin. Wood is solid and rolls smoothly. Shows the quality of the wood.