Shaping Tools and Equipment

Appears in
Professional Garde Manger: A Comprehensive Guide to Cold Food Preparation

By Jaclyn Pestka, Wayne Gisslen and Lou Sackett

Published 2010

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Table 1.3 identifies shaping tools and equipment used in the garde manger kitchen.

Table 1.3

Shaping Tools and Equipment

Tools and Equipment

Stainless-steel and plastic scoops

spherical are most common; other shapes available

Parisiennes

various sizes round, oval fluted, oval, double

Butter tools

curler

serrated curler

butter form

Individual stainless-steel molds

demi-spheres, pyramids shown, also timbales, brioches, savarins

Entremet forms

ring

square

rectangle

Pans

tartlet, barquette

Modular molds, frames, and extractors

comma-shaped shown; also round, hexagonal, tear-shaped, square, oval, triangle, others

Silicone molds

Demi-spheres, pyramids, cylinders, savarins (not shown)