What is this 'Machine' ?

[rotuts]

I saw this the other day,

what is it? it was in a restaurant.

[minas6907]

I've never used one, but it looks like some sort of sheeter, the long edges are tilted up and it looks like a canvas material

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[rotuts]

well, OK but what is a sheeter and what does it do in the Kitchen?

[Tri2Cook]

It does the job of your rolling pin faster and easier. Nice in general, really nice if you do a lot of laminated doughs.

[rotuts]

got it. thanks

[Edward J]

That is a table top dough sheeter, "Rondo" brand, from Switzerland. I've got one just like it at work.

You have two conveyor belts that feed into a gap inbetween two s/s rollers/cylinders. A knob lets you set from "30" (30 mm or 3 cm) to "o", which is basically the gap inbetween the rollers. The belts feed the dough in one direction, dough goes through, then you stop, reset the knob to a lower setting, and reverse the direction.

Sheeters are indispensable for all dough work, especially laminated doughs like puff and danishes. Sticky doughs can be sandwiched inbetween paper and rolled out--as can caramel, nougat, marzipan, ganache, or any other material. Cookie dough can be rolled out to consistent thickness and then laid ontop of a 18 x 26" template/cutter. Roll the dough down ontop of the template and the cut cookie drops down onto a sheetpan, perfectly spaced, ready to bake.

The sheeter pictured above is the simple, plain jane version. More expensive models are wider and are computerized (punch in a code for puff, and just watch and occasionally dust with flour) and are combined with various cutters for croissants, rollers and tensioners for croissants.