auswellen

English translation: roll the dough with a rolling pin

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German term or phrase:auswellen
English translation:roll the dough with a rolling pin
Entered by: Nadders

09:45 May 14, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / culinary
German term or phrase: auswellen
auswellen of yeast dough
Nadders
Local time: 05:52
roll the dough
Explanation:
...with a rolling pin.

alt. roll it out
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Klaus Stracker
Local time: 05:52
Grading comment
thank you everyone!!
the rolling pin answer seems to fit the context best.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2roll the dough
Klaus Stracker
5to roll flat, to flatten
Eckhard Boehle
4 -1swell
Cepe


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
swell


Explanation:
It means the swelling of yeast when brought into contact with water.

Cepe
Local time: 06:52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Eckhard Boehle: look below
5 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
roll the dough


Explanation:
...with a rolling pin.

alt. roll it out

Klaus Stracker
Local time: 05:52
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you everyone!!
the rolling pin answer seems to fit the context best.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Worby
4 mins

agree  Сергей Лузан
2 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to roll flat, to flatten


Explanation:
"auswellen" or "auswalken" or "ausrollen" is done with a "Wellholz" or "Nudelholz" (rolling pin)
It is a southern German expression

Sources:
PONS, Duden Deutsches Universalwörterbuch

Eckhard Boehle
Germany
Local time: 06:52
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 7
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