Cooking utensils: Pique-vite (pastry pricker)

Pique-vite (pastry pricker)

For pricking over the base of a tart, or sheet of puff pastry, to prevent bubbles during cooking. This is usually done with a fork, but this small roller does the same thing very fast and evenly. It's very cheap and useful.

If you intend to buy:

Get a plastic one.