emporte-pièce

English translation: corer or pastry/cookie cutter

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French term or phrase:emporte-pièce
English translation:corer or pastry/cookie cutter
Entered by: Rachel Fell

19:34 Feb 7, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
French term or phrase: emporte-pièce
From a French recipe:

Tranches de poire à la courgette : coupez des tranches de poire d'un centimètre d'épaisseur, retirez les pépins avec un emporte-pièce.

Most sources seem to give 'pastry cutter' in the culinary context. Seems unlikely to me, though I may be mistaken. Any other ideas? Many thanks in advance...
Philip Taylor
Local time: 08:13
corer
Explanation:
recipes often say corer for this sort of operation -
or decorative corer (maybe) or small pastry cutter

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=emporte-pi%
C3%A8ce&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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Note added at 20 mins (2006-02-07 19:54:59 GMT)
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http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kalyx.co...

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Note added at 41 mins (2006-02-07 20:15:21 GMT)
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http://www.polymerclayexpress.com/cutters.html

cookie/petit four cutter

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Note added at 48 mins (2006-02-07 20:22:18 GMT)
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corer or small cutter
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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:13
Grading comment
Many thanks for all answers and comments.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5corer
Rachel Fell
3 +2melon baller
Alexandra Hague
3 +1pick or tweezers
Denise DeVries
4pastry-cutter
Tony M


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
emporte-pièce
melon baller


Explanation:
What they could be talking about here is a melon-baller. I have learned that emporte-pièce can be many things, such as a pastry cutter and what we would call a cookie cutter in the States. Just an idea. HTH

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Note added at 19 mins (2006-02-07 19:53:06 GMT)
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Tranches de poire à la courgette : coupez des tranches de poire d'un centimètre d'épaisseur, retirez les pépins avec un emporte-pièce.
It seems so me that they are encouraging you to cut the pear in slices before you take out the seeds. This may be so that the pear slices stay "whole" enough for a tart or a presentation in which they should look presentable. They are perhaps suggesting a pastry cutter or even a small cookie cutter so that all the slices will be uniform with a little crescent where the seeds used to be. This is really just an idea.

Alexandra Hague
Local time: 09:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jolanta Tuzel
1 hr

agree  Claire Cox
1 hr
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
emporte-pièce
corer


Explanation:
recipes often say corer for this sort of operation -
or decorative corer (maybe) or small pastry cutter

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=emporte-pi%
C3%A8ce&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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Note added at 20 mins (2006-02-07 19:54:59 GMT)
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http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kalyx.co...

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Note added at 41 mins (2006-02-07 20:15:21 GMT)
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http://www.polymerclayexpress.com/cutters.html

cookie/petit four cutter

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Note added at 48 mins (2006-02-07 20:22:18 GMT)
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corer or small cutter

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 84
Grading comment
Many thanks for all answers and comments.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Hague: See note below. Those are what we would call cookie cutters in the States - I mean the image you posted.
6 mins
  -> Thank you Alexandra - there are pictures of various types in the first link I put - they might look nice cut in a fancier shape than with an apple corer!\\You see more types if you copy and paste the whole link

agree  sarahl (X)
32 mins
  -> Thank you sarahl:)

agree  ACOZ (X)
1 hr
  -> Thank you:-)

agree  Theodora OB: corer is the correct word
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Theodora - they're pears, and the core is usu. quite small: I wonder what the rest of the recipe is...it'd be nice to know.

agree  Bourth (X): I'd go for "corer", assuming you take out the whole centre, not just the pips. In other contexts (leatherwork for ex.) it would be a "punch". Pears, melon ... all you need is a little rum and sugar ...
4 hrs
  -> Thank you Bourth, yes, nice...
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
emporte-pièce
pick or tweezers


Explanation:
pear seeds are too small for other tools

Denise DeVries
United States
Local time: 04:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Judy Gregg
2 hrs

neutral  Bourth (X): I think it is reasonable to assume that "pépins" is poor writing here for the entire core section.
2 hrs
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1 day 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
emporte-pièce
pastry-cutter


Explanation:
Yes, Philip --- if you've already cut it into slices, you can't use a corer or anything else. It simply means use part of the perimeter of a suitably-sized pastry cutter to give you a neat, curved cut.

Tony M
France
Local time: 09:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 410
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