A Culinarian's Guide to Use Different Types of Whisk In Food Preparation

There are 7 kinds of kitchen whisk which are used for the food preparation in the kitchen. All have their own feature to use in the culinary arts.

1. Balloon Whisk

Balloon whisk is a type of whisk, which has thin wire that form a bulb shape on the bottom of whisk. it is an all-purpose whisk which is used for mixing dry ingredients together, beating and whisking a egg whites, egg yolk, custard, heavy cream(whipped cream), light batter, sauces like mayonnaise, velouté and other thin liquid to brought air into them . The main purpose of using this kind of whisk is to incorporate the air into the food to expand its size such as mayonnaise sauce .

2. French whisk

It is also known as straight whisk & birch whisk. it has a little bit thicker wire and the shape of wire is not like a bulb shape as compared to balloon whisk , so this type of whisk can't properly beat the air into the foods being whipped such as egg whites, egg yolk and whipped cream. it is ideally used for stirring and smoothing sauces & heavy batter . furthermore, it is also used for salad dressing, whipping air into eggs and sauces. The purpose of using this kind of whisk isn't to incorporate the air into the food to expand its size such as mayonnaise sauce . it might be not the right choice for batter & dough, which clog in the wires . This image credit to zola.com .

3. Ball whisk

It is small kitchen tool & types of whisk, which is made from the metal. it has straight thick wire and at the end, small metal balls are attached an each of the wire . this kind of whisk is ideal for stirring scrambled egg in the fry pan & whisking the dry or wet ingredients in measuring cups and container because every wire of this whisk contain weighted balls that can efficiently stir the ingredients, However you can also used it for beating eggs . This whisk is not the right choice for recipes that require precise stirring such as sauces and custards .

4. spring whisk

It is a one kind of whisk, it is also known as spring coil or coil whisk, which works nicely with light & liquid ingredients in a small cups, bowls and container such as whisking eggs, dressing, hot chocolate, cocktails, applying up and down motion. coil whisk is not the correct selection for beating thick batter and incorporating the air into the food .

5. little gem whisk

It is a type of stainless steel whisk, which is also known as sauce whisk and spiral whisk that is favorable for mixing sauce, gravy, jelly and light batter . this whisk has round wire where wire are coiled on it as you can see in the above picture. This image credit to mybest.ph .

6. flat whisk

It is also known as flat wire and roux whisk because it is suitable for making roux, gravy, sauce such as white sauce and so on . it is not right choice for beating eggs, batter and incorporating large amount of air into the food being whipped sauce a whipped cream, mayonnaise, hollandaise sauce and like that . This image credit to imprinthouse.com.

7. Hand Electrical whisk

Hand electrical whisk is a type of portable electrical whisk because it is light in weight so any one can readily carry with them with out any disturbance . it is often use for beating the small or large quantity of egg together and preparing batter an account of having fast moving feature . it is also a time saving equipment, but it is complex to use in kitchen during rush . It comes in different stylish, shape and size.

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Content Writer : Chef BBS