This special pastry beater is an optional accessory for your KitchenAid stand mixer. It will effortlessly break down butter for consistently light pastries, enabling you to cut the butter without melting, so that it can melt in the oven to create flaky and airy pastries. Also ideal for mashing or shredding veggies and fruits, it’s useful for lots of everyday tasks. Whether you’re making pastries for the family or shredded meat and guacamole for an evening with friends, reach for this ingenious tool with its horizontal stripes. Doing the job of a manual pastry blender tool in moments, it works with the planetary action of the mixer to break down cold butter into suitable chunks for even distribution. This pastry beater is made of non-stick coated aluminium and fits your 4.3L or 4.8L tilt-head mixer. Enjoy the confidence to make wonderful pastry dough with handmade results.