Not every job calls for a full-length mattarello. Sometimes you just need to roll out a single portion of dough, work a small patch of pastry, or smooth a strip of sfoglia into shape–and that's exactly where this mattarellino, or "little rolling pin," comes in.

Made in Italy from solid beechwood, this shorter, flat (not tapered) pin is sized for precision rather than volume: 17 inches long and easy to control with one or both hands. It's just as happy rolling out a portion of egg pasta as it is flattening pastry dough for tarts, cookies, or hand pies.

A compact companion to your full-size rolling pin. Small in stature, mighty in the kitchen.