How To Put Decorating Tip On Pastry Bag Without Coupler

The coupler comes in two parts.

How to put decorating tip on pastry bag without coupler. Otherwise if you just slip the metal pastry tip into the bag without a coupler youd have to completely empty the bag to change tips. Try a tip coupler. To figure out how much to cut off the end place the decorating tip in the bag and mark 13 from the tip of the bag.

One of the pieces goes inside the bag before you fill it and the other piece twists on the outside to hold the tip in place. 02 of 09. Remove the decorating tip and cut off the end of the bag.

To hold a pastry bag properly grip the bag with your dominant hand a few inches behind the coupler firmly. I find its helpful to flip it. A pastry bag and a few piping tips come in handy for more than just cake decoratinglike piping potatoes over a shepherds pie or stuffing baked goods with fillings.

Click to mark this step as completed. In Fine Cooking issue 108 were using them to make Rosemary-Lemon Tartlets with Pine Nut Shortbread Lemon-Gingersnap Mini Meringues and a Salty Caramel Croquembouche with Ricotta Cream. A coupler is a two-part device base and a ring that lets you interchange several decorating tips without changing the pastry bag.

You can either drop the decorating tip directly inside the pastry bag or use a coupler. If you dont plan on changing tips you can put the tip directly in the bag but I ALWAYS use a coupler. They can be cleaned with hot soapy water as well.

Couplers cannot be used with parchment bags. Use a pair of scissors to mark a spot on the bag about inch before the first thread on the narrow end of the coupler. Holding the bag this close to the tip gives you excellent control which is ideal when doing detailed decorating work.