Culinary Tricks For Making Pasta

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

Here are some basic things you need to know about dough, kneading and baking, whether in the form of pastries, breads or cakes:

- The dough mixed with yeast will not stick to our hands, as long as we pre-grease them with vegetable oil;

- It is important to know that when we knead the dough we should pour the flour into the liquid, not the other way around. Add the liquid in a thin stream in it, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon and then knead with your hands. To make the dough light and airy, before baking we add grated boiled potatoes to it. The ratio is per 1 kg of flour to 3 boiled potatoes;

- To get a reddish crust we need to add enough sugar. However, if we overdo it, it will slow down the rising of the dough. Too sweet dough bakes poorly, so we must sometimes strictly follow the recipes;

- It is always important to sift it before using the flour for kneading. In this way it is enriched with oxygen and becomes fluffy;

- When we put the dough to bake in the pan, we must leave room for it, so it bakes better;

- When we get a soft and sticky dough, we can roll it easier if we cover it with parchment paper. The other option is to roll with a bottle filled with lukewarm water;

- To make the cakes more yellow in color, we can beat the egg yolk with a little salt and leave it overnight in a cool place;

- When frying the dough, it is good for the fat to be a mixture of lard, if you have one, and vegetable oil. And in order not to foam and spray your fat when it heats up, you can put a pinch of salt in it;

- If you are going to knead the dough with lard, you can add the juice of half a lemon, thus neutralizing the smell of lard;

- When making cakes, if the marmalade is thinner, you can add 2-3 teaspoons of crushed breadcrumbs to thicken;

- If during baking we have burned the dough or cake, when it cools down, scrape it with a fine grater and then mask with powdered sugar;

- Cakes made with margarine dry more slowly;

- It will be easier to wash the dish in which we kneaded the dough, if we first put lukewarm water, and then hot;

- In order not to dry our biscuit cake quickly, we just leave a sliced apple in the box where we store it;

- When we put the dough to bake, we must carefully close the oven door and not let it knock, because the dough may fall.