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What can be added to shortcrust pastry to alter the texture and flavor?
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∙ 10y ago
Stick with the basic recipe, but keep everything, from the bowl to the rolling pin, as cold as possible. Keep the butter in the fridge until the last minute, and use cold water from the fridge. Work quickly and lightly, so your pastry hasn't time to become overworked or overheated, and it should turn out just great.
After rolling and putting the pastry into the dish or tray it's to be cooked in, refrigerate it while you preheat the oven. If you preheat the oven ahead of time it means you're working the pastry in a warmer kitchen, which isn't good for it.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y ago1.) You could plat the pastry and use your fingers to make patterns. Sometimes people make shapes with the pastry hope that helps :) good luck in the future with it :)
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∙ 10y agothe advantages for the shortcrust pastry is that it it takes a little bit of time to make and it is very tasty.the appreance should come out to be golden and layered
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∙ 10y agosugar
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Is shortcrust pastry the same as puff pastry?
No - though either could be used for baking a savoury pie or dessert. Shortcrust pastry has a higher proportion of fat to flour and requires more careful handling. For a dessert there is usually a good proportion of sugar added to shortcrust pastry. It is easy to make at home. Flakey pastry is made by a process of rolling and folding so that a pastry with thin layers of pastry separated by a thin smear of fat is produced. It is much more cost-effective to buy this type of pastry. It keeps in the freezer and is easier to handle than short crust. It has no sugar in it so can be used for either sweet or savoury pies. Flakey pastry can rise impressively during cooking and by glazing it with egg-wash it can bake to a glossy golden brown. You needn't line a pie dish with it. You can simply fill the dish with the filling and roll just a flakey pastry top, slash and glaze it before putting it in the oven. When serving you can lift off the whole top, portion it, and serve a piece of pastry to each guest along with the spooned-out filling.
How do you cook tvp?
TVP is often added to another ingredient (such as ground beef) to add bulk or a protein source (vegetarian cooking) to a dish. It has no flavor or texture of it's own but takes on the flavor of and adds to the texture of what it is cooked with.
What gives yogurt its textre and flavor?
Yogurt has a naturally thick texture. It is flavored with added ingredients such as fruit. It has its texture due to the probiotic strains thickening the mixture.
What is the difference between short pastry and sable?
Sable is used for sweet recipes, and is richer than everyday shortcrust. It will contain added sugar (usually caster or icing sugar) and is often enriched with egg yolks. Sometimes some of the pastry is substituted with ground rice or ground almonds and/or cornflour
Can you raise instant yeast twice for added flavor?
You will need to knead it after you punch it down and the finished product will be slightly tougher or have a firmer texture.
Why do you need sugar in pastry?
You don't, pastry can be made without sugar. Sugar is only added if a sweet pastry is required.
What is double brie?
Double brie has more cream added to it. It is slightly creamier in texture than the regular kind, with a fuller flavor. The triple kind has even more added cream. It is richer, creamier, and more expensive than the double variety.
Why is salt added to custards?
Salt is added to improve flavor.
Why is vanilla added to dough?
for flavor
Does cooked cream puff pastry need to be refrigerated?
If you have not added the cream to the pastry, it is fine unrefrigerated, just cover the pastry until you are ready to add the cream and serve it. If you have added the cream to the pastry, then cover and refrigerate the pastries. I recommend waiting to add the cream until right before, or at most a few hours before serving, otherwise the pastry becomes soggy. It still tastes fine, you just won't have the crispy pastry.
Can you replace pumpkin with butternut squash when making pumpkin pie?
Any cooked squash will do with the exception perhaps of spaghetti squash, the texture will be similar. There will be slight variations in color and depth of flavor but adjust the spices added and you will get away with it.
What is the difference between a pastry and food?
A "pastry" is a tart or flan with a pastry base with either a sweet or savory topping. Alternatively, a "pastry" can also refer to a yeasted and laminated dough (i.e puff pastry with yeast added) used for making danish pastrys and the like. Hence a croissant is a pastry. And a pastry is a type of food, food is not a completely separate thing.
