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What does cut in mean when cooking?
The term "cut in" is most commonly used in baking. For instance, if a recipe says to add shortening to flour and cut in, it means to cut the shortening into the flour using two forks or a pastry blender to break the shortening into small pieces in the flour.
What proportion of fat to flour is used when making cakes by the rubbing in method?
It is used for easy rubbing of fat into flour.
What is the ratio for fat to flour for flaky pastry?
Always half fat to flour i.e: 8 ounces flour and 4 ounces of fat.
What are the ingredients used to making dough?
Flour, eggs, water, butter(cut into fine pieces), salt, and sugar. There is also a dough where yeast is added. Pizza is used from dough where yeast is used. It's relatively easier than you think.
Difference between creaming method and rub in method?
Rubbing method is quick & simple, this method is used for plain cakes whereas creaming method is mostly used for mixtures in which the fat & sugar are beaten together until the mixture look like a nice cream.thanks for reading myanswer.........(^_^)
What is meant by proportion of ingredients?
"proportion" means how much of one ingredient as compared to other ingredients. For instance the proportion of fat to flour in shortcrust pastry is twice the amount of flour to the amount of fat used.
How does fat add moistness to scones?
Well, scones need fat as a bonding agent. All pastries do. Fats in scones also contribute to the flakiness of the scone. The solid fat is cut into the flour so that when you bake the scones, the fat melts and creates layers inside the scone.
Are there fat calories in white flour?
Yes. One cup of white flour will contain about 400 calories (19 fat calories).
What is the of fat to flour in puff pastry?
Various types of pastries can be formed depending upon how much fat is used in comparison to flour. The generally accepted amounts of fat per unit of flour are: 1) Short crust - 50% 2) Choux - 60% 3) Flaky - 66%-75% 4) Puff - 100% 5) Suet - 25%-50% 6) Hot water crust - 30% So, for puff pastries, mixing equal measures of fat to flour is reportedly ideal.
Can soy flour be used to fry chicken?
Soy flour could be used as breading when frying chicken, but the results would not be the same as when using ordinary wheat or self-rising wheat flour. Soy flour has different proportions of starch, protein and fat than wheat flour, so will not produce identical results in cooking.
What is the ratio of fat to flour in scones?
Use wholemeal flour instead of white - OR - replace some of the white flour with bran.
What is the uses of blender?
A pastry blender is used to incorporate fat into flour while still allowing lumps of the fat to remain. This allows the resulting baked good to develop layers where the fat melts during baking.
