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Pastries
Pastry is the name given to a particular kind of dough which is used as a base in many baked food items such as strudel, pie and croissants. The different kinds of pastry are shortcrust, flaky, puff, choux and filo.
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Who sells sweets and pastries?
A sweetshop will sell sweets (candies in USA!) and a cake shop will sell cakes. Though, it is more likely that a shop will sell both products. The person selling sweets and cakes could be called a 'Confectioner.'
What is a typical German biscuit or pastry?
Lebkuchen is pretty popular. It's a kind of spice cookie. If you want to avoid that, pflaumenkuchen is also good. It's a plum cake.
Don't take my word for it though- I've only taken a couple cooking courses! It would be much better to get information from someone living in Germany.
The first pastry known was created by the Egyptians in the 5th Century. Egypt had many professional bakers who created these fruit filled treats.
Many recipes came forth in the 16th Century. France, has many recipes dating to 17th century.
The oldest known strudel recipe - a handwritten recipe - is found at the Vienna City and State Library.
What are the 3 shapes used when piping choux pastry?
rectangular- eclairs round - religieuse ring shape - Paris- brest
Why must you beat the paste when making choux pastry?
Beating choux paste is an important procedure to ensure a perfect pastry. After adding the flour to the water and butter, beating the paste by hand or electric mixer will blend the ingredients thoroughly so that you will have a smooth paste with no lumps of flour. Then when adding the eggs, again it is important to beat the mixture in order to have a silky, smooth and glossy choux paste.
A vol-au-vent ( translates from the French as "blown by the wind") is a small, round canapé made of puff pastry. It may be filled with sweet or spicy filling and is served as finger food during social events.
because there is a heat reaction (which is irreversible) it effects it and makes it crusty.
Can you use the same measuring cup when measuring ingredients for pastry?
Yes, but you should measure solids before measuring liquids. If you, for example, measure water before measuring flour, the flour will stick to the measuring cup.
What can you wear with your pastry shoes?
You can wear skinny jeans or legging with a top that matches the pastrys :) x
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Is apriot pastries allowed through sercutity?
I do not know for sure but it is normally best not to take anything that could be interpreted as containing an explosive material, apricot filling could be interpreted as something that could be camouflaged explosive.
What do you use a Pastry Triangle Comb Pastry Bag and Accessories for?
They are used to decorate cakes.
Where can you find a recipe for cannoli filling?
Cannoli are normally comprised of a few ingredients. These include but are not limited to the fried cannoli shell, mascarpone cheese, dried fruit, and optional chocolate.
What does laminating pastry mean?
The act of laminating dough is the same idea behind laminating anything. You take a batch of dough and roll it out. Then you take butter and spread it over the rolled out dough and fold it into thirds, pulling one end in part way then folding the other end over. You can then either roll it out by hand or the faster way of using a rolling machine. You complete this over and over. The average Puff pastry has 729 layers. Some having up to as many as 2187.
6 What ingredients are in a recipe that says use 200g of shortcrust pastry?
go to the website culinarywiz.org/short/crust=200g/pastrey
What are all the facts about eclairs?
No one really knows how eclairs originated, but it was in the turn of the 19th century in France, and some believe that the famous French chef Marie-Antoine Carême invented them.
Eclair means lightning in French. No one is sure why it's called that, but some theories are
- it describes the speed at which they are eaten (because they're so good)
- it describes how the glaze is shiny
- it's about an eclair's lightness
(I had to do a French project on eclairs, so I had to research them anyway)
What are three methods of cookery that can be used to cook choux pastry?
Not sure what you mean by "methods of cookery," but choux pastry is baked for use in things such as eclairs and profiteroles. And yes, it is spelled with an "x."
Do cannoli have to go in the refriderator?
If you are going to serve them in the next 2 hours then no, but otherwise, it's a good idea
Do you sell archway macaroon cookies?
No. I suggest you do a web serach on ARCHWAY and see what stores they distribute to.
try eBay
Why mustn't you open up the oven in the first 15 minutes of baking a choux pastry?
you must not open the oven door in the first 15 minutes of baking a choux pastry, because it well explode or deflate.
