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Pastry & Raising Age
Question | Answer |
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Classify pastry? | Short crust, Rich short crust, Suet, Rough puff, Puff, Flaky, Choux, Filo |
What can short crust pastry be used for? | Steak pie or Quiche |
What can rich short crust pastry be used for? | Fruit tart or Lemon mergingue pie |
What can suet pastry be used for? | Dumplings or Steamed pudding |
What can rough puff pastry be used for? | Sausage rolls & chicken pie |
What can puff pastry be used for? | Croissants & Vol-au-vent |
What can flaky pastry be used for? | Mince pie & Eccles cakes |
What can choux pastry be used for? | Éclairs & Profiteroles |
What can filo pastry be used for? | Spring rolls & Samosas |
What should you do with ingredients for pastry? | Weigh them accurately |
What is essential in pastry making? | Coldness, to avoid butter melting |
What should you avoid? | Over working the pastry |
What should you introduce in pastry making? | As much air as possible to make it light and fluffy |
How should you add liquid? | Gradually, too much will make it too sticky |
After the first 10mins of cooking what should you do? | Reduce the temperature |
What is the baking blind method? | Baking pastry without any filling |
What are characteristics of a well made pastry? | Attractive colour, Crispy airy texture, Rich buttery flavour |
Why has commercial pastry become popular? | Busier lifestyles |
Classify raising agents ? | Mechanical, Chemical, Biological |
What is an example of mechanical raising agent? | Air |
How can you introduce air physically into a mixture? | Sieving, Rubbing, Creaming, Whisking, Folding |
What is a chemical raising agent? | Chemical reaction between an acid and an alkali. |
What is the chemical formula for raising agents? | alkali+acid+liquid= CO2 |
What is an example of chemical raising agent? | Baking powder |
What is the biological raising agent? | Baker's yeast |
What is fermentation? | Is the breakdown of carbohydrate by microorganisms to produce CO2, alcohol and energy. |
What is the 1st stage of fermentation? | Diastase in flour converts starch to maltose |
What is the 2nd stage of fermentation? | Maltase in yeast converts maltose to glucose |
What is the 3rd stage of fermentation? | Invertase in yeast converts sucrose to glucose and fructose |
What is the final stage of fermentation? | Zymase in yeast ferments the glucose and fructose to CO2 and alcohol |
What happens when baking in the oven? | Yeast is killed, fermentation stops, alcohol CO2 and water evaporates, gluten coagulates |
What are the 2 types of yeast? | Fresh yeast & Fast action dried yeast |
What is fresh yeast? | Creamy colour, beer like smell |
What is fast action dried yeast? | Most popular yeast, granular, sold in individual packets |
What is Chorleywood processing? | is a process of bread making that involves the addition of vitamin C to the yeast bread mixture |
What kind of flour should you use in cooking? | Strong flour |
What should you do with the dough? | You should knead dough thoroughly |