In culinary and household terms, sugar is called sucrose – an ordinary food sweetener that is obtained by processing sugar cane or sugar beet.
The white color of sugar is achieved during refining, but at the same time its individual crystals remain colorless. Many varieties of sugar contain different amounts of vegetable juice – molasses, which gives the crystals different shades of white color.
Sugar is an indispensable ingredient in many drinks, dishes, confectionery and bakery products. It is a familiar additive to coffee, cocoa and tea; confectionery creams, ice cream, icing and sweets cannot do without it. As a good preservative, white sugar is used in cooking jam, making jelly and other products from fruits and berries. Today, white sugar can be found almost everywhere, even where it is not expected to be found. For example, it may end up in low-fat diet yogurt or sausages, as well as in the manufacture of canned meat.
White sugar on sale is in the form of granulated sugar and refined sugar in pieces. Granulated sugar is packed in bags of different capacity, usually from one to fifty kilograms. Dense polyethylene bags are used, inside of which a film is additionally stretched to protect the contents from moisture and the spillage of crystals. Refined products are packed in cardboard boxes. The high hygroscopicity of white sugar causes certain requirements for its storage. The room where the product is located must be dry, protected from temperature fluctuations. Storing it at high humidity will lead to the formation of lumps. Sugar has the ability to absorb foreign odors, so you should not keep it near products with strong flavors.
White sugar is very high in calories – almost 400 kcal per one hundred grams of the product, and its composition consists entirely of carbohydrates. Therefore, when dieting, it is recommended to limit the use of this product in its pure form (for sweetening coffee or tea) and in the form of various sugar-containing drinks, cakes, cookies, etc.
Almost every day the first course is on our table. Italian soups are very much to our liking, they are always delicious, hearty, with an abundance of vegetables and can quite replace a whole lunch. This recipe is very simple, but it will take some time to cook everything right.
Baked chicken often turns out to be dry. To prevent it from turning out like this, I pre-soak the chicken for several hours in salt water (in a solenoid). I strongly advise you to try this method. Well, fruit filling is a classic, fragrant, juicy and very tasty filler for any bird. The chicken is baked at a fairly low temperature (only + 160 degrees) for about two hours.
Delicious, festive, everyone’s favorite chicken in a new (for us personally) performance, I heartily recommend it. The recipe from Stalik Khankishiev, adapted by me. The author’s marinade is removed and the chicken is fried on the grill, but I felt corny sorry for the products and I baked in the marinade, which I did not regret for a second.
I decided to combine my favorite flavors in one pie: coffee and lemon. We liked it. Sour cream turned out to be the softest, most delicate, with an unobtrusive coffee taste and a long lemon aftertaste. Come visit.
Today I want to share with you a recipe for dried tomatoes, which are prepared literally in 30 minutes. You will not need an oven, and you will not have to dry them for a long time. As soon as I found out about this recipe, now I cook only in this way.
I think that this herring is the same ” Dutch-style “as that Soviet meat “French-style”. Because in Holland, herring is sold, cut into fillets, preserving the tail and sprinkling, at most, with onions. But this cooking option turned out to be very, very good and diversified our “herring table”. The recipe is found on the web in different proportions and cooking methods (both from fresh and salted herring). I tried different ways and brought out for myself the option that I liked.
Today we are preparing very tasty, tender zucchini pancakes. The filling will be made of minced meat, it turns out a very delicious dinner, which no one will refuse. If someone in your family does not eat zucchini, then everyone will eat it in this form, I assure you!