Best Food Recipes 2023 Step by Step with Pictures
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.
We have such a winter that ice cream is cooling down. I remembered the cartoon “Santa Claus and Summer”. This is about the same as what we have now with the weather. But we are waiting for my grandfather! That’s why I made a cool Italian dessert that resembles ice cream, with a very rich taste of roasted peanuts. We have prepared, so to speak, for the new year. Well, there’s no snow, what can I do?
According to the source, these cookies are baked in Hungary on special days: wedding, Christmas, New Year. And its appearance corresponds to these holidays, and its taste: white, fluffy, delicate, airy. After reading the recipe and seeing 400 grams of flour, I thought that this amount of cookies would be just right for a wedding. I decided to cook half of this dish. When I tried it, I realized that I didn’t need a wedding or guests… I would have eaten everything myself!
As a child, I did not like meringue in any form! With age, something happens, and you start to look at things differently that you haven’t looked at before, in a different way! Meringue on my dessert list is one of those options. Now I’m trying different combinations of this sweet dish. And, I think, thanks to the lightness, delicate appearance, this is a very New Year’s treat. Therefore, I offer it to the festive table!