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.
And who can say what the most Christmas taste is after tangerines and a Christmas tree, and maybe even ahead of them?! Cinnamon!!!, because it’s enough just to sprinkle it on pastries and the mood, as if by magic, becomes joyful and cheerful, like on New Year’s Eve! These buns are sure to cheer you up and give you moments of happiness. To heal.
Today I will treat you to a Slovak holiday basket, which is being prepared for Christmas and New Year. In Slovak, Christmas is called Vianoche, so the planet is called Vianochka. They eat a bath not only with butter, honey, tea and coffee, but also with smoked meats, ham and sausage. As you like, Vianoche is present on every table. There is a large selection in stores, but real housewives, of course, bake themselves, and each has its own recipe! I offer you the recipe that I liked the most.
New Year’s pastries always turn out to be unusual and very tasty. I propose to bake an interesting shortbread with the addition of walnuts. Topping for products can be made from ground nuts, cocoa powder and powdered sugar. And for the filling you will need a bar of white chocolate.
Incredibly easy to prepare and delicious pie! And if you add caramel and boiled condensed milk instead of condensed milk and pour chocolate on top, you will get a Snickers…
This is a delicious dessert that can be prepared for a festive New Year’s table. Your family and friends will certainly like it, and the children will be delighted with it and will ask you to cook it more than once.
This jam is a real treat. In addition, it is also very useful, especially in the cold season. It is recommended to eat no more than 1 serving per day. And the syrup from this jam can be used even for children and pregnant women to prevent colds.
A party in the Black Forest is an unusual and delicious dessert! This is something like a hybrid of a Black Forest cake and a cheesecake. In addition, you do not need to bake anything except a biscuit for crumbs, which covers the top and sides, but… this is my personal change of the recipe, where the “pate” was decorated with a crumb of chocolate cookies.
I offer the cook a pie with cranberry cottage cheese and panna cotta. In which a light, sweet and sour kurd is set off by a delicate vanilla panna cotta combined with a sandy base. Mmm… it’s a pleasure!!!