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.
Everyone knows such sweets, and why not bake such cookies?! For a New Year’s table or as a gift?! We will please the dear children, and we will eat ourselves. To heal.
I offer you the option of a delicious and beautiful snack for the New Year’s table – rolls of pancakes with chicken liver pate and pickles. Also, this snack is useful for a buffet.
Almonds are almond, tender, fragrant and crumbly cookies. A delicious addition to New Year’s gifts. Simple in appearance, easy to prepare, but its unique almond aftertaste tempts you to eat another cookie again and again.
Tangerines are always associated with New Year’s holidays, so I want to suggest making a bright, delicious and refreshing lemonade from them, which will be an excellent substitute for compote.
I saw this recipe a long time ago. After reading it, I realized that I would not cook it in the original version, because I do not have chestnut paste, and I have never eaten these chestnuts! But the thought was deep. Having stumbled upon a variant of this dessert again, I realized: it’s time to cook. There was no pasta, but I cooked it myself, boiled chestnuts, mashed potatoes, added cream syrup with sugar and butter. That’s it, that’s it.
Focaccia is an Italian wheat tortilla or simply bread. They eat focaccia with everything and just without everything. I will cook focaccia with aromatic herbs, salt and dried tomatoes. Today, the perfect match for it will be a simple but very tasty Italian salad. Come and see…
