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.
I suggest you try donuts stuffed with pumpkin with citrus flavor with me. Do not look at the flour in the product, pumpkin compensates for everything. Pumpkin contains very few calories (22 kcal per 100 g) and it normalizes the work of the intestines. The secret of extremely delicious doughnuts is in the dough, which, getting into hot oil, increases in size in a matter of seconds. The dough consists of water and vodka, getting into hot oil, water and vodka, evaporating, push the dough out in pairs and it instantly rises, just as quickly, in less than a minute it is covered with a crust on both sides. The butter does not get inside the donuts for the same reasons, so the donuts do not turn out greasy. As a filling, I used pumpkin rings, but you can also take rings of pears, apples. It’s better to eat hot.
In the Golden Autumn season, pumpkin is one of my favorite dishes. Yeast cake turns out to be incredibly airy, tender and very tasty with a juicy filling inside.
The combination of flavors of spicy arugula and tender tuna is perfectly set off by pickled onions and olives. Quail eggs add juiciness to the salad, and cherry tomatoes are good in any dish.
Red and bright as autumn, the cupcake turns out to be beautiful and warm to the taste… with fragrant pomegranate powder and persimmon cream. On a cool day, it will decorate any tea party. To heal.
A delicate fragrant dessert that is prepared without whipping and kneading, from simple and affordable products. In addition, there are no eggs in the dough. I advise you to try this delicacy! Delicious cupcakes with the aroma of honey and vanilla, with a slight sourness of quince and a sweet sprinkle of raisins, will warm you with home warmth and comfort on a cloudy autumn evening!