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.
It’s cold and overcast outside, and a pleasant aroma of apple pastries comes from my oven – these are delicious, tender, airy, moderately sweet puffs. I used ready-made puff pastry without yeast, and apple mousse as a filling, then I made a leaf pattern on the layer so that the baking would remind me of the warmth and charm of the outgoing autumn.
In this pie, the main thing is not the filling, but the dough: thin, crumbly, delicious… And for the filling, you can use not only plums, but also other fruits or berries.
Pumpkin pie is a traditional recipe for celebrating Thanksgiving, which is celebrated in America on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving is one of the three most popular holidays in the United States and is widely celebrated along with Easter and Christmas. The traditional dishes of this holiday are baked whole turkey and pumpkin pie.
Apples are one of the favorite all-season ingredients when baking pies. But it is home-made autumn apples that are the most fragrant, ripe, saturated with all summer flavors-flavors. Sasha Black has these lines: how many apples! In the dark, leaves shine through the tight knots of these nets – tomatoes are brighter, lemons are golden. You climb a heavy branch and, closing your eyes, inhale their joyful spirit, like a drunken dragonfly… This local spirit is the spirit of this cheesecake. A fragile sandy base, a delicate curd layer and the apples themselves… a delightful autumn song!
Collapsible pie stuffed with fish and sauerkraut on pumpkin dough. Sunny, bright, appetizing. So cozy and homely, hearty and delicious. A real autumn pie. Try this!
It’s Halloween. Although it’s not our holiday, but I just wanted to bake something in the morning for tea with pumpkin. And here is the result – amazing, bright, fragrant gingerbread.
I love banana pastries, they are always so fragrant and delicious! And in combination with juicy apples – just a holiday! Semolina pie turns out to be excellent, moderately sweet, juicy, soft, tender and very fragrant! Try it, these are simple to prepare and simple, affordable products.