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.
These pigtails are baked in Slovakia on Easter Monday. On this day, young guys poured water over the girls to cheerful songs and music and “beat” them with wicker willow rods. “shibak” or “korbach” is decorated with colorful ribbons. Girls treat boys with sweets, cookies and Easter braids.
The recipe for this has been waiting for its turn in my piggy bank for a long time. He drew me a beautiful incision, on which the curls of colorful fillings are visible. Fillings can be varied to your taste.
On the bright Easter holiday, not only cakes are baked, but also a variety of pies. Since childhood, cottage cheese has been my favorite filling in pies. Additives: raisins, candied fruits and vanilla to your taste. They were not in the original. The height of the cheesecake is 4 cm. The diameter of the bottom of the bowl is 21 cm.
Today is a great holiday – Palm Sunday. The post continues. We treated ourselves to festive sweets – berry jelly, cooked on agar-agar. As you know, agar-agar is a vegetable substitute for gelatin. It is prepared from a certain type of algae. I’ll make healthy candies. Thus, the berries will take all the juice, will not separate. The candies will be completely natural and will help our gastrointestinal tract to work properly. It’s fiber. Sweets can be eaten not only during Lent, they are suitable for a holiday, and for those who follow the figure and are afraid to get better. These candies are low-calorie. You can take any berries. For example: currant, strawberry, cherry.
Our family is not indifferent to Cinnabar buns and, in preparation for the next Easter holiday, came up with the idea of baking them according to a pie recipe. What a “magical” aroma spreads throughout the apartment when baking, mmm… Fantastic! It is very difficult to wait for the holiday, and then also limit yourself to one piece, despite the filling, and does not even stop the fact that the beach season is approaching ;). Join us!
Delicious, tender, juicy puffs with apples from puff pastry. I love this recipe for its simplicity. Such puffs fly apart in a matter of minutes. Cook, you’ll like it.
We cook the most delicious and beautiful Easter cakes! A quick pie that anyone can make. You will save time and effort and will be pleasantly surprised by the result. The pie turns out to be very lush and soft. If you are limited in time, then this recipe is for you.
Homemade buns according to this recipe are incredibly tender and soft, like fluff. In theory, you can cook with my jam without adding, but you can add any other sweet filling. This dough makes 16 small or 8 large buns. The portion is not designed for a large family, so if you have a large family, double the amount of ingredients.