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 cooking a tender and moist cake made of cream and yolks. The cooking process is quite simple and does not take much time, and the baking turns out very tasty.
Two kings of fast food: pizza and a double cheeseburger. In those moments when you want to hurt someone, it’s always difficult for me to choose between them. What if we… shall we combine these two dishes? When this idea came to my mind, I couldn’t even think how delicious it would turn out! Just imagine: a crispy oregano-flavored pizza base and a juicy cheese and meat filling with a spicy surprise…
Easter sweets are not only cakes and cottage cheese. Cakes, cookies, and sweet pies are baked for the holiday. Desserts are prepared with a high content of eggs, butter, cottage cheese. A beautiful, fragrant and delicious pie with a shortbread base and a filling of cottage cheese and poppy seeds is a great addition to a cup of tea or coffee.
Extremely delicious, moist and juicy pie! If you don’t say that this is a carrot cake, no one will guess, carrots are almost not felt in it. It goes well with sour cream custard, just melts in your mouth. Try to cook, it’s very tasty!
I propose to cook a chocolate Easter cake. The pie turns out to be tender and moist, with a rich chocolate flavor and an orange note. I got a cake with bitterness, moderately sweet, if you don’t like bitter chocolate, then replace it with milk.
Very tender, delicious and lush semolina pie with cottage cheese and black currant. It is prepared very easily and simply, everything is mixed and ready!
This cat has already got up from the festive table and dozed off in the sun. Try the rolls of white and chocolate dough with a filling of dried fruits. They turned out to be airy and very tasty.
Salad of pickled beetroot, arugula and oat flakes. Beetroot pickled in this way not only preserves its beneficial properties as much as possible, but also enhances its medicinal properties due to fermentation.
Delicious pepper. Cooking in a slow cooker reduces the cooking time, and you do not have to stand over the pan and be afraid that it will burn or run away.
Here I didn’t want to put any flakes in the pepper… And invented this recipe. It turned out very juicy, fragrant, tender and non-standard) The number of ingredients is designed for small peppers 10 cm long.
