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.
One of the favorite treats of my children and my husband is marmalade. So I decided to experiment and was satisfied with the result. And my favorite men, and even more.
Delicious, sweet and fragrant pies with colorful marmalade. In ready-made pies, when cooled, the marmalade freezes and envelops the apple mass. It turns out a pie with a fragrant sweet and sour filling.
The mushroom season has come to an end, the mushrooms have been frozen, dried, and salted. I suggest cooking a very simple and delicious mushroom salad.
Very pleasant, exotic taste of marmalade! Marmalade can be solid (which can be cut) and liquid (which can be smeared)! I offer you a liquid version that is stored in jars! I can only advise fans of bananas and pineapples!
This marmalade can be made from any fruits and berries that contain a lot of gelling substances. Such, for example, as apples, black currants. And since it’s time to strain, I made it out of them.
Delicious, crumbly and beautiful lean cookies with marmalade. Budget and not difficult, but very soulful and fragrant. The next day, the pastry does not get stale and remains delicious
Delicious homemade delicacy without dyes, flavors and preservatives. For marmalade, you will need agar-agar, a natural thickener from algae, which in this case cannot be replaced with gelatin. It is sold in large chain supermarkets. Marmalade turns out to be very pleasant to the taste, with a slight sourness, delicate texture. It is especially good to use it with green tea.
I understand that there are enough marmalade recipes on the website. But I want to offer my own version, I’m sure no one will refuse such a fragrant yummy. Melon, lemon, vanilla – a very friendly trio that complements each other and makes the dessert mega fragrant. The result is a very fragrant marmalade with a dense texture and a pleasant yellow color. Vanilla seeds were evenly distributed over the surface of the marmalade and beautiful specks appeared.
