The dough can be of different types: yeast, puff pastry, biscuit, shortbread, cottage cheese, pastry, unleavened, simple, etc. Before you prepare the dough, decide what you need: they all differ in technology and cooking time, the composition of products and the type of dishes for which they are intended. For example, for fried pies, the usual dough without yeast is suitable, for buns – butter, for pies – any of the above, including unleavened, if it is unsweetened pastries.
For a well-prepared dough at home, concentrate on choosing the right flour. For dishes that require pomp, lightness and lightness, flour of the highest grade is necessary. For those that are simpler, the first or second grade is suitable. Wheat flour is used more often in baking, but recently housewives like to combine it with other types or even replace it with rye, corn, oatmeal – due to lower calorie content and higher digestibility.
Also, you should always sift the flour twice, even if you are cooking something simple like tacos tortillas or lasagna sheets. This is a necessary habit for a good cook. Also, all dry ingredients are mixed with each other, then all mixed wet ingredients are added to them. This can happen the other way around, it all depends on what a specific test recipe requires at home. Mixing is carried out in small portions, gradually. With this approach, the dough is saturated evenly, there are no lumps.
Always knead the dough clockwise, collecting it from the edges to the center. This will greatly simplify the cooking process. Roll out the rolling pin, if it is required, sprinkle with flour, the same with a table or board. If you knead with your hands, lubricate them with vegetable oil – the dough will not stick. The airiness of the dough is given by yeast, soda and baking powder. Soda can be extinguished in any acidic liquid: vinegar, lemon juice, kefir – this will save your baking from an unpleasant soda taste.
It just so happened that the New Year and Christmas are associated with red and green in many peoples. this tradition has its roots far back in the middle ages and is still relevant today. Therefore, I propose to bake a cake in the traditional color scheme.
Friends, today I come to you with delicious Spanish pies. They are very popular in the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America and all Spanish-speaking countries, prepared with a wide variety of fillings. For example, in Madrid on every corner there is a small bakery that sell many varieties of these pies, all the pies, laid out on individual trays and each type of pies worth the stamp to see what the different pies, and each pie is baked already so with embossing stamp. Today we have some of the most delicious – Empanadas with meat…
Carrot cakes have always been traditional for the New Year and Christmas period. Today I bake carrot cakes with dates and walnuts. Ginger and cinnamon seasonings add New Year notes to the taste of the cake. When serving, I advise you to sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Cheese buns are delicious, soft and very fragrant. They contain green onions and garlic, so feel free to serve them with soups or broth, boiled potatoes or rice. They are perfect for sandwiches or canapes. Good in both warm and cold form for snacking.
On the Internet, I found such a delicious and tender cupcake. I just made a small change to the recipe. In my opinion, this cake can be prepared for a New year’s holiday table, its taste and lemon aroma will please your family and friends.
