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.
I offer a very simple recipe for cupcakes. They are soft and airy, the structure is like a sponge. Be sure to prepare these cupcakes, anyone can handle it, even a novice cook.
The recipe is the simplest! Anyone, even a novice cook, can handle the preparation of these tortillas. We don’t need a food processor, bread maker, or mixer. And the dough for these tortillas does not require a long proofing, nor a long and thorough kneading, nor the exact ratio of flour and water. Even your hands will remain clean. Everything is simple, quite fast, and the result is excellent. Ruddy, crunchy, flavorful, delicious tortillas. Try it! It’s delicious.
Gnocchi – ancient Italian dumplings. Spread in Europe have been since the expansion of the Roman Empire. But then they were made from special types of flour. In its modern form (a mixture of flour and potatoes) appeared only in the 1800s. Along with the gnocchi recipe, I will show you several ways to serve them: with tomato sauce, with pesto and with cheese sauce.
Autumn – Apple time, time to bake Apple cupcakes, pies, strudels and Charlottes. Baking with apples is the simplest option from the available products, it always turns out delicious and juicy to the delight of all the family.
My simpler adaptation of the classic American pie, but no less delicious. Be sure to serve with a scoop of ice cream, so soften the dryness of the cake and add a hint of vanilla.
From autumn sadness and sadness there is a proven remedy – baking with apples. So we knead the dough, cut the apples, and enjoy the aroma of fresh pastries.