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.
Focaccia is an Italian wheat tortilla or simply bread. They eat focaccia with everything and just without everything. I will cook focaccia with aromatic herbs, salt and dried tomatoes. Today, the perfect match for it will be a simple but very tasty Italian salad. Come and see…
I offer a recipe for a wonderful chocolate-almond cookie, which does not get stale every day, but becomes tastier! This delicacy will delight not only children, but also adults with its taste. And if you put this dessert in a beautiful box, it will serve as a wonderful gift for the New Year!
Today I want to share with you a recipe for puff pastry with herbs, garlic and cheese. These tortillas can be fried and baked. In the recipe I will show both options. It goes very well with the first and second courses.
Cookies with a pleasant creamy note and a light, bright lemon-flavored cream are simply created for each other. Cookies are useful in themselves. Crumbly, it is impossible to break away from it. In combination with cream, it becomes soft, tender. This is not only a delicious, fragrant treat, but also a great gift for the New Year.
If you are looking for dessert ideas for a festive table, then I strongly recommend paying attention to this insanely delicious pastries with the aroma of cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, this is what creates a festive New Year’s atmosphere.
In Russia, the festive table has always been famous for pies! I suggest you bake a lush yeast pie with a juicy filling of cabbage, chicken and mushrooms. This cake will not leave anyone indifferent…
Cooking borscht and not baking dumplings is not about me, I love and try to cook “perfect” couples-dinners, especially. These dumplings and, of course, the soup are good… To heal.
A quick and very simple recipe! Mother-in-law’s tongues, or bread tongues, with a quick snack – a kind of bread chips that look ugly, but taste is something special. I think both children and adults will like them! They can be sprinkled with a set of your favorite herbs and spices, just add salt, or you can bake without anything at all! Chips are perfect for serving with sauces, soups, salads, beer, and you can crunch them just like that. Today they will be paired with Tuscan soup with minced meat.
I think the most interesting thing about cheesecake is the opportunity to decorate it in a new way every time. Well, or come up with new filling components. The last time I use white chocolate with almonds and coconut chips and sprinkle the cheesecake liberally on top – this helps to decorate it quickly, but sometimes expensive decorations get boring. The diameter of the mold is 24 cm .