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.
Baking is always delicious, beautiful pastries are many times tastier… Therefore, I often try to surprise with modeling, sometimes thematically decorating fillings… How do you like these salmon pies? Fish pies? A great addition, an “ideal pair” for pies will be the preparation of fish broth “Rooster Ear”.
This time I offer you a diet cake made of corn groats without a gram of flour and with a minimum of butter. Ideally, it is prepared with a large bunch or even two bunches of fresh green onions. But it’s not the season, it’s not on sale, so we’ll do the same with leeks, and if not, then with ordinary sauteed onions. So…
Vegetable pizza on a bright beetroot dough will appeal to both adults and children. Any seasonal vegetables are suitable for cooking. The dish is light, low-fat, and also suitable for a lean table.
In the last days of autumn, I want to treat you to an incredibly fragrant and tender pie with pears and tangerines. I cook this pie very often, it is made on the basis of a cake from a famous chef, it can be cooked with cranberries, apples and generally with any fruits and berries that you wish, even with frozen ones. And most importantly, it is prepared very quickly and there are always products for it at home.
Apple pie with meringue and crumble successfully combines four layers, different in taste and texture. The pie turns out to be very tender, soft, delicious. It will decorate any festive table. After trying one piece, it is impossible to stop.
The Brownie recipe has fallen in love with many sweet tooths for its simplicity of preparation and rich chocolate taste. Brownie is everyone’s favorite American dessert. The dessert turns out to be delicious, tender, nutritious, it is dominated by a chocolate note. The texture of the dessert is extremely delicate, it cannot be compared with anything.
The most popular cookies using oatmeal are easy to prepare, healthy, delicious and have many different variations. In my recipe, instead of oatmeal for the dough, I used granola. This is the same baked porridge with honey. dried fruits and nuts.
Dark porous cakes with a rich chocolate flavor and coffee aftertaste… citrus note of orange marmalade… a gentle cream with a light aroma of cardamom… This is my most delightful morning.. And pomegranate seeds are not only tasty and healthy, but also magically beautiful.. These are real gems! Cut a piece, make a cup of coffee… It’s such a wonderful start to the day…