(2nd Quarter) Lesson 1: Bread And Pastry Production Flashcards
The key ingredient in making breads, cakes, pastries, cookies, and bakery products
Flour
The most common type of flour used in bread-making
Wheat flour
It is used for almost all cooking purposes.
It is also known as general flour
All-purpose flour
It is highly refined, velvety, and has a smooth feel and is very silky to touch
Cake flour
It is a white flour especially used for commercial pies and cookies
Pastry flour
It makes a fully-flavored, nutritious but denser load than all-purpose flour
Whole-wheat flour
It ensures an elastic dough and lighter loaf, it is also referred to as bread flour
Unbleached flour
It makes a textured loaf with a nutty, naturally sweet flavor. It is found in specialty shops
Granary flour
It is a gritty flour used in combination with all-purpose flour for making bread
Coarse semolina flour
It produces a lighter loaf than other wheat flour
Brown flour
An essential and costly ingredient of baked products. It enriches the flavor of dough. Used as a leavening agent. Contributes a lot to the value of baked products. Gives flour aroma. Provides high nutritional value. Gives yellow color to dough and other baked products. And helps keep freshness of baked products
Eggs
A sweet, soluble, crystalline, and organic compound classified as carbohydrate. It gives a richer crust color. Increases the volume of bread. Gives sweetness and flavor. And serves as a creaming agent
Sugar
It is also known as refined or table suger. Used to sweeten drinks and other foods
Granulated sugar
It is considered as the finest, smoothest, and whitest sugar used for frosting, candies, or dusting for baked products
Confectioner’s sugar
A kind of sugar that has not been completely purified. Used in products where the flavor and color of the sugar is desired
Brown sugar
A gas added or produced during mixing or heating of a batter. Causes the dough to rise by creating bubbles that expand the gluten strands in the dough
Leavening agent
The most commonly used leavening agent. It is a living organism that converts the natural sugars in flour to gases
Yeast
It is available from the bakery section of most supermarkets. It must be dissolved in lukewarm water before adding to the flour
Cake yeast
A more concentrated and long-lasting yeast
Dry and instant yeast
It is chemically known as sodium bicarbonate
Baking soda