Lecture 16 Flashcards
What do all bakery products come from?
A batter or dough
What is the difference between batters and dough?
Batters have higher liquid to flour ratio than doughs
What are the basic ingredients for a dough/batter mix?
Flour Liquid Fat Egg Sugar Leavening agent Salt
What is the foam from dough/batters composed of?
Gas cells in aportein and starch matrix
How do you use a batter vs a dough?
Batter: pour/drop
Dough: Kneaded, rolled, stiff or soft
What are the 6 classes of wheat?
Hard red winter Hard red spring Soft red winter Soft white Hard white Durum
How do you process wheat?
Milling
-blended to meet the requirement of the end use
What are the steps of milling?
Cleaning Tempering Break Separation Grinding
What is the purpose of maturing wheat?
Aging will whiten (oxidize carotenoids) and improve baking characteristics
Labeled unbleached unless using a maturing agent
What does the oxidation of wheat do?
Oxidation of portions of the glutenin and gliadin protein molecules allows more bonds to form when gluten forms resulting in higher quality breads
What is a Maturing agent?
Azodicarbonamide
-doesnt react until flour is made into a dough
Potassium Bromide, ascorbic acid
-dough conditioner, increases loaf volume
What is wheat bleaching?
Natural bleaching process can be duplicated with the use of chemical agents
What chemical agents can be used for bleaching?
Benzoyl peroxide (only whitening) - all purpose and bread flour
Chlorine, Chloride dioxide, acetone - both bleaching and maturing
Bleached flour
What are the different types of wheat flours?
All purpose Whole wheat flour Vital wheat gluten Bread flour Pastry flour Cake flour Instantized flour Self rising flour Gluten Flour
What is all purpose flour made from?
Blend of hard and soft wheats
Lower protein then bread flour
Will not be ideal for high quality yeast breads or delicate cakes
What is whole wheat flour made from?
Stone ground is coarser
Becomes rancid quicker
Less gluten formed, sharp bran particles cut gluten strands
Denser and coarser breads
What is the other name for whole wheat flour?
Graham flour
What is vital wheat gluten made from?
75% protein
Added to strengthen doughs
What is bread flour made from?
High protein, granular, crumbles
Breads with high volume, fine texture and elastic crumb
What is pastry flour made from?
Soft wheat
Protein content between all purpose and cake flour
Pastry, cookies and crackers
What is cake flour made from?
Soft wheat, most highly refined flour from milling
Very low protein, fine silky texture, finely millked
Bleached to increase volume
Delicate and fine textured cakes
What is instantiated flour made from?
Disperses in cold water and free flowing; no sifting required
All purpose
Moistened and re dried (agglomerated)
Ideal for gravies and sauces
What is self rising flour made from?
Added salt and leavening to all purpose flour
Quick breads and biscuits
What is gluten flour made form?
Hard spring wheat with dried extracted gluten
Adjust protein level in various doughs
What are the non wheat flours?
Rye Corn Soy Pulse Ancient grains and tubers
What is rye flour?
Light and dark (pumpernickel)
Gliadin with small amounts of glutenin; heavy compact loaf
Can be blended with white wheat flour for lighter and more porous loads
What is corn flour?
No gluten
Crumbly texture
Corn masa flour can produce tortillas form a dough mixture
What is soy flour?
No gluten, but usually added to strong wheat flours for breads
Promotes moisture retention, improves crust colour and extends shelf life
What are pulse flours?
Doughs and batters
Gluten free
Breads, pizza dough, pita bread, muffin, cakes, crackers, cookies