Workbook1 Flashcards
Why is the starch gel from cornstarch suitable for cream pie fillings?
Because it firms up as it cools.
What is the best method for mixing instant starch into a mix?
Combine with sugar and whip into the liquid.
What is the quantity of waxy maize starch need to gelatinize a fruit pie filling based on liquid?
Approx. 10%.
Why is invert sugar used in sugar boiling?
To prevent sugar from graining (crystallization).
What temperature should sugar be heated to for sugar pulling?
150C or 300F.
In sugar boiling when does the hard ball stage happen?
Just before the soft crack.
Why is copper the best choice of pot when sugar boiling?
Provides the best heat transfer.
What happens to fondant when it is heat to 38C (100F)?
Icing will be shinny and have a soft dry finish (good).
What should flat icings be thinned with and why?
Hot water because it will dissolve more solids.
What will dough lacking salt look like?
Soft and stick and it will be fast fermenting.
What are the functions of salt in a bread dough?
Enhances Flavour and provides dough with stability.
What would a bread dough containing 6% salt be like?
Very slow fermenting.
What action should you take if the water in your bakery is very hard?
Increase the yeast.
Water with a PH of 8.6 would cause a bread dough to be?
Slow fermenting.
If chlorine is added to the water what will happen to the dough?
It will be slow fermenting.
What does the enzyme lipoxidase do?
Bleaching and Flavour enhancing additive.
What is lipoxygenase effective as?
An anti-staling agent.
What enzyme is responsible for converting poly-saccharides to maltose?
Amylase.
What is fungal alpha amylase used for in bread making for?
Slow staling by increasing water absorption of the dough.
What happens during the fermentation process?
The dough mellows and becomes extensible, which is caused by the proteolysis enzyme breaking the protein stand.
What happens to bread if it in refrigerated?
It will stale.
What are the most effective anti-staling agents in bread?
Mono and Di-glycerides.
What does milk chocolate contain?
Chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, sugar, milk solids and lecithin.
Bitter chocolate contains?
Chocolate liquor, cocoa butter and lecithin.