Bread and pastry-Class 8 Flashcards
(103 cards)
Key ingredients in bread making
Yeast Flour Water Salt Optional ingredients: shortening/fat, milk –or other liquid, sugar and eggs
Three categories of leaveners with examples
Chemical Baking soda, baking powder Mechanical / physical Air (egg whites, creaming sugar + butter…) Steam (liquid, eggs) Biological Yeast Bacteria
What do yeast produce and what does it do
Produces zymase, an enzyme that ferments sugar:
Glucose →ethanol + CO2+ other by-products
Basic functions of yeast
CO2 leavens the dough
Variety of by-products contribute to bread flavour
Fermentation process develops the dough
What is the name for yeasts used in baking
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Why Saccharomyces Cerevisiae are used in baking
Good CO2 production
Development of desirable flavour
Adequate keeping qualities
Three types of yeast
- compressed
- Active dry yeast
- Instant yeast
What are compressed yeast and do you need to do with them
Fresh
Requires refrigeration unless it is frozen (very perishable)
What are active dry yeast, what should be dine with them
Dehydrated
Rehydrated in water at 43-46°C
Why active dry yeast should be rehydrated at particular temperature
Higher temp = inactivated
Lower temp = leaching of cell contents into liquid, which softens bread dough
How instant yeast are used
Added directly to dry ingredients
Optimal temperature of dough for yeast activity
30-35C
What are other optimal conditions for yeast activity
Hydration activates dormant yeast High osmotic pressure (too much sugar/salt) inhibits activity pH slightly acidic (4-6) is optimal Must have enough food (sugar)
What are the substrates for yeast activity and where you can find it
Substrate (sucrose, starch)
Added to the dough (sucrose)
Naturally in flour (1-2% sucrose; starch)
types of enzymes that are in yeast and flour and how they work
- Flour amylases
α-amylase catalyzes: starch → random smaller pieces
β-amylase catalyzes: starch → maltose
2. Yeast
Maltase catalyzes: maltose → glucose + glucose
Invertasecatalyzes: sucrose → glucose + fructose
Yeast fermentation with oxygen and without oxygen
With oxygen: glucose->CO2+water
Without:glucose->ethanol ->CO2
What amounts of sugar are usually added to bread with respect to flour
Small amount added (< 8% of weight of flour):
Provides a readily available substrate for immediate gas production by yeast
Larger amounts of sugar that are added to bread making
Inhibits yeast activity
Tenderizes by interfering with gluten development
Browning due to Maillard reaction
Wheat flour provides ___ to the bread
the proteins (glutenin& gliadin) from which gluten is developed during hydration and mixing
WHat is flour
Fine powder derived from endosperm of seeds or from other starchy foods
Wheat is the most common type of grain for bread, what other types can be used
oat, rye, barley, rice, corn, triticale (wheat/rye hybrid)
Some non-cereal sources: soy, chickpea, potato, cattail, taro, arrowroot, coconut
Flour is a base for what bakes products
Basis for all baked products
Yeast breads
Quick breads
Whole wheat flour includes in itself
(bran, germ, endosperm)
White flour includes in itself
endosperm only