2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14
Many housewives are increasingly seeing such a component in recipes as self-rising flour. Not everyone knows what lies behind this name, and therefore they often simply refuse to cook this or that dish, trying to find its analogue without incomprehensible ingredients. However, you should not be afraid. This flour has been on sale for a long time. But even if you could not find it, this product can be easily prepared with your own hands. Our article will help you learn about everything in detail.
Product Features
As you might guess from the name, this flour has certain properties - it allows the dough to rise quickly. Such flour really makes magnificent pastries. This is the main characteristic of the product, therefore, if this component is indicated in the recipe, you should not try to replace it with something else.
Many people think that pancake flour and self-rising flour are the same thing. In fact, the composition of the pancake mixture includes at least six components: flour itself, egg and milk powder, soda, sugar, s alt.
The composition of the self-rising is more modest. In addition to the flour itself, it contains only baking powder, and sometimes also s alt.
Self-cooking
Is it difficult to make such a mixture yourself? Not at all, the main thing is to know the proportions. And they are as follows:
- wheat flour - 1 kg;
- baking powder - 1 tsp. (usually just that much in a small bag);
- Extra s alt - 1 tsp
Stir the ingredients together and you will have exactly the same self-rising confectionery flour that is sold in the store.
By the way, if you don't have baking powder, you can easily make it at home too. Mix together 1 part baking soda, 1 part medium citric acid, and 2 parts flour. You will get a complete analogue of the purchased product.
How to use self-rising flour?
What is this product for? This question will surely arise for every housewife who has learned about what self-rising flour is. Her recipes are very varied. These are fried and oven pies, muffins, cakes and much more. When you want to get airy dough with bubbles, feel free to use this product. But for puff, chopped and other dense dough recipes, it will not work. You should not use it when you want to cook Armenian lavash, because it should be dense, not lush. Also, self-rising flour is never used for recipes that contain yeast. After all, the yeast will already provide airiness and splendor of the dough. Homemade sourdough bread also needs to be prepared from the most common, wheat or rye bread.
But pizza and yeast-free tandoor pastries on self-rising flour come out just fine.
Home storage
Self-rising flour tends to absorb moisture. In addition, it can absorb rich aromas if, for example, it is stored in the same cabinet with cinnamon or ground nutmeg. Therefore, always store such a product in a container with a tight lid. This rule applies to both store-bought and homemade self-rising flour.
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