Products and ingredients: yeast

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Yeast

Yeast (also called "brewer's yeast" or "baker's yeast") is a living product, made up of microscopic fungi which grow slowly when they are in a warm place.

Baker's yeast is for use in breads and viennoiseries. It it is incorporated gently into the dough, then you need to wait for it to work.

It should not be confused with baking powder, which is used for raising cakes.

If you intend to buy:

Yeast is available in two basic kinds: fresh yeast (ask your baker to sell or give you some, it looks like a greyish paste, which kept in a sealed box in the fridge and should be used within a few days), or dried yeast in 5 g sachets (on left on the photo). Dried yeast will kep for several months without any problem. It can be used like fresh yeast, but only half the quantity is needed (it's a very effective yeast).

Personally, I frequently practice: 1 dried yeast sachet = 10g fresh yeast, and vice versa.

Note: For each recipe you can use either fresh or dried yeast, use whichever you have to hand.

If you want to use it:

Yeast is a delicate product, it doesn't like cold (which slows its action), direct contact with sugar (which can kill the yeast by "burning" it), and excessive heat, but contrarily to a very comon idea, direct contact with salt don't kill it.		Yeast
Recipes which use it: 54, of which:
Cretan BreadTwo-olive ciabattaFlaky chocolate briocheCramiqueLeavened bread
Cretan BreadTwo-olive ciabattaFlaky chocolate briocheCramiqueLeavened bread

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Your 9 comments or questions on this page:

Is the rind edible once cooked, specifically oven baked?
By Juls january 14th 2012 at 22:41 (n° 1)
Rind of what?
By jh january 16th 2012 at 08:40 (n° 2)
what are the ingredients of a jar of griottines? are there any chemicals, additives, flavourings,aromas?
By trebor august 11th 2013 at 20:48 (n° 3)
No, there is nothing more than: cherry, sugar and alcohol (for good griottines of course :-).
By jh august 12th 2013 at 09:40 (n° 4)
Thanks for posting this Potato flour. I like it to prepare my indian dish.
By Anonymous january 22th 2015 at 12:44 (n° 5)
Hi
Can I use potentiometer mash powder to make cutlets?

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By Emma january 29th 2015 at 13:46 (n° 6)
Hi,

By "mash powder" do you mean mash potato powder?
If so, yes you can, see how to on this chicken recipe : chicken breasts in a potato crust.
By jh january 29th 2015 at 17:35 (n° 7)
What make is the popato and where can I buy it
By Jim january 28th 2018 at 21:36 (n° 8)
It's potato...
By jh january 29th 2018 at 11:42 (n° 9)
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