The art of french pastry phần 319

METHODS FOR MAKING PIE DOUGH: CREAMING VS SANDING There are two main ways to mix sweet doughs, the creaming method and the sanding method The creaming method is done by mixing the butter with the sugar first, then adding eggs or egg yolks, and finally the flour When we cream the butter and sugar we introduce some air bubbles into the dough and the water in the butter and eggs activates the gluten in the flour The result is a sweet dough that is somewhat flaky because of the air bubbles introduced when mixing, but stable at the same time We use the creaming method with the Sweet Dough The second method is called sanding; it’s the method we use for sablée dough We first mix the butter with the flour, allowing the fat in the butter to wrap itself around the gluten in the flour This prevents the gluten from developing, which would cause the dough to be rubbery This method is typically used for short doughs The higher fat content in sablée dough also makes the dough flaky and slightly more fragile compared to a sweet dough mixed using the creaming method The method you choose depends on the type of dough you wish to achieve, and that depends on what you intend to use it for You can use a creaming technique with a sablée recipe and vice versa For example, if the sablée recipe you want to use calls for a sanding ... sugar we introduce some air bubbles into the dough and the water in the butter and eggs activates the gluten in the flour The result is a sweet dough that is somewhat flaky because of the air bubbles introduced when... mixing, but stable at the same time We use the creaming method with the Sweet Dough The second method is called sanding; it’s the method we use for sablée dough We first mix the butter with the flour, allowing the fat in the. ..sanding method The creaming method is done by mixing the butter with the sugar first, then adding eggs or egg yolks, and finally the flour When we cream the butter and sugar we introduce some