I wondered why recipes called to sift fruits or nuts with flour, I wasn't
aware of the role flour played for these items for the batter.
----- Original Message -----
From: "leverenz" <[email protected]>
To: "c n d" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 7:21 PM
Subject: [CnD] sifting
I find myself more not sifting unless I know the recipe is to be very
delicate. However Giada De Laurentiis (food network TV) had an interesting
hint so take it or leave it...
She was making a cranberry cake. After chopping the dried cranberries,
she put them into a fine sieve and then put the flour over them and shook
the sieve over the bowl to allow the flour to shake into the bowl. By
doing this, she not only sifted the flour but also coated the dry fruit as
to keep them from sinking and keep them suspended in the batter...
I thought this a good idea.
It has always caused me to laugh when I see on a bag of flour words
"sifted"... How can this be since even if they sift the darn stuff it is
compacted in packaging and shipping.
So like I said take this info or leave it because folks seem to eat the
baked goods whether they are sifted or not.*smile*
Dee
love lightens all difficulties and sweetens all bitterness. --- St.
Francis ---
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