For pastries the skilled hostesses often use the compressed yeast which is on sale in the form of briquettes. But young girls sometimes have a question how to replace a yeast powder fresh, having kept at the same time proportions of ingredients.
Instruction
1. Distinguish three types of yeast: yeast active and quick-rise yeast which also calls instantny and also a fresh compressed yeast known to many hostesses. All these products are interchanged.
2. A yeast instantny powder doesn't demand preliminary activation therefore they are added directly to dough. Such product is issued in the form of the granules reminding small cylinders in a form.
3. A yeast active powder is on sale in the form of peas. Demand preliminary activation. As well as the pressed product.
4. And still a fresh yeast in briquettes received the greatest trust. Unlike dry analogs, they can deteriorate therefore it is worth choosing them more carefully.
5. A qualitative compressed yeast differs in plasticity. On consistence they not sticky, not viscous. A fresh yeast has to crumble well as home-made fat cottage cheese. If, breaking, yeast creaks, so they qualitative.
6. A fresh yeast possesses in light gray color. And presence of a yellowish-brown shade speaks about their old age. Besides, the poor quality of yeast is demonstrated by weather-beaten corners of a briquette and also an unpleasant odor of sour ferment. However, when aging, yeast can gain sweetish aroma. Anyway it reminds a sour sponge dough.
7. To replace a yeast powder fresh, it is necessary to know one formula. When replacing instantny yeast with pressed, it is necessary to increase their quantity by 2.5. That is, quick-rise yeast in number of 10 g is replaced fresh in number of 25 g. A ratio of an active yeast powder with fresh a bit different – 1:3. Means, 10 g of a dry product can be replaced with 30 g pressed.
8. Besides, it is important what yeast powder you used before. As each producer releases a product of different concentration, and the equivalent ratio of instantny yeast with fresh can be a miscellaneous.
9. For example, the popular dry product of Dr. Oetker is issued in bags on 7 g. One bag is calculated on 0.5 kg of flour. It is possible to replace it in the recipe 25 g of a fresh yeast.
10. Traditional packaging of the yeast Saf-Moment quick-rise yeast - 11 g. Such packing is calculated on 1 kg of flour. A compressed yeast in number of 60 g can become an alternative to this product. And one bag of Pakmaya yeast weighing 10 g is equivalent to 50 g of a fresh product.
11. To replace a yeast powder fresh, it is necessary to know not only a dosage, but also a way of their activation. The high-speed product is just filled up in dough. Pressed – at first knead a fork, sugar and fill in with milk or water for half an hour. Liquid not has to be more hotly than 30 wasps, otherwise yeast will lose the properties.