8 genius baking tips straight from a professional pastry chef
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- 25 Apr 2023
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Always use unsalted butter unless the recipe specifies otherwise. Picture: Pexels/Markus Spiske
If you have ever gone off the book while following a baking recipe, you know the results can be disastrous. The chemistry of baking doesn’t lend itself as naturally to experimentation as cooking does — so how do the professionals do it?
To answer that question, chef and cookbook author Hendrik Pretorius shares below his advice for becoming a better, more intuitive baker. Always read the recipe before beginning. This will help you know the how, why, where, and when or what you are about to do. It will only take a few minutes but could save you from wasting ingredients on a disastrous result.
Always have ingredients prepped
Read through the ingredient list and have them prepared on your counter. Mise en place is a French term that means ‘to put everything in its place’ and refers to getting everything prepared and in place ready for baking. Read More…
