The question of how to store the yeast dough, sooner or later, any housewife, who knows how and who loves to bake pies, asks herself. Often after mixing remains unused yeast mass. What to do with it? Save until it is needed again. How to do it correctly? The answer depends on how long the "separation" is planned. If you need a dough in the next day or two, you can store it in the refrigerator. If you wait for the nearest pies longer, then it's better to freeze it.
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The refrigerator is an indispensable household appliance, which allows to increase the shelf life of almost any product. And dough is no exception. The way it can be there depends on the composition of the mixed mass. The yeast test, which is discussed in the article, contains yeast, the property of which is the propensity to ferment.
Due to the range of temperature values (+2 - + 7 ° C), which are maintained in the refrigerator, fermentation slows down and the souring process does not go as fast as at room temperature. Thus, storage in the refrigerator gives the yeast mass a "respite" per day, at most two days. If you leave the mixed material there for a longer time, it will turn sour and there will not be any pies.
Let's consider step by step how to store the yeast dough to the refrigerator:
- So that the mass does not get weathered and does not get covered with a dark hard crust, it is wise to choose the right container. The dough is stored in a refrigerator in a plastic bag, an enamel bowl covered with a layer of food film or a vacuum container. The main thing is that air does not get on its surface.
- With a plastic bag everything is simple: you need to put the dough in it and tie it. To be faithful, you can put another one on top of the first package.
- Before storing the material in a bowl or container, sprinkle the surface of the bottom and walls with flour. Then put the mass there and seal it tightly.
- Now leave the packaged test mass on the shelf, located at the very top in the refrigerator.
Advice: if during the time reserved for safe storage of the test in the refrigerator, it did not turn out to cook pies from it, you can freeze the mass while it remains fresh. Then at any time it can be defrosted without any problems and create a culinary masterpiece.
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freezer You can increase the shelf life of a self-prepared dough by placing it in the freezer. How much can it preserve freshness and characteristic qualities? Under correctly chosen conditions - 3 months. And if we talk about how much is stored the purchased frozen dough, then its term is increased by 2 times. That is, it can lie without loss of quality in the freezer for half a year( from the date of manufacture).
Correctly selected conditions are a constant temperature of -18 ° C.In a normal freezer, it is usually held precisely at this point. Although much depends on the age and type of refrigerator. The older the household appliance, the worse it starts to freeze. If the dough lies in the freezer with a common door, which is often opened to get a particular product, the temperature also rises from time to time. Therefore, in a conventional two-door refrigerator with a common freezer, the yeast dough can be stored for up to 2-3 months.
Consider step-by-step how to prepare the yeast dough for storage:
- Divide the test mass into portioned pieces. That is, one piece should suffice for one cooking. This is because the defrosted yeast dough is not frozen again.
- Powder each piece with flour.
- Put each slice in a plastic bag. You can also use a special package for freezing. Tie up the package.
- Put the packages with yeast in the refrigerator on the bottom shelf - let it cool down a little.
- Place the cooled dough into the freezer. If it has compartments closed with a separate door, place the dough in one of them.
In the Internet you can find many ways that describe the process of defrosting a yeast test. They differ in time, the minimum is 3-5 minutes. However, experts say that in order for the dough to retain all its properties and subsequently well up, it should be thawed for at least 2 hours. This is done in the refrigerator.
Cooling and freezing are two ways to extend the "life" of a yeast test. So prepare it for future use, properly store and pamper your loved ones with new baked goods every day!
