Aldersgate College Instructional Module in Bread and Pastry

Production
High School
MODULE 6: INGREDIENTS FOR PASTRY PRODUCTION
Lesson: 6
Teacher: Cherry Ann Joy N. Abon
Level: Grade 11
Allotted Time: hours
OVERVIEW:

OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this module, you are expected to be able to:
1. Know techniques in baking

PRETEST
TRUE or FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is wrong. Write your
answers o the space provided before the number.
_____________ 1. Convection oven is suitable for baking various products perfectly. It has been
excellent air distribution that allows cakes, toasts, biscuits, among others to be baked evenly.

_____________ 2. Proofing is the process of placing dough is a proofer to promote yeast

fermentation to generate gas and cause dough to rise.

_____________ 3. Retarder is a chilled environment with high humidity that holds the dough
and prevents yeast to rise.

_____________ 4. Electrical mixer has gears that are used to rotate a set of beaters in a bowl
containing the ingredient to be prepared.
_____________ 5. Dough roller is used to flatten dough by pushing between rollers

LEARNING FOCUS
In this part, the following aspects shall specify the topics being discussed in the module.
1. Baking techniques

Pastry originated from Egypt. It is a paste mixture of flour, fat, and water. These three basic
ingredients when combined produce flexible dough that can be shaped in different forms and
sizes. Pastry products may be savory or sweetened. Paste is the result of incorporating fat to
uncooked pastry

COMMON PASTRY INGREDIENTS

1. Wheat flour- is essential to pastry- making because it develops strands of gluten that
gives dough an elastic structure and that expands in the oven. Gluten strands make it
tough to roll out for flaky pie crust dough, stretch it for filo or make more layers for puff
pastry.

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2. Fat such as butter, margarine, lard, among others, adds flavoring and separates flour
particles making the pastry products tender and flaky.
3. Liquid ingredients commonly used in pastry- making are cold water and milk.
4. Leavening agents are used to make puff and flaky pastries.
5. Flavorings such as vanilla, lemon, salt, nuts, chocolate and almond are added to pastry
products to enhance the flavor of pastry products.
6. Acidic ingredients such as lemon juice, cider, vinegar, buttermilk, and sour cream are
used as one of the ingredients in making pie crust.

Accurate measurement of ingredients is detrimental in preparing baked products.

Many experts say that weighing ingredients is better than using the conventional method of
weighing.

Abbreviation of units
Unit Abbreviation Unit Abbreviation
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Tablespoon Tbsp or T Fahrenheit ̊̊ F
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Grams F Celsius ̊̊ C
Pound Lb Piece or pieces Pc
Pint Pt Medium Med
Teaspoon Tsp or t Second Sec
cups C Minute Min
Ounces Oz Hour Hr
Kilos K Square Sq
quart Qt Gallon Gal
fluid fl mililiter ml

Cup measurement in volume, metric, and English units

CUP METRIC US
1/8 cup 30 ml 1 fl oz
¼ cup 60 ml 2 fl oz
1/3 cup 80 ml 2 ¾ fl oz
100 ml 3 ½ fl oz
½ cup 125 ml 4 fl oz
150 ml 5 fl oz
¾ cup 180 ml 6 fl oz
200 ml 7 fl oz
1 cup 250 ml 8 fl oz
1 ¼ cup 310 ml 10 ½ fl oz
1 ½ cups 375 ml 13 fl oz
1 ¾ cups 430 ml 15 fl oz
2 cups 500ml 16 fl oz (1 pint)
21/2 cups 625 ml 20 fl oz
3 cups 750 ml 24 fl oz
4 cups 1L 32 fl oz (1 quart)

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5 cups 1.25 L 40 fl oz
6 cups 1.5 L 48 fl oz
8 cups 2L 64 fl oz
10 cups 2.5 L 80 fl oz
16 cups 4L 128 fl oz (1 gallon)

Metric and English conversions of specific volume of ingredients

Ingredients Metric English
1 cup plain flour 125 g 4 oz
1 cup rice flour 185 g 6 oz
1 cup brown sugar 200 g 6 ½ oz
1 cup white sugar 225 g 7 oz
1 cup cocoa powder 110 g 3 ½ oz
1 cup sour cream 250 g 8 oz

Ratio of ingredients for different types of pastry

Product flour fat liquid egg sugar
Bread 5 3
Pie dough 3 2 1
Sponge cake 1 2 1 1
Angel food cake 1 3 3
Choux pastry 1 1 2 2
Short pastry 2 1 1

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