Gluten molecules arrange themselves into chains that can be quite long and elastic.
Leaveners used in laminated dough.
Croissants take it one step further and add yeast and milk to the dough which make the pastries richer rise more and end up more bread like.
The bread may have a strong yeast flavor due to more quantity of yeast present in the dough.
Dough is made of wheat flour which contains a pair of proteins called gliadin and glutenin.
How leavening agents work.
They produce leavening gases which are responsible for the volume in most baked food products.
Puff pastry is the simplest form of laminated dough with just butter folded into a basic dough of flour water and salt.
Their siblings are baker s ammonia and cream of tartar.
Sponges can be used.
In cooking a leaven ˈ l ɛ v ən often called a leavening agent ˈ l ɛ v ən ɪ ŋ and also known as a raising agent is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action gas bubbles that lightens and softens the mixture.
No time dough method.
Baked goods leavened with baking soda baking powder and the like are known as chemical leaveners as opposed to yeast a natural leavener.
This can be overnight or for several days.
Dough is allowed to rise four times.
2 6 of yeast is used in this method.
A sponge dough is used to develop the flavor of the dough as it is left to rise over a certain time period specified in the recipe.