What is this dough called?
Tonight I was playing around with pate a choux for the first time, and was delighted by it, splitting the batch between Parisian gnocchi and funnel cake.
However, I couldn't resist sneaking small samples throughout the process, as is my habit. In particular I was interested in the step before the eggs were added. Essentially, it was just a mixture of water, butter, and salt with flour mixed in until it thickened.
I've looked around for any references to this dough as its own creature, but have not found any. Is there a name for it, ideally so that I can find even more ways to use it?
Best Answer
First, I wouldn't call it a roux. There is a difference in flour gelation when the flour is presoaked in fat (as in roux) and directly mixed with water (as in pate a choux). The butter in pate a choux doesn't coat the flour first the way it does for a roux. Plus, a roux is prepared with way more liquid.
As for a proper name of this kind of dough, I don't think there is one - for the simple reason that nobody has a proper use for it. I mean, you don't give a name to every stage of the mixture when preparing a batter, so why should you do it for pate a choux?
This is what McGee has to say on pate a choux. Note that the eggs are important for both texture (the "richness of yolks" smooths it, probably more due to the lecithine than the fat) and structure (egg whites trap the air pockets). So why should anybody ever make it without the eggs? And if it isn't used as anything but a prestage of pate a choux, why give it a name?
As for the uses of pate a choux, Ruhlman gives a fairly comprehensive list in Ratio. It mentions
- cream puffs/éclairs
- profiteroles
- gougéres
- parisienne gnocchi
- pets de nonne, beignets
- churros, funnel cake
- panade for pâtés
- pommes dauphine
- binder for potato pancakes
- Gnocchi à la Romaine (made with durum semolina)
- "There's no end to what you can do with this stuff."
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What is this dough?
1 : a mixture that consists essentially of flour or meal and a liquid (such as milk or water) and is stiff enough to knead or roll. 2 : something resembling dough especially in consistency. 3 : money doesn't have much dough.What are types of dough?
Types of dough- Brioche - Flour, eggs and a large quantity of butter.
- Challah - egg dough.
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- Focaccia - for Italian leavened flat bread.
- Pasta dough - for making noodles, ravioli, etc.
- Pizza Dough.
- Rolled-In Dough - for croissants and Danish pastries.
- Sourdough - made from a cultured starter.
What are 2 types of dough?
Traditionally, there are two categories: leavened and unleavened doughs.- Leavened Dough Leavened dough is dough that has risen to its final form. ...
- Unleavened Dough Unleavened doughs belong to all of those baked treats that don't rise in the oven (or pot), but rather stay thin or flaky.
What is the croissant dough called?
The two most common types of laminated dough are puff pastry and croissants. Puff pastry is the simplest form of laminated dough, with just butter folded into a basic dough of flour, water, and salt.NANE - DOUGH THO' 💰 (video oficial)
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Answer 2
Not sure if there is a specific name for it... I call it a roux.
And, about other things to do with it... well you did not mention the obvious Éclairs au chocolat and profiteroles
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