What makes breads different from one another?
I have two bread recipes I use frequently. recipe one is a type of flat bread called taftan, and the second recipe is called barbari. Taftan is griddled while barbari is baked in the oven. As for the amount of water, what I usually do is adding water until it forms a dough that is only slightly sticky.
Recipe one:
3 cups flour
0.5 tsp salt
2 tsp instant yeast
1 ts sugar
Lukewarm water
Recipe two:
3 cups flour
0.5 tsp salt
2 tsp instant yeast
1 ts sugar
1.5 tsp baking powder
Lukewarm water
The only difference is baking powder that one of those recipes calls for. But they result in totally different breads, with respect to both taste and appearance. I wonder what makes a bread different. Is it the shaping method you use, rising, proofing? Even when the ingredients are identical, why do the tastes differ so much?
Best Answer
I think it is "all of the above"
including oven type, flour type, yeast type, water ...
In the case of Barbari bread, it seems, in most recipes that I have seen, to have extra flavoring like sesame seed.
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What makes bread different?
The carbon dioxide gas created by yeast is what gives bread its airy texture, and the alcohol, which burns off during baking, leaves behind an important component of bread's flavor. Second, wheat flour, if mixed with water and kneaded, becomes very elastic.Why do breads taste different?
Bake magazine says the longer your bread ferments the richer the flavor and texture. For French bread, longer fermentation means we get the chewy texture and nutty flavor that has us wanting to eat those baguettes with butter on a regular basis.What is the difference between quick breads and regular breads?
The difference between yeast breads and quick breads is the leavening agent. Yeast is a living cell that multiplies rapidly when given the proper food, moisture, and warmth. It must \u201cproof\u201d, or rise, to allow the production of carbon dioxide that allows the bread to rise during baking.Where do different types of bread come from?
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