Fillings What are Fillings? Fillings are key ingredients in many bakery products such as creams, fondants, chocolate, truffles, pralines, caramels and many more. They are incorporated into a variety of pastries and desserts such as donuts, layer cakes, eclairs, pies, turnovers, sandwich-cookies or savory baked goods to impart unique: Color Taste Texture [...]
Alginates What are Alginates? Alginates are natural polysaccharides derived from marine brown algae. They have unique properties which make them a valuable component of many applications. In foods and bakery formulations, they are used to: Stabilize dispersions Increase viscosity Form gels Improve their overall texture Origin Alginates were [...]
Pie A pie uses pastry dough and is filled with sweet or savory fillings. Pies can either be baked or fried. Pie making always begins with the crust. The pastry dough used for pie making is mainly made with flour, fat and salt. Most commonly, pies are made using shortcrust pastry dough. This [...]
