The art of french pastry phần 17

measurementsvary,you
willneverbecertainthata
cakewillworkoutthe
samewaytwice.Butifyou
scaleyouringredients,
everyrecipeinthisbook
willwork,again,andagain,
andagain.
Thedegreeofvariation
inweightwhenyouuse
measuresisnotsurprising.
Theamountofflouror
confectioners’sugarheld


inacupisafunctionof
manythings,includingthe
humidityoftheflour,
whetherornotitispacked
intothecup,howlongit
hasbeensittinginthebag
beforebeingscooped,
whetherornotithasbeen
sifted,andthedimensions
ofthecupitself.Theyare
notallthesame.Asfor
liquids,notwopeopleare
goingtomeasuremilkina


cupatexactlythesame

pointonthelineinthe
cup.Andwhenitcomesto
measuringspoons,thereis
atremendousvariationin
volumefromone
manufacturertoanother.
(Dotheexperiment
yourselfifyoudon’tbelieve
me!)
Didyouknow,for
example,that200grams
offlourmeasuredona


scalewouldrepresent1ẵ
cupsplus1tablespoonplus
1ẳteaspoons?Youwillsee
thatineachrecipeIhave
providedagridwith
approximate
measurementsforeach
ingredientbutIdonot
wantyoutousethose
measurements.Theyare
justtogiveyouan
approximateideaofthe
amountofaningredient


thattheweightrepresents,

sinceyoumayhavenever
workedwithscalingbefore.
Icannotvouchforthe
recipesifyouusethe
measures.Every
professionalchefwould
agreethatthe
approximationsprovemy
point.
Thepreptimeforallof
theserecipesisalso
considerablyfasterwhen