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Yeast dough
Yeast dough makes an excellent base for moist
fruit cakes, pastries and pizza and it is easier
to make than you might think. Yeast needs
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grow. It also needs time and a suitable warm en-
vironment with ambient temperatures between
37°C and a maximum of 50°C.
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cessing it further, then roll it out or add
additional ingredients such as raisins, candied
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can add everything at once and then knead to a
smooth dough ready for proving.
Freshly baked yeast dough freezes very well for
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defrost in the steam oven and then bake off
using Fan plus.
Tips on preparation
Puff pastry
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Puff pastry consists of several layers that puff up
during cooking – hence the name. When cutting
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pieces together. Instead, place them on top of
each other and roll out again. Kneading the
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Puff pastry can be cooked using combination
mode.
The injected steam helps to give the pastry a
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Choux pastry
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baked in the steam combi oven.
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is very sensitive. Opening the oven door during
this period would prevent it from rising.
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shortly before serving them.