Today, housewives are so used to all the amenities in the kitchen that they don’t even notice how often they use ordinary parchment as a replacement for some kitchen accessories. Let’s figure it out with you, what is parchment? And what is its main purpose? Parchment is a very dense type of paper that does not allow grease and moisture to pass through. The main purpose of this cooking paper is to prevent the bottom of the baking dish or pan from burning. For the preparation of cold products, parchment paper is usually used in the form of an ordinary flooring on a baking sheet, which helps to maintain the integrity of the cooked dish. Outwardly, it looks like a simple wrapping paper in white, gray or brown.
Drawing tracing paper
A friend asked the neighbor for cooking
paper for baking a pie. And when he began to bake it, then the entire paper base literally fell to pieces. What? Parchment did not live up to expectations? As it turned out later, she was simply given a tracing paper, which is the least durable than real parchment. When baking muffin, it soaks and sticks to the base of the culinary products. Also, tracing paper categorically does not tolerate prolonged baking, crumbling or breaking at a hot temperature. This type of cooking paper can be successfully used in yeast or shortbread pastries. Before cooking the product, tracing paper must be well greased.
What is parchment paper made of?
What is parchment, we found out, and now let's find out how it is produced. To obtain parchment, take porous filtered paper processed in a solution of concentrated sulfuric acid. When part of the cellulose breaks down and clogs all the pores, the paper is washed under running water, then placed in an alkaline solution to neutralize the acid. After washing it again in running water, the paper is forcibly dried by ironing with a warm iron.
The valuable qualities of parchment paper
For greater strength, parchment paper is coated with silicone, thereby achieving its 100% quality: it tolerates high temperatures without cracking from their effects, does not change its shape when boiled, does not lose its strength when exposed to moisture. Today, everyone knows very well what parchment paper is, so it is in great demand among the population. Also, this moisture-resistant wrapper is widely used in medicine, electronic and household appliances as packaging material.
Where is parchment paper used?
What is parchment for the baking industry? The possibilities of its use in cooking are unlimited today: it is successfully used both in baking technology and in
home confectionery
. They are covered with forms and trays for the manufacture of other products in the oven. Heat-resistant with silicone coating layer parchment
baking paper, which can be bought at any hardware store, is used instead of utensils for heating in the microwave. On it you can roll out the dough, transferring to a baking sheet without any damage. It is also used as an interlayer in butter baking. If during cooking, the dish emits a sufficiently large amount of moisture, then it is better to use foil.
You can list many more advantages of this magical culinary paper. But it’s better to buy it once and try it in action. And then all the questions will be removed by themselves.