Baking & Pastry Equipment
Understanding Artisan Breads
Lean Yeast Dough
Rich Yeast Dough
Doughnuts, Waffles, Pancakes, etc.
100
A shallow, rectangular pan for baking cookies, cakes, and other baked goods.
What is a Sheet Pan?
100
A dough or batter that contains wild yeasts and bacteria, has a noticeable acidity, and is used to leaven other doughs.
What is a Sourdough Starter?
100
A ring-shaped yeast product made from a stiff dough.
What is a Bagel?
100
A flaky, buttery yeast roll shaped like a cresent and made from rolled-in dough.
What is a Croissant?
100
A shiny coating, such as a syrup, that is applied to a baked good.
What is a Glaze?
200
A box that maintains a preset warm temperature and humidity level for fermentation.
What is a Proofer?
200
A yeast pre-ferment made as a stiff dough.
What is a Biga?
200
A long, rectangular loaf made in a pan.
What is a Pullman Loaf?
200
A type of yeast bread or cake that is soaked in syrup.
What is a Baba?
200
A deep-fried item made of or coated with a batter/dough.
What is a Fritter?
300
An oven that contains fans to circulate the air and distribute the heat rapidly throughout the interior.
What is a Convection Oven?
300
A thin yeast starter made with equal parts flour and water, plus commercial yeast.
What is a Poolish?
300
A flat Italian bread similar to a thick pizza dough.
What is Focaccia?
300
Rich yeast dough product containing large amounts of eggs and butter.
What is Brioche?
300
Fried italian pastries made in tube shapes, generally with a sweet cream or cheese filling.
What is a Cannoli?
400
A thin, flat wooden board or steel sheet with a long handle, used for inserting and removing hearth breads from deck ovens.
What is a Peel?
400
A group of bacteria primarily responsible for creating the acidity in sourdough starters
What is Lactobacillus?
400
A type of italian bread made from a very slack dough deposited on pans with minimal shaping.
What is Ciabatta?
400
Rolling and folding dough into thirds.
What is a Simple Fold?
400
The french term for "waffle".
What is Gaufre?
500
A conical strainer with a fine mesh, made from perforated steel.
What is a China Cap?
500
A resting period early in the mixing procedure of yeast doughs during which the flour fully absorbs the water.
What is Autolyse?
500
A regional French bread made in the shape of a trellis, or ladder.
What is Fougasse?
500
An Italian sweet bread made in a large loaf, generally containing dried and candied fruits.
What is Pannetone?
500
A type of fritter made with eclair paste, which puffs up greatly when fried.
What is Beignet Souffle?
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