Much “whole wheat” bread is a multigrain blend – 50-90% high protein white flour with whole wheat flour, and carmelized sugar products (e.g. molasses) for wheat flavour, brown colour, a touch of fiber and right to appear to be wholesome and virtuous That kind of whole wheat loaf can be baked in a bread machine …
Lentils and other small dry legumes are usually sold as dry grain, although canned lentils are available. Whole green and brown lentils and split hulled red/pink/salmon lentils grown in the US or Canada are widely available in grocery stores. Other small dry legume may be availabe in stores specializing in selling supplies for South Asian, …
An Instant Pot can be used in the pressure cooker program for simple cooked legumes, and some curries and prepared dal dishes. The pressure cooker program will be the better choice for some dishes. The pressure cooker program is also useful to cook or quick soak dry legumes for slow cooker dishes. Laura Pazzaglia has …
A lean bread is flour, water, yeast and salt. Sandwich bread is enriched with sugar or milk. Milk has fats and sugars, in solution. Sugar makes the dough more extensible, which helps the dough to flow and rise. However, sugar or milk change the crust and crumb. Pure wheat white flour (rye or other grain …
Bread machine loaves, comparing to the descriptions of baking pans for ovens: Flour Bread Machine Bread Machine Oven Pan Oven Pan Oven Pan 2 cups Small 1 pound 3 cups Medium 1.5 pound 1 pound 8 x 4 x 2½ inches (20½ x 10 x 6½ cm.) 1333 cubic cm. 4 cups Large 2 pound …
The reviews of the Zojirushi Virtuoso BB-PAC20 bread machine at: Breadmakers.com Kitchenstory.com describe and illustrate this machine. It is a 2016 machine, superseded in the product line by the Virtuoso Plus. I found a refurbished machine in an online store. It is a large, heavy, stable machine. It is quiet, compared to other machines I …
I began to chart recipes in tables when I realized that each manufacturer has its own set of programs for its machines. Predictably, standard recipes (e.g. Bread Lovers Bread Machine Cookbook) fail in some devices. Bread machines are either dry (flour) first or wet (water or milk) first, according to manufacturer’s recommendation. Either way, load …
Instant Pots and other pressure multicookers are high energy devices that saute and pressure cook, but do not necessarily perform well at simmering. An Instant Pot or other pressure multi-cooker will cook steamed rice in the pressure cooker program. A stovetop pressure cooker will too. The preheat and the time at operating pressure bring the …
The principals of Double Insight developed the Instant Pot pressure multi-cooker in 2008-9. It was on the market by 2012, and took off in 2015-6 with social media and presence in Amazon Market Place. “Instant Pot” is not a trade mark like Vacuum Cleaner or Bandaid. Instant Pot launched a sous-vide heater in 2018, and …
Multi-cookers were, 2009-2018, electric pressure cookers with: a heating element in a round plate below the cooking vessel, stainless or non-stick metal pots, sensors, a control panel and a programmed control responding to feedback from the sensors. The conglomerate Midea of Guangdong Province, China patented a multi-cooker in 2006. The Instant Pot pressure multi-cooker took …