How to freeze the dough, how and how much to defrost frozen dough

To reduce the time for preparation of complex baking, many divide it into several stages. Today I want to tell you about one of them - how to freeze and defrost the dough to just the right moment to take advantage of the workpiece and not waste time on its production. This method of freezing is suitable for any kind of test. Whether it is a yeast or puff pastry, puff without yeast, any gingerbread or shortbread dough.

So today I made flaky dough without yeast. Mash it into the reservoir hands and put it on the parchment paper. Top, just covered the dough sheet of parchment. Now carefully, without pressing strongly a rolling pin, roll the dough into a reservoir the width necessary to me, about 1 cm.

If the edges left a lot of extra paper, as in my case, it should be cut so that it then does not interfere and not to deform the dough.

Without removing parchment gently twisting the dough into a tube and in such a place it in the freezer and set freezing temperature of -25 ° C, the so-called freeze shocking. If such a function you do not, just put in the freezer.

If tomorrow you intend to cook something from frozen dough, then we shift it in the evening in the refrigerator compartment. But an hour before cooking, remove it on the table. It is not necessary to lay out the dough and leave at room temperature immediately after it was taken out from the freezer. In this case, it will undertake water and test the texture will be impaired.

As soon as I laid on the table defrosted dough from the refrigerator, then cut it into two halves. In the section clearly it shows that the dough retains its texture.

Expand rudety, remove the parchment and you can now work with the already thawed dough.

Since I have a flaky dough without yeast, then I turned it back into a roll. First, he turned the first half of the dough, and then wrapped it in the second half. Now the dough is completely ready for operation.

Now you know how to freeze and defrost the dough removing it from the freezer and the home is delicious and fresh pastries, and now, is a frequent guest at your table.