Inexperienced in baking? Or exploring more in the bakery? Don't worry; this blog will be telling you about the most common thing that bakeries rely on to improve the physical texture and make baked goods brittle. If you can guess, we’re talking about shortening. Since the past few decades, varieties of shortening have begun to be consumed extensively in all the bakeries across the globe. There is a race in all the bakeries to find the best baking and cooking shortening to give a delicate, crumbly texture to their baked goods.
Let’s talk about shortening. What actually is shortening?Shortening is a fat that stays solid at room temperature and is used in baking for a crumbly, delicate texture. Shortening is 100% fat. This is what makes shortening a great ingredient for baking as well as frying.
Solid-type shortening comes in cans and is mainly used in pastries, bread recipes and pie crusts. This is the best shortening for baking cookies.
Liquid shortening is an excellent choice in recipes calling for melted shortening, for instance, in cakes or deep-fried items. Liquid shortening is most commonly made of soybean oil and marketed in boxes and plastic jugs.
The last two types of shortening are used for professional purposes. The main difference between them is that cake shortening has emulsifiers added that help retain moisture in the cake you’re preparing.
Coming directly to the point, shortening is 100% fat and has no water content, while butter has 80% fat and the rest is water content. Steam is produced while baking or cooking with butter and no such thing happens with shortening. With these characteristics, the final product is different.
The other main difference is that butter contains flavour, but shortening is flavourless. Some shortening with flavour is also available in the market, but bakeries use flavourless shortening only to bring out the real flavour of the baked goods.
The perfect place to accomplish all your shortening needs is “Bhushan Oils,” a bakery shortening manufacturer in Haryana. Here you can get more than five shortenings for all kinds of bakery items. All these shortenings are prepared with the best quality ingredients to give you a rich experience with shortening.
