(Food-Beverage-News.Com, September 26, 2014 ) Oakland, CA -- The art of baking involves perfecting the skill of precision. And, the precision part has always been the tough one to nail. Finesseur, makers of contemporary kitchenware, shares getting baking recipes right off the bat can be easier when baking enthusiasts have practical measuring tools in their kitchen.
"It can be frustrating not to get that perfect blend of sweetness and texture when baking a cake or making a chocolate truffle. The experts will tell you without batting an eyelash that your measurements are wrong. Accuracy is the name of the game when it comes to baking, and it's a must that you get the measurements right when you're preparing the ingredients. Measuring tools like a digital kitchen scale can help get that burden off your shoulder," says Finesseur spokesperson.
Citing two experts renowned in baking, Thomas Keller and Alice Medrich, Montgomery reveals that kitchen scales are fast becoming the tool for baking. Keller's book, Bouchon Bakery, published in October 2012, and Medrich's March 2014 blog entry in Food52.com both harped on the advantages of the kitchen scale in precision baking.
"Finesseur is sharing their helpful tips so that new bakers need not have a hard time when measuring ingredients. Both experts agree that using a kitchen scale can be advantageous for those just learning to bake, or even those who just want to enhance their baking skills. Their insights regarding the matter will definitely change the way anyone does their baking," adds Montgomery.
Achieving the perfect symmetry of flavor and texture
In his book, Bouchon Bakery – which was declared winner of the IACP Cookbook Award for Food Photography and Styling in 2013 – Keller, known for his ingenuity in putting an innovative spin on American and French baked goods, shares useful tricks to achieve uniformity in baking. One of which is using a precision kitchen scale, especially for ingredients listed in grams and volume.
Keller emphasizes that compared to using measuring cups and spoons, weighing ingredients is faster and more accurate, as one would just measure ingredients in the same weighing bowl. Also, using a portable food scale for measuring is cleaner, as it would just take one bowl to clean. More importantly, it is easier to scale recipes up or down when using a kitchen scale with tare function, rather than the usual measuring cups and spoons.
Keller adds that for precision baking, using the kitchen scale to measure ingredients is very important. For example, flour can easily shift in density, so using measuring cups is dangerously inaccurate. "Throw away your measuring cups. Buy yourself a gram scale instead," he points out.
Changing one's life with accurate baking
In her blog entry in Food52.com entitled "The Many Reasons Using A Scale Will Change Your Life", baking expert Medrich encourages individuals to bake with a scale, as a measuring cup is not as reliable especially when following a recipe from a cookbook. This is because every cook uses measuring cups differently from one another, so getting the exact measurement is close to impossible.
With a digital food scale, weighing is faster, easier, and more fun than using measuring cups, says Medrich. Using a scale also means one does not have to sift flour before measuring it, or be concerned about how firmly to pack the brown sugar into the cup, or how many whole nuts to chop to equal a cup of chopped nuts. It can also be used to divide batter equally between two to three cake pans. As mentioned by Keller, the scale also requires fewer utensils, so there is less cleaning to do.
"If every recipe included reliable weights," adds Medrich, "and everyone started using a scale, the overall quality of baking and desserts would improve overnight!"
Consistent results all the time
Montgomery says these tips from the experts truly echo the many benefits individuals can derive from using an easy-read kitchen scale in baking. "Whether it's ensuring proper portion control or achieving accurate measurements for ingredients, kitchen scales like the Finesseur Digital Food Scale, provide consistency that people are looking for when cooking or baking. With its variety of measurement units, the Finesseur Food Scale can be your most dependable and most essential kitchen tool to improve your cooking and baking techniques and ensure efficiency around the kitchen."
About Finesseur
Finesseur brings fashion design, precise engineering, and top quality craftsmanship together in American kitchens. Finesseur believes kitchen tools should be not only functional, but also inspirational.
