CREAM OF TARTARE

Acid salt from tartaric acid. With a vegetable origin (by-product of the world of wine), its application in pastry is ancestral, since it is a component (together with sodium bicarbonate) of baking powders.

Added in small proportion to any recipe prior to baking or cooking, Trt generates an increase in volume as soon as it is heated. In addition, it stabilizes the whipping of egg whites and cream, and is irreplaceable as an anti crystallizing sugar.

Features

Acidifier and emulsifier.
Refined and crystalline powder form.
Apply cold and mix in with stirring.

Applications

Trt is a leavening and gasifying agent in cakes, cookies, and breads (biscuits, breads, muffins, …), friable doughs (biscuits, sablés, …) and batters (orly, tempuras, …).

Anticrystallizing in sugar preparations (syrups, candies, frostings, …).
Air stabilizer in the whipped proteins (egg white and even vegetable proteins when preparing meringues, dry meringues, biscuits, …).

Curiosities

E-336

Acid salt from tartaric acid by partially replacing hydrogen with potassium. Therefore, like tartaric acid, it comes from a by-product of the world of wine, which is originated in the sediments at the bottom of the barrels.

Being an essential ingredient in traditional pastry, it has a strong presence in the food and beverage industry, due to its antioxidant, anti crystallizing and leavening properties.

If mixed with baking soda and added to a liquid, a gaseous reaction is obtained.

Dosage

1 gr / Kg

Ref.

40412000 – 1 Kg

Allergens (ingredients)

None

Allergens (traces)

None

Category

Salt

Origin

Synthetic

Media

Fat, Water

Heatable

Yes

Freezable

No