[Sca-cooks] Parchment and Fruit Paste...

[Holly Stockley]

Specifically, parchement paper for baking is impregnated with silicone, and 
rated for use in the oven up to 420 F.  Silicone gives it its heat 
resistance and its "nonstick" properties.  While certainly not period, *g* 
it did fit the criteria requested for a simple, nonplastic surface on which 
to pour out or store fruit pastes.

Sorry, Stefan.  I had though you were advocating pouring the liquid 
incipient paste onto wax paper. Apparently I'm the only one dim enough to 
have actually done this.  ;-)  It went badly.  Storage in waxed paper ought 
to be fine.  Though I have piled cut slices in tupperware and store them for 
months - no real sticking problems.  I do sugar the top and bottom of my 
pastes when I pour them out, though.

I do find the whole trick is to allow the paste to cool in the pot just 
until it's cool enough that when you pour it out onto a sugared surface it 
flows onto the surface and doesn't melt the sugar.   But it sort of one of 
those "you know it when you see it" points that is hard to describe - since 
I didn't take it's temperature I can't be more specific.  But I've gotten 
consistent enough at hitting this point that I just sugar the bottom of a 
jelly roll pan and leave it at that.

Femke

>From: "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
>To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Fruit Paste...
>Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 05:28:59 -0600
>
>It is a very smooth paper used in baking.  It is used primarily to prevent
>bake goods from sticking to the pan in which they are baked.  It will stick
>to hot, sugary, pasty things, but it usually peels off easily.
>
>Bear
>
> >
> > What is parchment paper made of that it wouldn't stick to hot,
> > sugary , pasty things?
> > Phillipa
> >
> >
> > On Dec 3, 2006, at 4:58 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Take home lesson:  When making candies, stick with parchment paper.
> >
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