How to defrost dough correctly and quickly?

Not every modern woman has the experience and free time to prepare pies, pizza, and cookies, so today many housewives use semi-finished products, which include frozen dough. The most important question that arises when baking is how to quickly defrost the dough?

Choosing frozen dough

To keep the dough better and longer, it is subjected to shock freezing. It is not advisable to freeze the product a second time. For each type of dough, separate defrosting conditions are used. Frozen dough comes in several types: shortbread, puff pastry, puff pastry without yeast, gingerbread, chopped.

To buy a good and high-quality product in a store, you need to know a few secrets.

1. Package. It must be sealed.
2. Freezing method. It is usually indicated on the label.
3. Number of layers. The more layers the dough has, the tastier the baked goods will be. This information is indicated on the product packaging. For example, yeast should have 35 layers, and yeast-free – 225.
4. Best before date. The fresher the product, the better quality the products will be.
5. Composition of the finished frozen product. Be sure to study the composition on the packaging and make sure it is harmless.
6. Price. Quality products cannot be cheap.
7. Product type. Products must move freely throughout the packaging, not stick to it and not have foreign inclusions.

Freezing at home

It is always necessary to take into account that the quality of homemade dough and products made from it will compare favorably with the quality of a store-bought frozen product.

You can make your own frozen dough at home. It will last in the freezer for as long as needed, retaining all its beneficial properties. Once defrosted it will look like it was just made. You can freeze not only the dough, but also products made from it: pies, buns, pizza. Such products can be stored for several months. It is very easy to freeze the finished product correctly. It must be divided into pieces and wrapped in foil. It must be packaged to prevent moisture from entering. The temperature in the freezer should be very low for two weeks, then it can be increased.

Advice

It is necessary to take a responsible approach to the choice of flour. The quality of products after freezing largely depends on this. You need to pay attention to the percentage of gluten in it. He must be around thirty. The finished pieces must be placed correctly in the freezer. For example, the yeast will increase and grow at first, so the portions need to be placed closer to each other. The maximum shelf life of the finished product is four months. Repeated freezing is not recommended.

The product can also be frozen in plastic bags, after sprinkling them with flour and releasing the air from them.

Defrosting methods

Depending on the amount of free time, there are several answers to the question of how to quickly defrost dough.

Slow defrost

If there is a lot of time for preparing products, then you can use gentle defrosting methods.

1. You need to remove the product from the package.
2. Place it on a board or plate and leave for several hours. Typically, five hours is enough to defrost at room temperature.
3. Can be defrosted in the refrigerator, on the lowest shelf. It will defrost in ten hours.

Fast defrost

When you are sorely short of time and you need to start preparing baked goods urgently, you can resort to quick defrosting methods. There is no need to worry in vain that the finished products will turn out tough or tasteless; the main thing is to follow all the rules of thawing.

1. The dough is placed in a plastic bag, tied tightly and dipped in warm water. After three hours you can start baking.
2. You can also defrost in the microwave using the “auto defrost” mode. If the microwave oven does not have such a function, it will be enough to turn it on at 100 watts. The main thing here is to make sure that the product does not become hot. It needs to be turned over very often.
3. A regular warm battery is suitable for thawing the product. The finished frozen product must be placed on its surface directly in the package. It will defrost in an hour.

You should not use defrosting in the microwave or in warm water often, as these are not the best options for thawing the product. These methods can be safely used in the case of pizza dough, but it is better to defrost yeast or puff pastry using other methods. Do not place rolled puff pastry in the microwave, as it may spoil there.

Defrosting yeast dough

Most often, difficulties arise when working with yeast dough, which is very capricious and, if you make a mistake during defrosting, may not rise.

To understand how to defrost yeast dough, you must follow certain rules.

• You can put it in two plastic bags, release excess air and put it in warm water, which needs to be changed periodically.
• Defrost the product by placing it on the lid of a hot pan, wrapped in a bag or foil. In order for thawing to proceed evenly, it must be constantly turned over.
• To defrost, place the product in a saucepan and place it on the stove next to the lit burners.
• To quickly defrost, the product is placed in a pan and placed in a water bath. In this case, you need to make sure that it does not stick to the bottom.

• It is better not to defrost yeast dough in the microwave. It is believed that yeast loses its properties with this method of thawing. But if such a need arises, then put the dough in the oven for no more than a minute, otherwise the top layer of the product will dry out.

Defrosting puff pastry

Experienced housewives can tell you how to quickly defrost puff pastry. It is not as capricious as yeast, and there are fewer problems with it. The main thing is to adhere to the basic rule: never defrost it in the microwave. The puff pastry will thaw on the counter at room temperature for two hours. For urgent defrosting, you can put it on the battery.

Advice

Puff pastry will be tastier and more tender if, after kneading, you place it in the refrigerator for an hour.

To prevent the product from becoming crusty when thawing in air, it is covered with a cloth or paper.

Each housewife has her own way of defrosting. The main thing is that it is correct and does not spoil the quality of the product. It’s better to take care of defrosting the dough early, and then tasty and airy baked goods will be guaranteed.