What are the effects of each?
2007-06-28 02:29:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Folding is much gentler than stirring and won't deflate the ingredients as much as stirring. It's usually done when the batter contains things like beaten egg whites or heavy cream and you want it to be light and fluffy.
To fold, you place the spoon or spatula in the bowl on its edge, turning it, and lifting the ingredients from the bottom to the top. This is repeated until the mass is evenly blended together.
To stir, you moving the utenil steadily around in the mass in a widening circle until all the ingredients are evenly blended.
2007-06-28 02:38:03 · answer #1 · answered by Clare 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
you want a thorough mixture of ingredients ,evenly distributed ,then you stir it all together,move the spoon round & round in a circular motion,naturally thinner more liquid type of ingredients require less effort & are easily blended,the thicker mixtures need more effort ,always makes you feel good to see your effort in a well stirred mixture,
Folding,well.....also an effort at mixing ingredients ,usually one light more specific ingredient into an already blended base,easy does it !Use your spatula or spoon to lift the mixture from the bottom ,over onto the newly added ingredient,usually you fold in beaten egg whites into a cake or souffle batter,continue this lifting from the bottom & tipping on to the srface till you no longer see traces of beaten egg white,The aim is not to beat out the air,by a heavy hand.
2007-06-28 02:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by dee k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Folding is gently adding the ingredients in an up and over gesture. Stirring is circular. Folding is used when you are blending fragile ingredients, such as whipped egg whites, etc. Stirring is more muscular, when you;re adding eggs, flour, sugar, etc.
2007-06-28 02:33:43 · answer #3 · answered by merrybodner 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Folding is a more gentle way of combining foods. It is used when you don't want to beat the air out of an ingredient, like egg whites that have been whipped.
2007-06-28 02:34:39 · answer #4 · answered by Maria b 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
stirring you just circle the spoon around in the bowl to blend everything together
folding you swoop the spoon from the bottom bringing it to the top - it's more of a whipping and makes the batter smoother with less clumps
2007-06-28 02:33:23 · answer #5 · answered by GingerGirl 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
folding is more gentle than stirring (circular motion)
2007-06-28 02:35:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋