Chinese pastry is categorized as follows:

1, according to the category of raw materials Classified according to the main raw materials used in pastry, generally can be divided into wheat flour products, such as buns, steamed bread, dumplings, doughnuts, bread, etc.; rice and rice flour products, such as eight treasures of rice, dumplings, rice cakes, muffins, etc.; legumes and soybean products, such as mung bean cake, pea butter, etc.; miscellaneous grains and starch products. Such as small nest, yellow rice cake, corn pancakes, horseshoe cake, etc.; other raw materials products, such as taro horn, potato cake, pumpkin cake. Due to the production of Chinese pastry raw materials is very wide, raw materials and auxiliary materials with each other, so according to the classification of raw materials have certain limitations.

2, according to the classification of the nature of the dough According to the nature of the dough used to classify the pastry, generally can be divided into water-adjusted dough (cold not dough, warm water dough, open water dough), puffed dough (bio-expansion dough, physical puffed dough), shortcrust dough (layer of shortcrust pastry dough, single shortcrust pastry dough), rice flour dough (cake-like dough, dough type of powder dough) and other dough. This categorization is very helpful in learning and the principle of the formation of pastry billets, and is commonly used in teaching this categorization.

3, according to the maturity of the method of classification according to the maturity of the method used to classify the pastry, generally can be divided into boiling, steaming, frying, deep-frying, baking, branding and so on. This classification method is often used in teaching and examples of categorization of pastry, and the classification of the nature of the dough combined, can be more systematic classification of pastry.

4, according to the form of classification, this division is in accordance with the basic switch people are accustomed to the division of various kinds of pastry, can also be called commodity classification method. Generally can be: cake, cake, dough, pastry, package, dumplings, dumplings, powder, noodles, porridge, siu mai, wontons and so on.

5, according to the taste classification according to the taste can generally be divided into sweet, salty pasta, composite flavor three. This classification method is important for the configuration of the banquet pasta, refreshments.

The classification of Western-style pastry, there are the following:

1, according to the temperature classification of snacks, can be divided into room temperature snacks, cold snacks and hot snacks.

2, according to the use of classification, can be divided into retail type of snacks, banquet snacks, cocktail party snacks, buffet snacks and tea points.

3, according to the kitchen division of labor classification, can be divided into bread, pastry, frozen products, chocolate, refined careful class and craft modeling class. This classification is generalized, basically contains all the content of pastry production.

4, according to the products processing technology and the nature of the blank classification, can be divided into cake class] mixed crisp class, crisp class, bread class, bubble class, cookie class, frozen sweets class, chocolate class.

Extended information:

Pastry is a major part of Chinese cooking, known for its long history, exquisite production, rich variety of categories, and diverse flavors. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, cereal items have been wheat, rice, beans, millet, jasmine, corn, hemp seeds, etc., and there have been five valleys, nine valleys, the name of the hundred valleys. Among them, there are barley, wheat, corn, millet, rice, there are also many products. Grain processing technology has been developed from pestle and mortar, stone grinding pots, rods, pestles, etc. to stone grinding. With the production of oil, seasoning and the use of bronze cooking utensils, fried and steamed pasta appeared at that time. Bronze cooking utensils similar to frying pans could be used to bake and cook pasta.

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