Usually when baking tools are mentioned, flour sieves are always mentioned, so is it necessary to buy flour sieves? When do you need it and when don't you need it?

Flour sieve, as its name implies, is mainly used to sieve flour.

Even unopened flour, after being left for a period of time, is easy to get wet and form particles, which affects the mixing effect during baking.

Do I have to buy a flour sieve?

In fact, you don't need to use a flour sieve to make bread. Bread is generally made of high-gluten flour, which is not easy to agglomerate; And bread, like steamed bread, needs kneading and proofing. In this process, the flour has been mixed and there will be no caking.

But when making cakes, it is very necessary to sift flour.

Cakes are usually made of low-gluten flour. If the small particles that are not completely dissolved are excessively stirred, gluten will appear, which will affect the taste and appearance of the finished product. So the cake needs to be sieved with flour.

After sieving, the flour can not only screen out impurities, but also have uniform particles, and the cakes made are delicate in taste.

Other uses of flour sieve:

① Flour sieve can not only sieve flour, but also filter paste liquid. When making pudding liquid or egg tart liquid, sieving can remove impurities and make the taste smoother.

② When making works that need cooked egg yolk, such as Margaret biscuits, the taste will be better as long as the egg yolk is pressed hard, sieved and fully mixed with flour.

③ When decorating the dessert surface with powdered sugar and cocoa powder, the position and quantity can be controlled more accurately with a sieve, making the finished product more exquisite and beautiful.