Low-gluten flour is a kind of flour and has a wide range of uses. For baking enthusiasts, low-gluten flour is often used to make cakes and snacks such as biscuits and cupcakes. In addition, you can also make pancakes with low-gluten flour, but when you make pancakes with low-gluten flour, you need to master certain methods and skills to make delicious pancakes.

First, the characteristics of low-gluten flour

Low gluten flour is the abbreviation of low flour, also called cake flour, which is called thin flour in Japanese. Low gluten flour refers to flour with water content 13.8% and crude protein below 9.5%. It is usually used to make cakes, biscuits, cakes, cakes and so on.

Sponge cake is made of low-gluten flour. Because low-gluten flour has no strength, the cakes made are particularly soft, loose and flat. Low-gluten flour is similar to cake flour and pastry flour in daily life, but cake flour contains wheat starch and emulsifier besides low-gluten flour. Low-gluten flour refers to flour with water content 13.8% and crude protein content less than 9.5%, which has the functions of nourishing heart and kidney, clearing heat and quenching thirst.

Second, can low-gluten flour make pancakes?

Of course. It is better to make pancakes with low-gluten flour, but high-gluten flour itself is not suitable for making pancakes, because it has high gluten and is not easy to make, so it will not be fluffy when used to make pancakes. Pancakes use ordinary flour, that is, medium flour, to make cakes and the like, low-grade flour is used, and bread and the like use high-gluten flour.

Use hot water or cold water for pancakes and cold water for noodles. Don't use boiled water.

Third, how to make pancakes delicious

1. Zucchini pancake

Edible ingredients: zucchini 1 piece, egg 1 piece, 50g flour, a little salt and a proper amount of pepper.

Method steps: 1. Hollow out the seeds in the middle of the zucchini, wash and slice, and mix the eggs and flour well for later use. 2. Put the zucchini slices into the stirred batter, coat them with a layer of powder, and shake off the excess. 3. Put oil in the pan and heat it to 70% heat. Put the powdered zucchini slices into the pot and fry until golden on both sides.

2. Fried pancakes with shredded potatoes and chopped green onion

Edible ingredients: one egg, a little medium-gluten flour, a little onion and a little salt.

Method steps:

1. Peel the potatoes, wipe them clean, wash the starch with clear water, and dice the onions; Beat the eggs and add them to the flour; Put these prepared materials into the same container and stir.

2. Knead the stirred batter into a ball first, and then roll it into a circle with a small rolling pin.

When the oil is hot, put the bread in the pot, fry one side, and then fry the other side until all the bread is fried.