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Tangzhong/water roux method questions..

owen1989's picture
owen1989

Tangzhong/water roux method questions..

so I read about this Tangzhong or water roux method where u first cook 1 part flour 5 part water to a paste n cold before use.. So my question here is ..can I use this in any of my current existing recipe ?

for example a certain recipe of mine uses

1300g flour

710 ml water

..so if I wanna use Tangzhong method in this recipe 

is it possible to just 

Take out like 100 gm from the 1300.=remainder 1200

and 500ml from the 710=remainder 210

 

cook that part into a paste and use the whole thing back into your 

1200g flour

210 water? From what I read maybe extra water if too dry?

is this a proper or decent way to add water roux method to all my current recipe?

 

or is there a better method? like continue using the same recipe 1300g 710 ml but add extra Tangzhong? If that's the case how much Tangzhong do I even add ? Is there a ratio for that..

 

so which is it or neither ...haha

t in adavance 

 

 

 

 

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owen1989

Ar nvm found my answer already I guess

 

Let’s say your original recipe calls for 10 oz of flour (for easy math purposes) and 7 oz of water and you want to substitute tangzhong for 10% (again, for easy math purposes) of the total weight of the flour, or 1 ounce. (10 oz x .10 (or 10%)=1 oz).Multiply that weight by five to get the weight of the water for your tangzhong. In this case, 1 oz x 5=5 oz. This leaves you 9 ounces of “loose flour” (10 oz – 1 oz) and 2 ounces of “loose water” (7 oz – 5 oz).Whisk together the 1 oz of flour and 5 oz of water and cook to 150°F (65ºC), cover and let cool to just warm.Add the cooled tangzhong to your remaining flour and liquid, yeast and salt and continue with your bread recipe.
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ccsdg

As I understand it, the concept is to take the original amounts of ingredients and pre-cook a small part of them before mixing in the rest.  I don't think you're supposed to add any extra "stuff".  The ratio of total ingredients at the end remain the same as the original recipe, they just get there with an extra partial cooking stage.

But I mean it's bread, you could probably do anything within reason and you'd eventually end up with something edible :)

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AbeNW11 (not verified)

...take 5% of the flour and 5x the weight of the flour for water. So your recipe is:

1300g flour

710 ml water

 

5% of 1300g = 65g flour for your tangzhong

5x 65g = 325g water for your tangzhong

 

So your tangzhong is 65g flour + 325g water (tangzhong should be strong bread flour)

 

Your final recipe is:

1235g flour

385g water

390g tangzhong