Course Description
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Course Name
Baking Techniques I
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Host University
Florence University of the Arts - The American University of Florence
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Location
Florence, Italy
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Area of Study
Culinary Arts
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
For Culinary Arts majors only
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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Credits
3 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits3
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units4
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Baking Techniques introduces the functions of baking ingredients (such as yeast, flour, and shortening), mixing methods for doughs, fermentation techniques, heat transfer methods. Focus on basic elements such as pastry dough, sponge cake, pate a choux, puff pastry, plunder, danesi, croissant, egg/butter based basic creams, production and conservation of fruit conserves, and meringues. In this course, students taste and test the products they create and complete a research paper as well.
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