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French dressing will not blend or mix to be creamy

I make a french dressing > I blend using a milk shake mixer. Usually as I add the oil, sugar and vinegar it mixes up to a very nice creamy thick dressing. Lately it will not thicken up and stays very liquid almost like a vinegar and oil. Is…
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What is causing my homemade soy milk mayonnaise to have a different consistency than one made from store brought soy milk?

The mayonnaise I made from the store bought soy milk was creamy and thick tasting, while the one made from home made soy milk has a bit of a watery feel to it. The store bought one's ingredients are soybeans, water, oligofructose (dietary fibre) and…
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Thickening almond milk in hot liquids

I use natural almond milk without additives. This is fantastic in cold drinks. However, in hot drinks, such as hot cocoa, it feels flat. I have investigated corn starch, and have heard of xanthum gum and guar gum. What could be used for hot liquids…
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What influence does the properties of fat in vegetable oil affect emulsification of oil?

I am trying to make vegan mayonnaise. In my first attempt I used soy milk and corn oil as the major ingredients. I tried adding lemon juice instead of vinegar as the emulsifying agent and used the immersion blender to blend. However I could not get…
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What is the proper way to use polysorbate to create an emulsion?

I am looking for an emulsifier that will bind my flavouring oil and syrup, but will not destroy the taste. I was told to try polysorbate 20 and 80. I have mixed the oil and water, and added some polysorbate 80. There is a layer still on top of the…
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Is boiling or pouring better for emulsifying chocolate ganache

I am making a recipe that calls for emulsifying solid chocolate with a heated milk/butter mixture. Most articles online say to pour the hot milk on to the chocolate. Wouldn't it, however, be easier to just throw the chocolate into the pot of milk on…
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can anyone explain why oil separation in a curry is indicator that the food is cooked?

I'm addicted to curries and recently I participated on an internet discussion about oil separation in a curry. It is conventional wisdom that oil separation in a curry indicates the food finished cooking and that everything is ready. I take this for…
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Eggless milk 'mayonnaise' - how do milk and oil emulsify without lecithin? What's the science behind it?

The recipe: Ingedients: 100 ml milk 200 ml oil Lemon juice Salt Instructions: Whiz 100 ml milk up - 30 secs Slowly add 200 ml oil Move the blender up and down to help emulsify Flavour with salt and lemon juice Whiz up until thick "Note: It's NOT…
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Why do the majority of my batters keep splitting no matter what?

I have been baking for around 3 years now and I have been constantly having a problem with split batters for the past few months all of a sudden. After I add eggs, my cake, cookie, etc. batters slowly begins splitting. For reference, my ingredients…
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How to make vegan mayo with soy lechitin, oil and water without failing

I have soy lecithin with me. How do I blend this with water and oil to make vegan mayonnaise? I have tried a lot of times but every time I get a thin oily watery stuff. The procedure is- 1)Mix 2 tbsp lecithin with 3 tbsp water. 2)Add the mixture…
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What blender is required to create an emulsion?

Let's consider for specificity an emulsion prepared with the use of a protein possessing emulsifying properties as an emulsifying agent. Domestically most commonly prepared protein-based emulsion is mayonnaise. Recently Cook's Illustrated has…
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How to stop erythritol crystallisation?

While making a "sugar" syrup reduction with erythritol, I have noticed that the liquid crystallises upon cooling. Google-fu says two parts of water and one part of erythritol will not crystallise. The two challenges with this are : One, upon…
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How does pH and temperature affect emulsification of vegetable oils?

This question discussed about how the molecular properties of the fat in vegetable oil affect emulsification in the making of Mayonnaise. The answer in there suggested that lemon has minimal role (if any) in the emulsification. I made mayonnaise…
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What edible solution can I use cover biscuits to make it waterproof and stronger?

I want to make hard biscuits like teething biscuits Now the biscuits which I have made is not so strong and observes moisture quickly I use all purpose flour, a little baking powder,oil , a little xanathan gum Please can anybody suggest me what…
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