LAB #5

STARCHES AND

SAUCES

KHP 3310 Introduction to Food Science

Corwin Driskill

Comparison in puddings and

Sauces

Vanilla Cornstarch Puddings

Ready to eat

pudding

Instant

pudding

Cooked

vanilla

pudding

Smooth thick chemically tasting made with modified

starch no cooking time at all

Ready to Eat Pudding

Instant pudding

Instant pudding and 2 cups cold milk mix until thick

Very yellow solid smooth tastes

fatty and vanilla made with

modified starch 5 minute prep

time

Cooked Vanilla Pudding

3 Tbsp

cornstarch

¼ c + 2 Tbsp

granulated

sugar

2 c milk

1/8 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

extract

Sugar and cornstarch then stir

in milk

The color was much whiter than the others. It was smooth and thick with a few air pockets very creamy and sweet make with straight corn starch and took longer 18 minutes

Lots of stirring and thickening boiled then heat

removed and vanilla added and cooled

All very different but are said to be the same thing

It is all a matter of taste I guess

Ready to eat bottom left instant top cooked bottom

right

White Sauce Variations

White Sauce version A

1 cup warmed milkMelt butter then add 2 Tbsp

flour

Became an off white color and was a thick liquid

Adding milk to mixture stirring and simmering until

thick

Sauce with melting butter adding

flour

Adding cold milk and stirring until

thick

Adding cold milkFinished look was somewhat translucent also was thicker and more solid

Blending method of Sauce

Blend softened butter with flour

Stir until thick was off white and

foamy and frothy

Simmer milk Add flour butter mixture

White Sauce with adding flour

last

Melt butter Mix milk in with butter

After butter and milk mixed add

flour

Lots of stirring

Became off white in

color and lumpy was

very thick

Lumpy and very thick

White Sauce made with Cornstarch

make a paste with a small amount of milk

and cornstarch

Corn Starch Sauce with no

butter

Simmer milk with no butterAdd corn starch paste stir until thick

Corn Starch Sauce without

Butter

When all

ingredients

were mixed

together

Became

thick very

quickly

Also became

very lumpy

Color was

very white

as well

All 5 White Sauces

All very

different

I found it

interesting

that using

the same

ingredients

in different

orders or

with heat or

chilling

comes such

different

products