Baking with Soy Sauce
20. Juli 2023
There are all kinds of baked products. Initially, you probably associate baking with biscuits, cakes or muffins. But bread, pizza and quiche are excellent examples of savoury baked products. You can replace the salt in most dishes with soy sauce. So it’s only logical that you can also use it to replace the pinch of salt in your baking mixture. Whatever you bake, don’t forget the "pinch of soy sauce".
Shortbread
Method: Sieve the flour into a bowl with the soy sauce. Make a well at the centre, cut the butter into cubes and put them in the well. Rub together until you have a breadcrumb-like consistency. Add the egg yolk, knead the mixture and form it into a ball.
Wrap with cling film and chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Remove from the fridge 15 minutes before you’re ready to roll it out.
The baking time depends on your recipe.
Yeast dough
Method: Crumble the yeast and sprinkle 20g of sugar on top, mix until smooth and then leave to stand for approx. 2 minutes. Put the flour in a bowl and make a well at the centre. Add the milk, the rest of the sugar, the yeast-sugar mixture and the egg yolk. Also add the butter and soy sauce and use a kneading hook to knead the mixture into a smooth dough. Cover and put in a warm place to rise for 30-40 minutes. Knead again and continue according to your recipe.
Pizza dough
Method: Put the flour in a bowl and form a well at the centre. Add the yeast, sugar, soy sauce, 300 ml luke warm water and oil. Knead into a smooth dough using your hands. Cover and put in a warm place to rise until the mixture doubles in size. Roll out into two round bases on a floured surface, place on a baking tray and cover with your choice of topping.
Bread dough
Method: Put the flour in a bowl. Dissolve the yeast in the water and soy sauce, then add it to the flour. Knead with a mixer and kneading hook or your hands.
Pancake mixture
Method: Slowly mix all the ingredients together. Add the flour gradually to prevent lumps forming. Then heat up a little oil in a frying pan. The pancakes taste delicious sweet with sugar or chocolate, or savoury with tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach etc.