What is the function of sieves in baking?

Answer 1

A sieve is used when you are cooking something and you need to get rid of the lumps, such as when you are making a cake, you often sieve the flour before adding it to the mixture so that it is not lumpy. A sieve can also be used when you are cooking something like vegetables and want to get rid of the water you have boiled them in. You would hold the sieve over the sink and then pour the vegetables and water into the sieve and you would be left with just the vegetables because the water would go through the little holes in the sieve and down the sink

Answer 2

To separate liquids from solids. For sauces, like gravy, you want to remove lumps and other solids. For some flavored stocks, you sieve out spices herbs and vegetables or meats. For boiled foods a sieve or a colander drains the cooking liquid out of the food. Some specialized sieves, like tea bells and coffee percolators or presses remove the solids from the beverage.

Answer 3

A sieve in cooking is normally used to remove lumps from dry baking and cake making ingredients, such as flour, icing sugar and cocoa powder. By sieving these dry ingredients you also add air which helps to make the finished product light and fluffy.

Answer 4

A sieve crushes the food and drains its liquids into a container such as a bowl or pan.

Answer 5

To strain or remove additional liquid, also a type of strainer

Answer 6

A sieve is a utensil used in cooking to separate liquids from solids by mashing the solids, allowing the liquids to drain.

Answer 7

I would use a sieve in a kitchen to separate food items such as peas, rice, etc, from the boiling water they were cooked in.

Answer 8

take the hard out of thesmooth

Answer 9

to make sure you die in a hole painfully