Carryover paste: what is criscito, how is 'grandma's yeast' used

Let's find out what carryover pasta is, the differences compared to sourdough, how it is used in the kitchen and some delicious recipes.

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Have you ever heard of the carry-over paste, carry-over yeast or criscito? It is a portion of leavened dough that is obtained from leftovers, then reused as an addition in the preparation of another dough. And in fact the name also suggests it, which not surprisingly includes the term "carry".

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What is carryover pasta

If the natural mother yeast derives from the fermentation of water and flour, the carryover yeast is instead obtained from an already leavened dough.

What is

Carryover paste is used to add acidity to a new dough so that it matures more quickly. But you have to be careful to use it in the right way to prevent the acidity from rising too much. In general, 20% can be added during the winter and 10% of the weight of the dough in the summer.

Mistakes not to make

Using carryover yeast without adding more yeast to the new dough is a mistake because it does not always have sufficient leavening power. So it is always better to add more fresh yeast, leaving the carryover yeast the simple task of accelerating the maturation of the dough and adding flavor to everything.

As for its duration, generally if kept at room temperature it can reach 24 hours. Be careful not to use it if more time has passed at room temperature, the excessive levels of acidity reached could compromise the new dough.

If you use carryover yeast or carryover dough it is better to decrease the percentage of salt in the dough, which should be around 1,5%, since the carryover already contains it.

Differences from mother yeast

The mother yeast should not be confused with the carryover yeast because the first is obtained with water and flour and is naturally fermented. While, as we have already seen, the carryover yeast is obtained from a ready-made dough.

Recipes with carry-over pasta: pizza and bread

With the carryover pasta you can prepare tasty recipes, for example the beloved pizza. The recipes of TerroreSplendore offers us a recipe based on carryover pasta, water, flour 0 and type 2 flour, tomato sauce and mozzarella.

The carryover pasta in this recipe is refreshed and poured into the mixer, adding flour and salt, then kneaded for a few minutes. Type 2 flour is then added, kneading for about ten minutes. As the recipe explains, the dough should be left to rise and used later to prepare pizza with tomato sauce and mozzarella sauce. Find the complete recipe here.

make bread "As it once was" you can be inspired by this recipe which involves the use of carryover pasta, water, durum wheat semolina, 00 flour, Manitoba flour, salt and barley malt.

SOURCES: The recipes of TerroreSplendore / cielomiomarito

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