Chemistry in the Kitchen Spring 2023
Scientific Food Blogs by Dickinson Students
There may be only five ingredients in popovers, but they undeniably are not the healthiest. The main culprit of this would be the butter. 15g grams of it into the batter, and the popover cups/muffin tins must also be heavily greased with butter to ensure the pastry doesn’t stick and is moist enough. This is …
Popovers may be fairly simple to make, but the science behind them is still complex, and each ingredient serves all the more an important purpose because of how few there are. The main point of difference compared to other pastries is the leavening agent, steam, which makes popovers hollow and leaves large air pockets in …
Popovers are a type of quick roll composed of milk, eggs, flour, melted butter, and salt. The specific recipe I am researching comes from Cooking for Geeks, page 239. (All pictures taken by me.)
Below is a Time and Activity Chart for Steam-powered Popovers that encapsulates the recipe. See Popover Recipe for more information. Time and Activity Chart of Recipe
Ever since I was young, it was always my dad who did the cooking, because I preferred to read by myself or play board games with my younger brother. Now that I’m older and less afraid of blowing up the kitchen, I’ve finally started to step out of my comfort zone when it comes to …