Baranka products
Baranka product (Russian: бараночное изделие, romanized: baranochnoye izdyeliye) is a traditional Russian[1][2] boiled bread product of reduced humidity in the form of a ring, usually long-term storage, offered as a snack for tea, which is taken by hand.
The main types are: barankas, sushkas, bubliks, in each of the types there are many varieties: simple, with poppy seeds, with cumin, sweet, vanilla, salted and others. The common feature of all these types is a thin glossy toasted surface formed due to scalding of products before baking and protecting the product from mold penetration during prolonged storage.
Products related in ring shape and cooking technology with roots in the Jewish Eastern European bagels, as well as British, American and Canadian bagels, unlike crispy and long-stored baranka products, are softer and consumed only freshly baked.The main commodity characteristics for products of this class are the diameter (for products of an oblong shape, this is the minimum and maximum diameter), the thickness of the harness (the diameter of the bread section), the number of products per 1 kg, humidity, acidity, sugar content, fat content.
As a class of bakery products, it stands out only in Russia and some post-Soviet countries; as of 2009, the segment of baranka products was estimated at 1.5% of the Russian bakery market as a whole. Among the major producers of the baranka assortment are the Vladimir Bakery, the Ostankino factory of baranka products, the Nevsky Sushka plant of the St. Petersburg company "Karavay".
Production technology[edit]
The industrial production of all baranka products consists of the following successive phases: preparation of a sponge or a porch, preparation of dough, its rubbing, laying, forming of ring blanks, their proofing, scalding, baking, after which the finished products can be packaged and packaged for subsequent storage, transportation and sale. The process in household conditions can be shortened, but in general, the technological principles of home cooking of baranka products are the same as in industrial production[3].
Baranka[edit]
Barankas (Russian: баранки, romanized: baranki), as a rule, are noticeably larger than sushkas both in cross-section and in diameter of the product: 1.7 to 2.2 cm thickness of the harness and 7 to 10 cm diameter of the ring. Depending on the variety, there are from 35 to 45 products per 1 kg of barankas.
They have been mentioned in Russian written sources since the XVII century, moreover, they are differentiated from other types of bakery products of that time — kalaches, crackers, pretzels, gingerbread. By the same time, the mention of the profession of a barannik or baranochnik (Russian: баранник, баранщик), i.e. a baker engaged in baking this type of products, is attributed. In the literature of the XIX century, Valdai barankas are repeatedly mentioned[4]. Often, garlands of barankas were used to decorate homes, including because the barankas symbolized the sun. William Pokhlyobkin and a number of sources referring to him call the Belarusian city of Smorgon "the birthplace of barankas"[5].; Adam Kirkor mentioned the fact that in the second half of the XIX century in Smorgon baking "obvarankas" was the occupation of almost the majority of residents[6]; in the 1930s there were about 60 bakers in Smorgon. Smorgon barankas were a traditional treat at the St. Casimir's Day fair in Vilna.
Bublik[edit]
Bubliks (Russian: бублики, romanized: bubliki) are products of various sizes, differ from other baranka products by a higher level of humidity and are not used as canned bread due to shorter shelf life. In terms of marketable properties, bubliks occupy an intermediate position between barankas and small-piece bakery products, they come true, depending on the variety, both individually and in packages of several pieces or by weight. In the middle of the XX century, Ukrainian bubliks were standardized by weight and piece (in variants of 50 g and 100 g), bubliks with poppy seeds, with cumin, later milk bubliks were standardized (15 liters of milk per 100 kg of flour)[7].
Sushkas[edit]
Sushkas (Russian: сушки, romanized: sushki) are the smallest of the baranka products, their diameter is from 4 to 12 cm, and the thickness of the harness is no more than 1.5 cm. Among the standardized recipes as of the end of the XX century, there are ordinary dried wheat flour of the first and highest grades, with poppy seeds, vanilla (with the addition of vanillin and the highest sugar content among all baranka products), mustard (mustard oil is used instead of refined vegetable oil). In addition to the ring shape, oblong sushkas ("chelnochok") is sometimes made. At the beginning of the XX century, glazed sushkas became popular, as well as mini-sushkas are products of reduced size with a diameter of up to 4 cm. Traditionally, sushkas were given to children in Russian families during teething, which is reflected in modern brands of sushkas ("Krokha", "Malyutka"). Previously, sushkas were sold and stored in bundles on a rope of 90 to 150 products, since the end of the XX century, they have been sold either as a weight product, or packed in paper or polymer bags of 150-300 g[7].
References[edit]
- ↑ "БАРАНОЧНЫЕ ИЗДЕЛИЯ • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия". bigenc.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- ↑ "Бараночные изделия — Большая советская энциклопедия". Gufo.me (in русский). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ Пащенко Л. П., Жаркова И. М. (2008). Технология хлебобулочных издeлий (in Russian). Library Genesis. КолосС. ISBN 978-5-9532-0655-6.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- ↑ "Баранки, бублики, сушки | Русская речь". russkayarech.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ "Большая энциклопедия кулинарного искусства. Все рецепты В.В. Похлёбкина - Похлёбкин Вильям :: Читать онлайн в BooksCafe.Net". bookscafe.net. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ ИнфоРост, Н. П. "ГПИБ | Т. 3. Ч. 1 : Литовское полесье ; Ч. 2 : Белорусское полесье. - СПб. ; М., 1882". elib.shpl.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Книга П.С.Ершов. Сборник рецептур на хлеб и хлебобулочные изделия (1998, djvu) - большая электронная библиотека". bookree.org. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
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