When cooking, what does the term "fold it through" imply?!


Question: When cooking, what does the term "fold it through" imply!?
for example: with the cooked broccoli and butternut squash, fold it through with the mustard seed, lemon juice and apple!.

If this just means "mix it" do you have to liquify the apple first!?

hope this make sense and thanks in advance!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
folding it through is just a technique of gently taking a spatula or spoon from the center of the bowl and scooping/'folding'/turning out to the sides of the bowl, while turning the bowl!. you do this in order to keep things from breaking, in this case you'd do it gently to keep the broccoli and squash in tact!. or else, you'd have a big load of mush!. good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com

"folding in" is what I call it!. If this is what you mean is usually done with a metal spoon, very gently you bring one lot of ingredients from one side of the bowl sort of over the top of the other ingredients and repeat till they are mixed together but still seperate, not mushed up - hard to describe now I think about it !

Often its done in cakes to keep air in the mixture, if you mixed hard all the air would be lost and the cake would sink!. Hope this helps, happy cooking :)Www@FoodAQ@Com

In that context it does really just mean mix it but carefully turning the ingredients over rather than stirring them around!. You would usually use the term folding in where you are tryng to avoid taking air out!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it just means add it, and mix it up, but gently, keeping everything intactWww@FoodAQ@Com

i use a plastic spatula and put the new ingredients on top of the mixture and take the mixture to cover itWww@FoodAQ@Com

It means to mix gently with a spatula, so as not to break!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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