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Record 1 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Breadmaking
DEF

Punching or kneading of the dough during bulk fermentation to expel some of the carbon dioxide and improve subsequent fermentation.

OBS

This is also essential if the dough is to be mechanically divided, as most dividers are based, in part at least, on volume.

OBS

When doughs were made by hand [the operation of knocking-back] was known as cutting back.

OBS

knock back; punching: terms used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

Key term(s)
  • knock-back
  • knocking-back

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Boulangerie
DEF

Coups ou brassage que l'on fait subir à la pâte pendant le pointage pour expulser une partie du gaz carbonique et améliorer la fermentation subséquente.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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