Often in culinary recipes you can find such an unusual ingredient as pudding powder. Unfortunately, it is not sold in all stores, so housewives have difficulties in preparing tempting desserts.
Where is pudding powder used?
In cooking, this composition is used not only for the preparation of classic pudding, but as a thickener for other desserts. For example, Russian women often prepare cheesecake using this powder. Of course, with such components, it does not completely coincide with the originals, but it is not inferior in taste.
Most often, pudding powder is used to make dressings, fillings and thick cream for pies and cakes, they turn out to be airy and very tender. Fortunately, this product can be replaced with something that every housewife has in the refrigerator.
How to replace pudding powder
If you have starch in your home, it can be a great substitute for pudding powder. It is starch that has remarkable thickening properties, therefore it is used to prepare delicate curd fillings for pies. This cream perfectly emphasizes the taste of canned and fresh fruits: peaches, apricots, apples.
Some housewives have adapted and replaced the powder with simple semolina, because it is available and is in almost every store. In terms of the amount of cereal, you need to take the same amount as the powder for making pudding. The filling for the pies will turn out to be tender, moderately thick and will not spread when cutting the product.
Another ingredient in pudding powder is flavoring. They can be easily replaced with vanilla. After all, it is he who gives the baked goods such a cozy and homey flavor.
Remember that pudding powder usually contains sugar. Therefore, it must be added as a supplement when preparing the filling, otherwise it may turn out to be sour. Sugar can be mixed immediately with starch and vanilla.
Thus, when you want to bake a delicious homemade pie with a thick filling, you do not need to look for pudding powder in all the shops in the city, if it is among the ingredients in the recipe. It is enough just to inspect the shelves in the kitchen, get starch or semolina from there, add granulated sugar (preferably ground in a coffee grinder), vanillin to taste. These simple components make an excellent replacement for purchased powder. Of course, the proportions will have to be selected individually for each recipe. But it's worth it.
