This page contains an explanation of the terms and abbreviations used on the site. The list is not final and will be updated frequently.
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Dough | A mix of ingredients, mixed and processed together. This term also identifies the mechanical action. Kneading Methods (TO ADD LINK). |
| "Pirlatura" - Dough Rounding | Rolling a dough means rounding it by turning it in your hands or on the work surface, giving it a regular spherical shape, in order to homogenize its strength, allowing it to grow regularly during leavening. |
| "Puntata" | First stage of dough rise aka first fermentation or bulk fermentation. |
| "Staglio" - Dough Divider | Dough hand cut and rolled into small dough balls also known as "panetti". |
| Panetti or Panielli | Dough divided in small dough balls, in Napoletan called also “criscitielli”. |
| Rising boxes | Alimentary cases with non-hermetic lid used to store the dough balls to rise. |
| "Appretto" | Second stage of dough rise, after the dough is divided in small dough balls and placed in rising boxes, aka second fermentation and maturation. |
| Hydration | Percentage of water in the dough calculated on the total amount of flour. To calculate it, a simple mathematical proportion is enough, for example 65% of hydration out of 1000 g of flour is 650 g of water. If you want to know the hydration percentage of a recipe, the formula is Hydration Percentage = Water * 100 / Flour You can use the Hydration Percentage Calculator (TO ADD LINK). |
| Low Hydration | Hydration minor than 60%. |
| High Hydration | Hydration greater than 60%. |
| RT | Room Temperature. |
| CT | Controlled Temperature refers to a period of fermentation in a device with fixed temperature, for example a Fermabiga at 18 ℃ or the fridge at 4-6 ℃. |
| CF | Cold Fermantation, usually refers to a period of fermentation in the fridge at 4-6 ℃. |
| Final Temperature | Temperature of the dough at the end of the kneading. |
| W | Index that represent the strength of the flour. |
| Plain flour | All-purposes flour (AP) |