Understanding times and measures

Active and elapsed time

Preparation means work before cooking. Total adds cooking and stated rests: 10 minutes for pancakes, 60 minutes proofing for pizza and 180 minutes chilling for mousse. Separate oven batches need extra time.

Change the yield

Multiply ingredients by desired servings / original servings. For 6 instead of 4, use 1.5. Pan diameter and thickness also change: do not automatically multiply cooking time.

Mass is not volume

1 kg = 1,000 g; 1 litre = 1,000 ml; 1 cl = 10 ml. Flour measured in ml does not have the same number of grams: density and packing matter. Use scales for dough and baking.

Check the result

Check vegetable tenderness and the underside of baked dough. Times depend on equipment. Pizza proofing depends on temperature: look for visible expansion.

Times are approximate and depend on equipment, ingredient size and products. Check labels on packaged ingredients too.