"Finish off with a sprinkling of icing sugar." How many recipes end up like this? The icing sugar it is an ingredient to have always in the pantry to garnish the desserts but not only. Adds sweetness and embellishes preparations. Party protagonist (on Pandoro at Christmas or on the chatter at Carnival), delicate on biscuits, donuts, brioche, icing sugar is also useful, for example, for making meringues, cold cakes, to create the real ice or sugar paste.

Homemade icing sugar

Easy to find, icing sugar is just as easy to make at home. You only need one ingredient caster sugar, and a few minutes to chop it with a mixer until a powdery consistency is achieved. When you have chopped sugar, if you like, you can add vanilla or dried peel of orange peel or lemon to taste.romatizzarlo.
Once ready, use it immediately or, if you have done it in abundance, keep it in a glass container closed in a dry place.

Icing sugar with starch

If you need to use icing sugar to garnish it is better to add corn starch so that it becomes more resistant to moisture (otherwise you will see it "disappear" as soon as it is dusted: the quantities are 3 g per 100 g of sugar. Add l starch even if you have to use icing sugar to make the sugar paste.

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