Yesterday I was cooking a Focaccia were I required just a gramme of yeast and a gramme of salt.
When I try to use my (electric) scales, it never registers 1 gramme of difference. I also needed to weigh 5 grammes of olive oil, but i could not take out the exact quantity.
What can I do to measure very small quantities whilst cooking?
Best Answer
Simplest solution: Buy a more sensitive scale. There's plenty around that can measure grams.
If that's not an option, you can sort of just about get it quite, but not completely wrong by using measuring spoons:
A full teaspoon with something in it is usually around 5 grams. A quarter teaspoon would be 1.25 grams, if you happen to have a 1/8th measuring spoon, it would be around 0,6 grams.
I'm not very proficient in baking (or not at all, really), but what I notice (or think I noticed) is that correct measurements in baking are more important than they are in cooking. So the best advice would still be (since you're baking a focaccia) to buy a more sensitive scale.