Episode 357
Yeast: Rising from the bread
What is it about yeast which makes it so useful in bread making?
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
April 1, 20153m 20s
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Show Notes
A favourite Easter tradition are hot cross buns, but there's one particular ingredient which no bread can do without: yeast. What is about this strange powdery ingredient that makes it so useful? Philip Garsed took some freshly baked hot cross buns to molecular biologiest Lia Chappell to find out. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
easthot cross bunsbakedyeastbiologykitchengenetic