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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a dough of" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a quantity of dough, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "I need a dough of bread for the recipe."
Alternatives: "a batch of dough" or "a portion of dough".
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A dough of water, milk, yeast, salt and sugar is mixed and then tinted with squid ink.
The nicely charred crust — with a dough of potato, durum and fine zero-zero flour — was firm enough to support a generous measure of toppings.
She had simmered chicken in a complex yellow mole sauce, and as she wrapped the filling in a dough of masa harina, she added a strip of hoja santa, a sweet leafy herb with a mysterious fragrance.
In a nook that resembled a messy kitchen, an Argentinean employee, a trained sculptor named Sebas Beyro, was preparing to make a cast by kneading a "dough" of scagliola plaster tinted to imitate stone.
Order tamales and you will mostly get the savory corn dough made with masa -- a dough of ground corn and water, and shortening -- with a little meat in the center.
Not far away, in Corona, Queens, is Tortilleria Nixtamal, a restaurant well known for tortillas made from masa, a dough of dried white corn that has been boiled and soaked in slaked lime and water, which softens the corn and makes it easier to peel — a process called nixtamalization.
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What you are essentially doing is trapping pieces of butter within a dough made of flour and water.
Should you keep a bread starter you can substitute a soft dough of your own.
Add cold water until you have a dough, about the consistency of bread dough.
Add enough water to get a consistency reminiscent of a dough ball.
Place a dough ball between two pieces of parchment paper.
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