List of products by brand Crisco

Crisco Vegetable Shortening

Crisco is a fat of plant origin without any taste or color. Also called “vegetable shortening”, Crisco is originally widely used in American pastries.

Crisco is a great alternative to margarine and butter and with a completely neutral taste.

In cake design, this product can be used in many ways which are the reasons for its success:

• To prevent the sugar paste from sticking and to make it more flexible when kneading.
• Shine the sugar paste, grease the cookie cutters.
• Mix with candy melt.
• Grease the molds or plates or as a tart base.
• Make the icings smoother.

The CRISCO is an essential culinary aid in the labs of cake designers and creative pastry enthusiasts. You will find at arounddugateau.fr, this vegetable fat packaged in 1.36 kg jars or in 453 g jars and at a very competitive price.

CRISCO can be stored for up to 1 year after opening and should be stored at room temperature.

This product is suitable for vegetarian diets and is Halal and Kosher certified.

The History of Crisco

Crisco was founded in 1911 by the Procter & Gamble company and was created to replace butter which was too expensive. The recipe is based on corn, cottonseed and soy vegetable oil.

These products rich in fatty acids, based on olive oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil or even palm oil are perfect for replacing butter. So for cooking and preparing your pastries. Crisco is also known for its nutritional quality: antioxidants and helps reduce bad cholesterol by replacing animal fats.

What pastry recipes to make with Crisco?

- Tarts for a succulent dessert made with Crisco, all you have to do is replace the butter with crisco in the recipe for the dough and the filling. This also works with savory pies!

- Yogurt pound cake can also be made with Crisco shortening , you simply replace the butter with the vegetable fat. This is also the case for cookies, butter-based cakes, shortbread biscuits, etc.

- Buttercream can also be made with crisco!