A recipe formula is an ingredient and ratio-based approach to writing a recipe. You can call it a recipe template or recipe pattern. Rather than defining exact ingredient measurements in my recipe, I create a modular recipe where there are blocks of ingredients, like Legos.
What is the formula for converting a recipe?
Determine the required yield of the recipe by multiplying the new number of portions and the new size of each portion. Find the conversion factor by dividing the required yield (Step 2) by the recipe yield (Step 1). That is, conversion factor = (required yield)/(recipe yield).
What is a formula in culinary?
A formula is how a professional specialty food manufacturer will document your information and is based on pounds, kilograms, grams and other weight measurements. These weights are then converted to percentages so any amount or batch size can be made on those confirmed percentages.
