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Cream of tartar
Also searched as: tartaric acid salt
In short: A salt of tartaric acid that settles out during winemaking. In the kitchen it acts as the acid in baking powder and steadies whisked egg whites.
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- Harold McGee: On Food and Cooking (2004), Kapitel Eier; Kapitel Brot und Backtriebmittel