Cook's Illustrated

The Importance of Cream of Tartar

Published January 1, 2010. From Cook's Illustrated.

Recipes that require stiffly beaten egg whites often call for potassium acid tartrate, better known as cream of tartar. Is this an ingredient you can skip, if you don’t happen to have it on hand?

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