Question

A recipe for sabayon calls for 2 egg yolks, 3 tablespoons of sugar, and ¼ cup of white wine. After cracking the eggs, you start measuring the sugar, but accidentally put in 4 tablespoons of sugar. How can you compensate?

Answer 1

Here, we need to take the ratio in which the ingradients are mixed. And in similar proportion, we can increase the other quantities too if one is increased.

Lets get the ratio first.

2 egg yolks: 3 tablespoons of sugar : 1/4 cup of white wine

Multiply the above equation with 4, which gives the ratio as

8 egg yolks: 12 tablespoons of sugar: 1 cup of white wine

Divide the above equation with 3

8/3 egg yolks: 4 tablespoons of sugar : 1/3 cup of white wine

So, if you use 4 tablespoons of sugar, you must increase your egg olks to 8/3 and the white wine to 1/3 cup .

Hope this helps!