coffeyhouse 2 years, 3 months ago said: Extra fine flour Does anyone know where I can buy exta fine flour for making calzones and doughnuts?
chefjeb 2 years, 3 months ago said: flour it's not extra fine flour you are looking for, it's bread flour. both yeast-rise doughnuts and calzones and pizza are lean doughs.Doughs that are too rich will brown too fast and be greasy and absorb too much frying fat (in the case of the doughnuts). A leaner dough has stronger gluten which can withstand the handling involved in both doughnuts and pizza doughs. Bread flour has a higher gluten content. Cake doughnuts are different. They don't need the extra gluten.
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coffeyhouse 2 years, 3 months ago said:
Extra fine flour
Does anyone know where I can buy exta fine flour for making calzones and doughnuts?
chefjeb 2 years, 3 months ago said:
flour
it's not extra fine flour you are looking for, it's bread flour. both yeast-rise doughnuts and calzones and pizza are lean doughs.Doughs that are too rich will brown too fast and be greasy and absorb too much frying fat (in the case of the doughnuts). A leaner dough has stronger gluten which can withstand the handling involved in both doughnuts and pizza doughs. Bread flour has a higher gluten content. Cake doughnuts are different. They don't need the extra gluten.