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Old 19.09.2009, 17:59
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Re: [Zurich] Want to share your baking knowledge?

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I'm trying to find strong white flour. It doesn't seem to be in my local Coop.

Any ideas?
For strong white flour, look for one with a high durum (Hartweizen) wheat content. I can't remember exactly, as I got interested in these things many moons ago, but I think the durum flour has a higher gluten count, which gives more elasticity to the bread fibres. Something like that anyway.

You could try the Pasta/Knopfli flour, or try a mix of "zopfmehl", which has a higher durum wheat content than the usual white flour and can be found in all grocery shops here, together with the "Knopfli" flour.

Have fun with your bread baking.
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