Italian flour different that regular flour??!
Italian flour different that regular flour??
I have a receipe that calls for typo 00 but I can't find it anywhere around here. What is the difference between this flour and regular flour. Will it effect the receipe? Does anyone know where to get typo 00
Answers:
In Italy "00" is the most commonly used flour; it means it came from the inside part of the grain (up to 75% of the total grain is used);
flour type "0", "1" and "2" instead also include some of the exterior part ("aleurone": granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains http://dict.die.net/aleurone/);... when *all* the grain is grinded, we have "farina integrale", "whole wheat".
As for look, "00" is white, "0" is a little darker (but still white), then whole wheat is dark.
Also important is if flour is from "common weath" or "durum weath", since both do have their own "0", "00", type etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/triticum_ae...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/triticum_du...
You should check the recipe if you want to know which one you should use (if not mentioned, generally is "common"); pasta must be made with durum wheat, otherwise you get what in Italy is known as "colla" ("glue"); alas somebody actually sell this kind of pasta and I know about people that don't like pasta because they tried just this one.
Durum wheat is generally also used for bread and *some kind* of baked cake.
Look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/flour#types...
"00" type is something between "all-purpose flour" and "pastry flour", since it must have max ash = 0.55% and minimum protein = 9,00%
HEY your making gravy flour is fine
Why don't you ASK at the grocery store
OR
Take time to read the label.
sounds like you can't read the language either.
I believe type 00 flour is just regular flour that has been milled extra fine. You can probably just use general purpose flour without any real difference. Heck, you probably won't notice much difference regardless of what type of flour you use.
I know what you mean...It is very difficult to get this type of flour in our normal grocery stores or supermarkets. I think only high end specialized gourmet stores sell them. Italian 00 is a very finely milled plain flour, it is much finer in texture than our normal flour. Basically, it is just plain flour with a finer texture.