Italian Flour question
"Giusi" wrote
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>> Hi, Got a friend in the breadmakers group asking for what Italian 00 and
>> Italian 0 flours are.
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>> Anyone know?
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> They are different grinds, both fine, but 00 being finer and perfectly
> usable as pastry flour. In supermarkets they are mostly soft wheat (grano
> tenero) but you can also find 0, 00 and 1 flours in hard wheat as well.
> Ergo, you will know nothing of protein content or glutens from 0 and 00.
Thanks Giusi! Thats what I figured.
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