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Pasta & Pizza Flour

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  • 18-05-2010 2:26pm
    #1
    Bgar True
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭


    Would anyone know where I can buy a Pasta & Pizza flour? Lots of recipies on the internet but I cant find them in shops.:confused:


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    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Look for strong bread flour in the shop, Odlums make one.
    Doves farm organic is also good, try a health food shop they usually have a better range of speciality flours than the supermarkets.


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    huskerdu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭huskerdu


    Pizza and Pasta need two different flours.

    Pizza is made with yeast so needs a strong flour ( high in gluten) as was already said in a previous post. I use Odlums, or Hovis or Addisons, all available in Supermarkets.

    For pasta, plain flour is OK, but a durum semolina flour is recommended.

    Here is a website that explains why different flours are best for different
    pasta recipes.


    http://www.pasta-recipes-made-easy.com/pasta-flour.html


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    rosenallis
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭rosenallis


    00 flour is good enough for me, and you get a great thin base!


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    kerno
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭kerno


    You can use either 00 flour or Leviathan flour..!!

    Info can be found HERE.....!!!


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    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    A bit OT but I saw tesco are doing pizza base mixes now, it is in the section with flour and bread/scone mixes. It was very cheap like 29c or something, I think it even works out cheaper than buying the yeast itself, i.e. it had yeast in it and dry yeast sachets on their own are relatively expensive.


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    antoniosicily
    Registered Users Posts: 342 ✭✭antoniosicily


    pizza: strong white flour (either tesco or odlums), you can 'cut' it with plain flour (odlums cream)

    pasta: plain flour (i.e.: italian 00 or odlums cream) doesn't make any sense unless you're doing egg pasta, because the egg will help binding the flour together; to do non-egg pasta you have to use durum flour + water. So, to summarize:
    egg pasta = plain flour + egg (no water, no oil, no anything else)
    standard pasta = durum flour + water (no eggs, no oil, no anything else)


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    #8
    novarock
    Registered Users Posts: 1,132 ✭✭✭novarock


    There is a shop on Dunville Avenue in Rathmines called Best of Italy that sell both...


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    Bgar True
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Bgar True


    Thanks for all the suggestions - actually found a Roma Pizza & Pasta flour in Superquinn Lucan last Friday.

    Roma have a video on their website on how to make egg pasta using this flour - didnt try it yet but it looks pretty straight forward http://www.roma.ie/MeetOurCooks/Default.aspx?sec=vid


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    antoniosicily
    Registered Users Posts: 342 ✭✭antoniosicily


    Bgar True wrote: »
    Thanks for all the suggestions - actually found a Roma Pizza & Pasta flour in Superquinn Lucan last Friday.

    Roma have a video on their website on how to make egg pasta using this flour - didnt try it yet but it looks pretty straight forward http://www.roma.ie/MeetOurCooks/Default.aspx?sec=vid

    I had a look, I don't agree with the process (parsley in the flour?? jesus), anyway you can try :D


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