cec
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Post by cec on Apr 24, 2012 6:59:37 GMT
Iv been looking in to how to make the pizza dough , I know it's strong white flour ,
What brands of flour are the best ?
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Post by stevejhunt on Apr 24, 2012 19:05:58 GMT
Personal preference I guess. I'm currently using Premier Pizza Flour that I get in 15kg sacks from Adams my local take away supplier.
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Post by cec on Apr 24, 2012 20:24:40 GMT
How much is that ? , I go to your neck of the woods quite often , where abouts in castelford is this supplier
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Post by stevejhunt on Apr 25, 2012 7:27:11 GMT
My local branch is in Leeds just opposite where I work (which is handy). They do a range of different flours starting at £6.99 for a 15kg sack (sometimes cheaper if they're on special) and other stuff like tinned tomato pizza toppings, bags of grated cheese, tinned chillis, frozen pepperoni, garlic sausage etc. They specialise in stuff for take aways and have a few branches over the North. Probably a cheats way of doing things but great for easy bulk buys if you're having a party. This link takes you to their site www.adams-branches.com/ Cheers Steve |
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Post by webbaldo on Apr 25, 2012 9:24:28 GMT
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Post by scottme on Apr 25, 2012 12:46:21 GMT
When making pizza dough there are plenty other variables that need worrying about before you get to choosing a specific brand of flour. Fresh or dried yeast? or sourdough culture? How long to let it ferment? How much to knead it? How much salt to add? Oil or no oil? What level of hydration?
To be honest, as long as you use a good quality strong flour and it's reasonably fresh, any make will probably do.
Recently I have been using a strong Canadian wheat flour (Marriage's) that I bought in a 15kg sack from Costco, and it's turned out lovely each time. Before that I was using Allinson, Waitrose, even Tesco's own label strong flours and they all worked.
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Post by baronkev on Apr 26, 2012 8:08:13 GMT
I bet you it would be near impossibly to tell the diffrence between supermarket flour and some stupidly expensive artisan flour.
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