Flours and Ground Meals
Flours and ground meals are used to create many of the foods that we eat every day; and some foods that we only eat occasionally. Without the use of flour, the diets of most people would change dramatically. Flour comes in many different varieties that are used for different types of food. Flours are typically made from different types of … Keep Reading → wheat. Examples of flours include Bread flour which is high in gluten which gives it a stronger texture that is perfect for breads. Cake flour has much lower gluten content and a high starch content that is better able to interact with the sugar that goes into cakes and other bakery products. Another type of flour is semolina, which is made from durum wheat, which is the hardest wheat. Semolina is most often used to make pasta. In some cases grains other than wheat are used and these are referred to as ground meal. Corn and rice are common types of ground meal.
