Pasta & Pizza Flour

Bgar True

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

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.

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

rosenallis

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

kerno

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

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

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.

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)

novarock

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

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

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