Trick: Make pastry flour with Thermomix

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3 July, 2022

In many pastry recipes we are asked for pastry flour instead of normal flour.

If we do not have pastry flour, we can make a small trick with our normal flour from home and we are going to transform it into pastry flour in less than 1 minute with our thermomix.

Trick: Make pastry flour with Thermomix

TRICK:

We put our flour in the Thermomix bowl and give it speed from 5 to 10 progressively for 1 minute.

Now we put the difference between normal or strength flour and pastry flour:

STRENGTH FLOUR:

It is flour with a high protein content (gluten).
To be considered strong, the flour must have at least a percentage of 12 grams of protein in every 100 grams of flour.

It is made with durum wheat semolina. Its higher starch content makes the kneading, stretching and refining of the dough more expensive, so more force must be applied in the kneading. It is the flour that is used in bakeries

PASTRY FLOUR:

this flour is much looser, finer, its use is more appropriate for confectionery, as its name indicates. They are loose or weak flours, ideal for preparing soft and smooth products, such as biscuits.

They have a low proportion of protein (gluten).

Cornstarch or cornstarch is a good substitute for cake flour.

Its protein content is between 6-10%

Recipe by chomon