Where can I buy pasta flour from?

redballoon_2

I have just run out of pasta flour! My nearest big tesco doesnt sell it!
Has anyone seen it anywhere?

saver_sam

You can use strong flour instead

redballoon_2

Ohhh great!! I have some very stong brown flour that i brought for my breakmaker. Will this be ok??

saver_sam

Well I used my white bread flour to make lasagne sheets and tagletelle last week and it was beautiful! I froze the tagletelle and it was still much nicer than the dried stuff from the supermarket - should really make it myself more often!

perhaps using brown makes it wholemeal pasta and even better for you, however i'm not sure. give it a go and perhaps post if it is a success

thriftlady_2

Waitrose stock 00 pasta flour.

tru

I use ordinary flour

Kazonline

I've also seen it in Asda next to the strong flours.
Kaz x

Nile

Although substitutes may work, pasta is usually made from semolina.

Semolina is made from durum wheat, from the USA. Durum wheat is yellow in colour and when milled it makes a pale yellow semolina flour.

If a strong flour substitute is used to make pasta, it will probably be made from UK or European wheat..............and won't give the same results.;)

Debt_Free_Chick

Nile wrote:

Although substitutes may work, pasta is usually made from semolina.

Semolina is made from durum wheat, from the USA. Durum wheat is yellow in colour and when milled it makes a pale yellow semolina flour.

If a strong flour substitute is used to make pasta, it will probably be made from UK or European wheat..............and won't give the same results.;)

I'll second that. In particular, I find that pasta with "ordinary" strong flour has an unattractive grey colour and a very ... errrmmmm .... floury taste. Tastes almost raw ... a bit like raw bread dough.

I didn't find it particularly appetising

piglet6

Yep, Waitrose has it, and my Asda stocks the same type, but it is in the special diets (gluten free, wheat free, low sodium, etc) section.

Piglet