Why do flours with the same strengths behave so differently in panettone dough? Which flour components, often undeclared, control water content, viscosity, and dough stability? What role do non-starch polysaccharides and pentosans play in this… …
Why did my sourdough starter collapse within hours of being refreshed? Why didn't that panettone, made with the same recipe as always, rise as it should? Why does the flour I bought from the mill last week behave differently?
How does flour characterize the pasta madre? Because the same flour for pasta madre can it give different results between different sourdoughs but also on the same sourdough? How to recognize when the problem is the flour and when… …
It often happens that you come across recipes that include malt among the ingredients. But what is malt? What is it for? What is the difference between malt flour and malt extract? And between diastatic malt and toasted malt?… …
Flour, a complex and sensitive ingredient It's easy to say flour. Yet, contrary to popular belief, it is an extremely complex ingredient, the result of which is given by the selection of the grains and the entire manufacturing process, including… …
Have you ever tasted wholemeal panettone? If the answer is no, it means the time has come to do it! If the answer is yes, then you know why I'm writing this guide on how to make wholemeal panettone! Because if… …
Flour is the main ingredient of every dough and every sourdough starter. The quality of baked products comes through its careful selection, but also through its correct conservation. Correctly stored flour, used correctly… …
Starch. What is starch? Although it has a central function, both in sourdough and in doughs, not everyone knows what it really is, what its role is, what its functions and its differences are. Yet, knowing the… …
Knowing the flour you are working with is essential. Yet everyone has happened to underestimate its importance. This happens both when you are a beginner and when you are quite experienced. At first because we don't even know which one and… …
Sourdough flour, which one to use? It's a question I've asked myself for a long time. I dare say for years. I've read everything around, I've heard all kinds of opinions, I've accepted all kinds of recommendations. I crossed the… …
