Wholemeal flour

Farine complète

What it is

White flour was a luxury for most of history precisely because removing the bran is work. Then the roller mill arrived in the 1870s, white bread became cheap, and within fifty years wholemeal had been reinvented as the expensive, healthy one.

In the kitchen

The bran cuts gluten strands like tiny blades. Rest the dough half an hour before kneading and it hydrates enough to stop tearing.

Goes with

Honey Walnut Butter Rye flour Sesame Olive oil Baker’s yeast Raisin

Same species

Bulgur Couscous Einkorn Emmer wheat T45 flour T55 flour

Also used with

Flaxseed

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