When I first started to make pizza, I always thought flour did not matter.
High gluten flour is the type of flour most pizzerias use when they make pizza. It makes for a tastier dough, with more snap and crunch.
If you can find high gluten flour use it!
While you can certainly get satisfactory results with All-purpose flour, I think that using a high gluten flour will give you a better taste.
And also:
pizza on earth,
To me, flour was flour. all purpose was the same as bread flour. And I had never heard of high gluten flour.
High gluten flour is the type of flour most pizzerias use when they make pizza. It makes for a tastier dough, with more snap and crunch.
If you can find high gluten flour use it!
While you can certainly get satisfactory results with All-purpose flour, I think that using a high gluten flour will give you a better taste.
So what flour do I recommend. I have found very good results with Caputo Flour.
It is a flour imported from Italy. I have met the owner of Caputo flour as well as some of his master pizzaiolo.
You can actually go on a video tour of the Caputo flour factory with my friend Sky Dylan Robbins.
Check it out at this link, Caputo Flour from Pizza Therapy.
Another flour that I like is King Arthur Flour. This flour is made in Vermont. King Arthur makes a flour for pizza called Sir Lancelot Flour. This flour is somewhat pricey, however.
According to the King Arthur website:
"Perfect for pizza, bagels, chewy artisan loaves... anytime you want extra "chew" in your bread, or extra rise in your whole-grain (rye, whole wheat, oat) loaves."
I have used King Arthur Unbleached Bread flour for pizza with fantastic results.
I discuss more about my favorite flours on this page: Pizza Therapy recommends flour.
You can also see some great video I shot of Caputo flour. I know you'll like it.
I also found an up and comer great flour from Honeyville farms.
You can find links to some great flour on that page as well.
Here are the links to see the videos. I know you will enjoy them.
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Until next time, may all of your pizzas turn out well. Try experimenting with some different flours, I know you will discover amazing pizza.
pizza on earth,
albert
Pizza Therapy
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