In cakes and other applications, wheat flour provides the starch which helps form the structure via starch gelatinization. Commercial pastry flour is usually bleached although it can be obtained free from additives. Bleaching the flour reduces its natural yellow pigmentation, giving it a brighter white color. The flour used for cookies and pie crust production is normally long patent or straight grade flour.
Its production process follows similar principles to those of hard wheat milling. However, conditions specific to soft wheat milling should be observed, namely: 1,3.
Most types of sweet baked goods use pastry flour or a low-protein flour to ensure final product tenderness. When low gluten development and a tender or flaky texture are desired, pastry flour is generally used to obtain these desired textures.
Download our latest paper. Pastry Flour What is Pastry Flour? It is used to make: 1 Laminated products e. Origin Pastry flour was specifically developed to make sweet baked goods which required some of the attributes of hard and soft wheats. Function Wheat flour is the main ingredient in most baked goods. Commercial production The flour used for cookies and pie crust production is normally long patent or straight grade flour.
However, conditions specific to soft wheat milling should be observed, namely: 1,3 Special handling given the lower specific weight of the kernel Shorter tempering times soft wheat endosperm is not as vitreous and dense as that of hard wheats and water absorption is faster Adjusting sieve aperture and air velocities during cleaning Soft wheat disintegrates during milling with less pressure than is necessary to break hard wheat.
As a result, soft wheat produces finer average flour particles with lower levels of starch damage Application Pastry flour physicochemical specifications Protein content: 9. References Finnie, S. Posner, E. Leave A Comment Cancel reply Comment.
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A question of texture Cake flour therefore has a higher amount of starch than bread flour, and this is pleasing as it melds with butter and sugar to form cake or pastry, and with the softest wheat, biscuits.
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