#(shittons of yeast and high temperature proofing)
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i've always heard it's the flour, but (having read the article) i'm still not sure how the White Lily flour is different from any other low-protein flour. i understand there's more than just protein content - the bread people will tell you right away that bleached/unbleached (=aged) makes a huge difference; the pizza nerds tell me that grind size is important; i've heard the deep pizza nerds say that ash content is super important too- but i'm not sure that white lily differs from a normal cake/pastry flour on any measure! like, 9% protein is 9%, and none of the cake/pastry flours give ash content.
i can complain anyway, because the milling place i use only does an unbleached 9% flour, and unbleached tends to be a little more structural per-unit-protein than bleached. KA's pastry flour is also unbleached, but it's 8% protein, which is softer than usual... so I might have to give that a try?
#i've been making a bunch of sourdough discard biscuits lately#they taste great but they're a little tougher than i'd like#the acidity of the discard weakens the gluten too so it's probably that my 10% all-purpose flour is a little too strong#i wish i had a cute food tag#oh right! oh right! does this mean UK bakers can make good (american) biscuits?#like historically UK has had shit-tier wheat for bread#see: chorleywood bread process#which is how you turn shitty wheat into ... shitty bread#(shittons of yeast and high temperature proofing)
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