Where to Find Italian Tipo '00' Flour?

[carolinemaher]

Hi
Does anyone know if you can get Italian '00' flour anywhere in Helsinki? (used to make pasta and pizza). I only know that vehna jauho is regular plain flour, but what is 'strong flour' in Finnish?

Also, can you buy packets of dried yeast and what is that called?

Many thanks

[Rosamunda]

Strong flour would be hiivaleipäjauho (jästbrödsmjöl in Swedish). I use this flour for making bread in my machine. This flour is available in all the supermarkets. The protein content is 13g. (BTW I don't use it for making cakes. Regular flour for cakes is erikoisvehnäjauho.) If you want real Italian 00 then try Stockmann deli or Hakaniemi market hall - I have seen it around.

Dried yeast is available everywhere. Pirkka do their own brand. I think it is usually with the herbs and spices and it comes in sachets of 11g inside a box labelled Kuivahiiva. I use that in the bread machine, no problems as long as the water is at room temperature or warmer (I think +42 deg C is the magic number). Fresh yeast gives better results (but not suitable for the bread machine) and you can find that in small cubes wrapped in greaseproof paper in the dairy cabinet, somewhere near the milk/yoghurt usually.

[carolinemaher]

Thanks Penelope, that's answered everything

As you sound like a seasoned bread maker, do you happen to know what these flours are in Finnish? stone milled/'wholewheat/rye/farro (spelt)/buckwheat, sorry for the long list but I am completely at a loss in the flour section!!

[rinso]

For home made pasta you can use "durom" flour.
It is probably comparable with the 00 flour and for sale in all supermarkets.

[EP]

stone milled/'wholewheat/rye/farro (spelt)/buckwheat

I have no idea what stone milled and buckwheat mean.

wholewheat flour = brace yourself --> kokojyvävehnäjauho
rye = ruis
spelt = surprise --> speltti

[Rosamunda]

It's all in here:

http://www.dlc.fi/~marianna/gourmet/i_flours.htm

[blaugrau]

wholewheat flour = brace yourself --> kokojyvävehnäjauho

Isn't wholemeal flour in Finland also called "Graham" flour, or is that something else?

[Rosamunda]

From the link I gave above:

Whole wheat flour — also called graham flour — contains all parts of the wheat kernel: the germ, endosperm and bran, thus having coarser texture and higher nutritional value and fat content than regular wheat flour. It is rich in fibre, vitamins and minerals.

[blaugrau]

ah, sorry, i had a look at the document you linked to but missed that line

[Rosamunda]

But I think Graham flour is quite fine, compared to whole wheat flour in UK which has a much courser texture. Might be wrong though. Anyway, I haven't had much success with graham flour in the bread machine, comes out too heavy. So I use 50/50 with strong plain flour sometimes. But it really needs fresh yeast to rise well.

[sinikala]

Hi
Does anyone know if you can get Italian '00' flour anywhere in Helsinki? (used to make pasta and pizza). I only know that vehna jauho is regular plain flour, but what is 'strong flour' in Finnish?

Also, can you buy packets of dried yeast and what is that called?

Many thanks

IIRC one of the big flour brands (Sunnuntai / Myllyn paras) here carries a type specifically for use in pizza bases. Comes in 0.5kg paper bags.

I'm pretty sure we bought a pack at some stage, it mentioned something about pizza on the bag.

I may have dreamt this.

[Magiardi]

We sometimes buy flour at www.gourmondo.de, the shipping to Finland is not so expensive.

Maurizio