manitoba flour

[xiara]

where to buy?(in hki)
I already tried Stockman.
Or..what to use instead? simple vehnajahuot is not strong enought

[xiara]

to better understanding, manitoba flour is a really strong froul with W00.
That means it grows a lot with big alveoli (air bubbles)

[CH]

Yeah, I had to google that. Flour made out of red wheat from the Manitoba area in Canda, eh?

I don't think you will find that here. Go for flour with the highest protein count. Citymarket had at least not that long ago some 00 pizza flour from Italy, but the protein count for that one is 12.7%. Finnish flours seem to be between 12 - 14% (checked from my cupboard )

Hmm... this page says that Manitoba flour is 13.5%. Hmm... back to the cupboard... ok... Myllyn Paras Emännän puolikarkea vehnäjauho is 13.3% and the hiivaleipäjauho is 14%.

[xiara]

thanks a lot for the answer, but i don't think 00 pizza flour is enought because in the italian strenght scale (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farina_manitoba -- http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farina#Det ... lla_farina)
manitoba has 400 till 500 and strong 00 has 300, so i am still not sure, i am afraid it will not work.

BTW manitoba flour looks really like normal, you don't see it a different colour

[Rob A.]

Interesting...I had never heard of this before....but I suppose in Canada it won't be called "Manitoba Flour".... [Aside: Americans seem to call "back bacon", "Canadian bacon"...the first I heard of that was on some childhood trip to the USA.]

It seems to be an Italian thing, so I suppose you could find out where pizzerias get their supplies....

I googled "manitoba flour substitute"....you might get some ideas if you do that....

[xiara]

I am trying with hiivaleipävehnäjauho, it seems to be the one with highest protein percentage..hopefully it will be good enought.

[lynn885]

Hi!
I'm living in Tampere and I'd like to find the Manitoba/American flour too!
So, did you find this kind of flour or a valid alternative?
Which one could I buy to make home bread?

Thanks a lot!!