Is it okay to mix bread flour and all-purpose flour when making a pizza dough?
From where I'm from, I can't find 00 flour or semolina flour. The flours we have from local markets are just bread flour, all-purpose flour, cake flour, and wheat flour (with no classification).
I'm experimenting and recently created a dough mixing bread and all-purpose flour (both 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon).
I'd like to know if it's okay/safe since I don't have culinary background. :)
I'm planning to start a pizza shop sometime this year once I figure out a recipe for dough and pizza sauce that's not costy but still produces a tasty pizza. :)
Thanks for all your help.
Best Answer
That is absolutely fine. 00 flour is super-overpriced here, so much so that it is hardly ever used. Semolina is often used on the pizza peel, but really not all that often in the dough itself.
There are more recipes for pizza dough than probably anything else on the internet. Some use all-purpose flour, some use bread flour, and some use no wheat at all. You can get away anything with some experimentation.
Serious Eats has some of the best instruction around on everything pizza.
You don't say where you are from, but know that "all-purpose" flour has a different meaning to some people in India, and will behave differently than the medium-gluten wheat flour that is "all-purpose" to most of us. That doesn't mean you can't use maida (what is sold in much of India as "all-purpose" flour), just that it will behave differently.
There is no safety issue at all to mixing flour types. Assuming that the flours are safe individually, they will be safe combined.
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There are various flours you can use for pizza dough including All-Purpose Unbleached White Flour, Cake and Pastry FlourCan you mix all-purpose flour and bread flour in a recipe?
The answer is yes! If you're wondering if you can use all purpose flour in place of bread flour or vice versa, you can! While the results may not be exactly the same, it will not ruin your baked goods entirely, and you'll still end up with a great result.How do different flours affect pizza dough?
Flour types have different textures and protein content, the latter of which translates to the amount of gluten in whatever you're making. Gluten is what gives pizza dough its stretchy consistency and, once baked, pizza crust its texture. Some flours create a crispier crust, while others give you a chewier crust.Can you mix flours when making bread?
Mix your flours in a bowl. In this recipe, I used buckwheat flour together with a flour mix made by sifting different wholemeal wheat flours, and a little rye. Feel free to replace them with any flours you want to get rid of \u2013 just make sure to keep the bread flour at 50%.All Purpose Flour vs Bread Flour | Know the difference when baking your bread
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