Because the ancestors of northerners are mainly pasta, although transportation and planting are no longer a problem, flour, as the traditional staple food of northerners, occupies half of the country in China.
First of all, let's learn what high gluten flour, medium gluten flour and low gluten flour are. What is the function of making staple food? Whether it is high gluten, medium gluten or low gluten, it is all wheat flour, and the only difference is that the gluten is different. When grinding flour, every grain of wheat is ground from the outside to the inside. The more you get into the inner layer, the higher the toughness and the higher the gluten, and the more powerful the pasta is.
strong flour
High-gluten flour is mainly ground from the central layer of wheat, which is dark in color and tough. It is usually used to make pasta such as noodles, fried dough sticks and bread.
cake flour
Low gluten flour is mainly the flour ground from the outermost layer of wheat, which has the lowest gluten and low toughness, and the pasta made is fluffy and soft. For example, making cakes and cookies.
mid-gluten flour
Medium gluten flour is mainly ground from the middle layer of wheat, with moderate gluten and toughness, so it has become the most widely used and common flour on the market. When we say flour, we actually mean medium gluten flour, and when we say wheat flour, we actually mean medium gluten flour, which is suitable for making steamed bread, steamed stuffed bun and jiaozi.
wheat flour
Whole wheat flour is ground from whole wheat, without removing the stalks. It tastes rough and has high nutritional value. It is generally used to make whole wheat bread, whole wheat steamed bread, graham crackers and other foods, which are often referred to as coarse grains.
Let's take a look at the finished products made of different flours. Noodles made of high-gluten flour.
The more gluten the noodles are, the more delicious they are. The noodles made of high gluten flour are strong in Q-bomb, smooth and chewy, and very delicious.
Big white flour steamed bread made of medium gluten flour
White-flour steamed bread pays attention to moderate hardness, fluffy but powerful. Generally, when you go to the supermarket to buy flour, you will see the names of "wheat flour", "steamed stuffed bun flour" and "jiaozi flour". In fact, everyone knows what it means here.
Cheesecake made of low-gluten flour
Loose and soft cake, full of pores, once squeezed, immediately becomes a small lump. Such a soft cake is of course made for afternoon tea.
Whole wheat bread made from whole wheat flour
High-nutrient coarse grain bread, as soon as I mentioned it, I thought of whole wheat bread with a glass of milk as breakfast, which is simply a top match.
As the saying goes, eat well in the morning, eat well at noon and eat less at night.
That is to say, eating nutritious food in the morning is the greatest care for the body. The key is that whole wheat bread is coarse grains and it is not easy to gain weight.
There are so many kinds of foods shared in the conclusion, but there are so many foods that can be made from these kinds of flour that they can't be shared at all. Knowing the differences of flour, you can also find out in your life what kind of flour pasta you usually eat.