Gluten flour

[sallyseachange]

Ok... another of my notoriously dumb questions:

Here in Italy flour is rather different (I'm told) from flour in the States. I've noticed in a few low carb bread recipes that one ingredient is 'gluten flour'. Is gluten flour just regular all purpose flour, or is it something special? We don't use that term here, so was wondering. Might be getting a bread maker, but would like to know beforehand if I can actually make low carb bread in it... and, of course, get the right ingredients (i.e. gluten flour, whatever that is).

Thanks for any help!
Sal

[mirna05]

Re: Gluten flour

I also have a question about it, is gluten flour the same as wheat protein? My husband sells wheat protein, and it says in the bag "(gluten flour)" just below "Wheat Protein". I have used it in breads and it works great. It is like 90% protein.

[2big4mysize]

Re: Gluten flour

gluten is the protein in your flour that makes your dough develope and be stretchy and stuff before you bake it it does a lot of stufff for the texture of bread. they use wheat flour with more gluten to make pizza and bread then to make cake. Hard wheat flour had more gluten soft wheat has less Gluten is wheat protein and as usch it has less carbs then reular whole wheat or bleached white flour. you can be high gluten flour which has more gluten added but is still regular flour don't get that. Makes sure what you get it gluten flour which is very low carb. you still need to Wait till you are in OWl and on the grain rung before you can have it. there are protein powders out on the market may low carbers sub for flour like soy or whey. Some folk use ground nuts as flour too.There is also a wheat protein isolate or WPI on the market many folk are using for a more wheat taste to their baked stuff.

Know your supplier and know what you are getting.

[sallyseachange]

Re: Gluten flour

Thanks Mirna and 2big. Guess I'll try the wheat protein isolate and mix with other flours. It works in cakes, so probably will work in low carb bread too!

Sal

[2big4mysize]

Re: Gluten flour

check out the recipe section and see what folk are using. Nullomondo made a great Flax meal bread like roll using gluten and flax

[sallyseachange]

Re: Gluten flour

Whatever I do, I can't get a recipe list in the recipe section. Keep getting sent back to the 'search' page. Think it must be a bug or something. Seemed to manage fine in the past....weird!

[mirna05]

Re: Gluten flour

I do a mix of wheat protein isolate, soy flour, flax seed, wheat bran, and soy protein for my breads, some times I add oats. It works just perfect!

Thanks 2big4mysize for the information, I had had that doubt for many time, I said "it must be the same, why the package sais isolated wheat protein, and below gluten flour??""

[sallyseachange]

Re: Gluten flour

Do you use a bread making machine? I just noticed that what I thought was wheat protein in my cupboard is actually whey protein...not the same thing at all! Did a search on wheat protein and gluten flour, but it doesn't seem to be on sale here in Italy at all. Wonder if I could leave it out if making bread in a bread machine... ?

[mirna05]

Re: Gluten flour

No I dont have a bread machine, your bread will work just fine with whey protein, mix it with flax seed and wheat bran. I have used it like that in the conventional oven and it works just fine.

[2big4mysize]

Re: Gluten flour

whey protein is great for low carb cooking but your bread will be a little rubbery as most low carb breads are.

if you add wheat bran remember to count those carbs too.

[sallyseachange]

Re: Gluten flour

Thanks 2big and Mirna! Am rolling up my sleeves and ready to hit the flours (low carb varieties, of course!)
Sal