Glutinous rice flour
I keep seeing post about using rice flour to line one's bannetons. As you may have seen, last night I baked a couple of sourdough loaves. They were good, but I got carried away with the AP flour. I even scraped of quite a bit of the flour before putting them in the oven and they still came out looking like that.
So my question is is glutinous rice flour the same as regular rice flour? I have some on my shelf. Could I use it to line my towels and baskets? Would I come out with something less floury, or am I simply using way too much flour regardless of the type? I have this fear that I'm going to pop a loaf into the oven coated with glutinous rice flour, add steam, and open the oven to discover something coated in a centimeter of nasty, glutinous jelly. Ew.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I'd be afraid to use it, Floyd, unless an "expert" okayed it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutinous_rice
This is what I use for bread:
Susan
That was my thought too.
make one roll and roll it in it and see. I wouldn't use it on a whole loaf, the mess would only be bigger. I do know that glutinous rice baked products tend to stay gooey and are usually wrapped in oiled plastic wrap. If that gives you any ideas. Or you could make a banneton out of palm or banana leaves and invert onto more leaves baking the bread in leaves adding a fine South Sea flavor. Mini Oven
I make mochi quite often and use glutenous rice flour. After I mix it with warm water I need to steam it and then it becomes the jelly like blob that it is. I would agree with mini oven...try it onb something small. I don't see that it would make it a big difference, personally, but I'd love to hear of an experiment :)
I have a question. Can bread made with glutinous rice flour be made so that it's sticky and soft? I need to know!