European flour
After coming back home from Germany I always suffer withdrawal of the wonderful brotchen and bread... I can't get a decent roll or bread anywhere and certainly nothing that vaguely resembles or tastes like what the German bakeries produce. The other thing I find interesting is I eat the breads/cakes/pastries there with no ill effects, here I am fatigued, suffer head aches, joint pain and bloating anytime I eat breads or gluten. I have resorted to baking my own bread but still cannot reproduce anything close to the european breads/rolls. Having done some research I know our flour is completely different. Also, I believe that Germany is non GMO wheat and uses far less pesticides than we do. So my question, where can I buy German flour ? Have done some searches and a NYBakers offered european style flour but not sure if it is the real thing ? How do you artisan bread bakers produce a European bread or roll with the flour here? I find it just doesn't work..everything is too dense and soft. .I would love to be able to bake a real German Brötchen, light and airy with crispy crust! Any advice would be appreciated.