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00 Flour and fancy durum

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eusebius

00 Flour and fancy durum

Is extra fancy durum the same as 00 Flour?

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Floydm

No, Durum flour is made from durum wheat, 00 flour is an Italian designation for a fairly soft wheat flour used for making pizza crusts.

King Arthur's sells versions of both:

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/detail.jsp?id=3338

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/detail.jsp?id=3480

If you need to substitute, you can use All Purpose Unbleached Flour to approximate 00 flour.  For Fancy Durum Flour I substitute Bob's Red Mills Semolina Flour which my local grocery store carries in the health food section.

These are good questions though.  I added something about both to the Fresh Loaf Handbook.