August 29, 2009 - 5:17pm
Does chilling the berries keep the flour cooler?
My mill really heats up the flour.CAn I chiil or even freeze the wheat berries prior to grinding to produce a cooler flour?I grind 8-16 cups at a time so it wouldn't be difficult to put in a ziploc in the freezer.
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Anson Mills recommends milling frozen grain. What mill do you have?
I keep my 50 pound bag of wheat in the freezer. The flour is nice and cool when it is milled.
...and do you (possibly) know the temperature of the flour immediately after milling?
I'm using a Schnitzer Country Manual Grain Mill. This is a hand crank mill that I converted to pedal power. I don't know the temperature of my flour after it is milled but it is cool to the touch. I would think about 60°F to 70°F.
I set the fineness at midway between the bread and pastry setting (12 o'clock position).
I believe it was about 115-120 after milling but it was a summer day here-room temp about 80 so that is about the temp of the berries.I have baked with the flour and there soesn't seem to be any damage-baked up some tastey loaves!
I just popped today's berries tobe milled in a ziploc and put it in the freezer so I will check the temp of the flour when I am done.
Thanks!
What a difference! I milled a batch (8 c) of frozen berries.Temp of flour 95F.Then I did another batch of room temp berries (75F) and the flour was 120F! THat is a big difference and the frozen berries were only in the freezer about 1 hour between blue gel freezer packs.I wish I could keep all the berries in the freezer but I just don't have that kind of space.