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Hydration difference between soft wheat and durum wheat

alefarendsen's picture
alefarendsen

Hydration difference between soft wheat and durum wheat

Hello all,

My regular pizza dough recipe has a combination of wheat flour (somewhere between A/P and bread flour), whole wheat flour, whole rye flour and a bit of whole corn flour (see percentages below).

I got some durum wheat now and I'm not sure what to do with the hydration of my formula when changing the wheat flour to durum wheat. I have big batch of pizza's (as you can see :-) for a family reunion that I'm making this weekend and I would like to use the durum wheat flour.

So, my question really is, when changing the 80% soft wheat to durum wheat, what hydration change would you make, if any.

thanks a bunch!!

Alef

 

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dabrownman

flour for durum and not worry too much anout hydration.  More than that and you may not like the dough get. for taste and handling reasons.  Always better ti start small when making a huge amount if dough for a special occasion.