Gilchesters Organics Stoneground Organic Strong White Flour
Gilchesters Organics' Stoneground Strong White Flour is milled from the Gilchesters Farm’s heritage grains and the finest UK grown organic grains, and is ideal for artisan breads made with sourdough or yeast. It rises well and produces when baked a lovely creamy colour with a light crust.
Gilchesters Organics Stoneground Strong White Flour is the closest to white flour as you can get using stones as the method of grinding. It gives a slightly creamier look to the loaf rather than perfect white you might have become accustomed to from using roller-milled flours.
Available in 1.5kg bags, 3kg bags and 15kg sacks.
Our tip: try Gilchesters' White for your best Sunday Yorkshire Puddings. The batter rises extremely well! Make sure they don’t burn when they touch the top of your oven!
Protein: 14%
Additive Free Flour: This flour (as well as all our flours) is free from any fortification or enhancers.
Ingredients: Organic Wheat flour (contains Gluten)
Although this is described as a white flour, it is important to note that it is an unfortified, stoneground flour and will therefore behave and appear slightly differently from a conventional finely roller-milled white flour. It naturally has a creamier, slightly darker colour and is about as close as you can get to a traditional white flour while still retaining the character of an unfortified stoneground flour. This also means that the finished product, whether that is bread, cakes, pastries or other bakes, may be slightly darker or creamier in colour than you would expect when using a conventional white flour. It will also generally absorb a little more water, so recipes may require a small adjustment to hydration.
These differences are also part of what makes the flour special. With no added fortification agents or unnecessary additives, and with more of the naturally occurring parts of the grain retained during stone milling, it offers a more nutritionally rich flour with excellent flavour and character. We believe it produces a noticeably higher-quality finished product, but it does benefit from being treated a little differently from standard white flour. We therefore want customers to be aware of this before purchasing. If you would like any further information about the flour, suitable recipes or advice on how best to use it, please feel free to contact us and we will be very happy to help.
Nutrition
| Per 100g | ||
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 360kcal | |
| 1506kj | ||
| Fat | 2.2g | |
| of which saturates | 0.4g | |
| Carbohydrate | 70g | |
| of which sugars | 1.4g | |
| Fibre | 10g | |
| Protein | 14g | |
| Salt | Trace |
About Gilchester Organics
Gilchesters Organics is a traditional stone milling family business that's provided a range of fine flours, grains and semolina from heritage, and ancient grains for over 17 years.
Gilchesters' choice of heritage wheat grains as well as the rye, spelt and even older Emmer and Einkorn cereals is the result of painstaking research into organic crop husbandry in the UK over the last twenty years. Milling only organic cereals allows Gilchesters to produce the food people want in harmony with our surroundings.
Modern farming production methods often ignore the fundamental principal of growing crops and livestock within the natural constraints of the land.
Regenerative agriculture is at the heart of everything that Gilchesters Organics do. The grains used are grown with the rotation of crops and animals on each field designed to ensure the soils are never depleted of naturally occurring minerals and nutrients.
Buy Gilchesters Organics Stoneground Organic Strong White Flour at Ratton Pantry.
