What type of flour makes the best Pizza?

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:38:47 +0000

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Neopolitan Pizza - https://www.pizzanapoletana.or....g/public/pdf/Discipl

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📚 Videos & Sources mentioned:
▪ ”On Food & Cooking” by Harold McGee Book: https://a.co/d/3ZbB9e0

▪ Alveograph Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKNyHKRyJTA

▪ Alveograph Guide Infographic: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84959-3

▪ Alveograph Research Paper: https://projectblue.blob.core.....windows.net/media/De Publication Docs/AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds/Exports/Chopin Alveograph Guide.pdf

▪ Pizza Making Forums: https://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=5l31uurfg3m5oe0cdekf0ugj00&

▪ North Dakota State on Wheat Quality: https://www.ndsu.edu/faculty/s....imsek/wheat/flour.ht

▪ Serious Eats Flour Guide: https://www.seriouseats.com/wheat-flour-guide

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
3:50 The 4 Bags of Flour for Pizza Testing
4:38 How is flour made?
5:24 Why is the extraction rate of flour important?
6:45 The 2 Problems with the Bran & Germ
7:54 What is an alveograph?
9:31 #1 DetroitStyle Pizza Experiment
14:04 Questions we still need to answer
14:56 What type of wheat is used for flour?
16:04 How does Gluten Protein work?
20:20 What is Ash Content?
21:30 What is 00 Flour?
22:30 Why is flour bleached?
23:45 What is enriched flour?
24:40 #2 Neopolitan Pizza Experiment

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Filmed on: Sony a6600 & Sony A7C
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