December 20, 2016 - 10:27pm
What French flours should I buy?
It looks like my daughter & son-in-law will be leaving Paris in the next 2 months & moving back to the U.S. I'd hoped to get over there next spring and shop myself - oh well. If they can bring me some flour for baguettes and other breads, what should they buy that I can't get here? I'll have to ask about Customs rules in terms of food in their shipping container.
Thanks, and Happy Holidays!
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Sadly, Paris does not offer a great selection of flours, but if you want something to make distinctly "French" style baguettes, order up some "T65" flour, but ask for either "farine bio" (organic flour) or flour marked specifically "farine de tradition." That will give you the most natural French flour, since like in the States, the factories throw in a bunch of "n'importe quoi" into a lot of their flours. But if they're marked "bio" or "tradition," they are restricted from doing too much nonsense.
What's also great about France is that there are a good amount of small family-style mills, and some of them will ship flour to Paris. There's one right outside of Paris that might be worth a visit : http://farines-77.fr/