May 5, 2020 - 7:07am
Malted barley flour
Afternoon all,
I am struggling to find malted barley flour, its needed for a recipe for German bread rolls I make, but usual sources are now out of stock, unsurprisingly.
I was recently watching a video where a baker was making these rolls and he used a coffee/caffeine substitute called Caro. its basically a drink of malted barley, chicory and some other bits and probably tastes like puddle water.
Which got me to thinking...always a dangerous thing...could I use Horlicks, its 26% malted barley, and a teaspoon in the dough might be just the thing I need? Anyone got any thoughts other than lock that fellow away somewhere!
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Hiya! My only experience with malted barley flour is when I use a tsp or so in dough recipes that don't have any whole wheat in them and I want to help darken the crust. However, some AP flours are 'malted' and already have some in the flour, so there isn't any need to add extra. If you are only using a teaspoon, I wouldn't worry about not having it in your recipe. As far as using Horlicks, I would worry about what is in the other 74% ;-). I'd add a teaspoon of molasses, treacle or brown sugar before fussing too much about finding ways to snatch a bit of malted barley flour out of something else. Good luck!
Beer-making supply stores that supply ingredients to home beer-brewers might have what you could use.
"diastatic malt powder" is another name of what you're looking for.
You could also buy a small amount of malted grains, that is whole berries, that have been malted, but not roasted, so their enzymes are still intact. Then use a coffee grinder or mortar/pestle to grind just what you plan to use. Keep in fridge, tightly enclosed, what you don't use.
Not sure about Horlicks, but malted grain that is in ready-to-use mixes has likely been roasted/cooked, and had the enzymes destroyed, so it is now non-diastatic.
Bon chance, amigo.
To you both for your responses...funnily enough I checked a jar of Ovaltine in my cupboard, and that's 76% malted barley. Getting out to shops is impossible here just now, and to be honest I can wait to get the proper stuff. I will experiment with my night time drinks powder and see what results we get.
The making your own is a great idea and one I may have a bash at in the future.
All the best