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Wiki vital wheat gluten flour
Although more expensive, I usually use Waitrose very strong Canadian flour (15.0% protein). You might also try Lidl own brand whch also works well, but lower protein level.
I have seen the Canadian flour from Waitrose recommended on several bread blogs so I purchased some last week but haven't used it yet. I am interested to see how it performs as I make sourdough bread on a regular basis. I have used Lidl bread flour before and am quite pleased with it and the price is extremely good! If the Waitrose flour is better I will use it but the cost of it is a lot more than Lidl's so it has serious competition.
I've never made sourdough, having a machine it isn't really necessary, so I cannot comment. I have ordered some gluten flour from the local bulk powder shop in town but I forgot to check that it is wheat-derived. I'll try Lidl and adding gluten to the cheap own-brand.
I also have a bread machine, but I make sourdough bread because it is a different type of dough/bread, much nicer than anything I could make in my Panasonic machine. I still make loaves in the machine , which when sliced will fit easily into the toaster, but for bread to enjoy I make sourdough. It really can't be compared to machine made bread, as different as trying to compare white cottonwool bread from the supermarket to a home-made loaf from a bread machine!
Thanks, I'll get around to doing that. I was given a lot of round tuits for Christmas :)
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