#82 - Home-Milling Flour for the Best Bread!

I know milling my own flour is better and I want to do it, but where do I start?

Home milling can be such a joy and we’re here in this episode to guide you through all the hows.

We’ll talk the multiple benefits of milling at home and fill any gaps in knowledge you might have. We’ll explain how you can grind a grain, what mills are available for your kitchen and the benefits of each one, then I’ll share how I mill at home, the organisation around it and what I make. And stay till the end as we’ll also squeeze in a chat about how home-milled flour is different to shop bought and how you can best work with this amazing food stuff in your own kitchen.

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What we cover:

Four reasons to mill your own flour - health, flavour, economy & connection
Why home-milled flour is healthier
How home-milled flour is more economical
Why prehistoric women had bigger arm muscles than modern Olympic rowers!
How to use fresh grains for bread when you don't have a mill
Types of mills; how flour can be ground
Roller-milling v. stone-grinding
Milling options for the home kitchen
Alison's mill: the Mockmill 100
What you can grind in the Mockmill
How to use the Mockmill
Freshly-ground flour is for more than just bread
How home-milled flour is different to shop bought and how to work with that

PLUS, in the patron-exclusive aftershow, we continue the conversation and talk about:

How to adapt all purpose flour recipes to wholegrain home-milled flour
Why the autolyse process is particularly helpful for wholegrain flour
Sieving flour
The economics of shop-bought flour compared with bulk-bought grains

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Resources:

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Rat study referenced here

Prehistoric women and their strong arms

King Arthur Baking article on substituting wholewheat flour for white on all-purpose

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