Caputo 0 Aria Flour with Mother Sourdough 55 lb.

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Bake fragrant, crisp, and airy crusts and Italian breads with this Caputo 0 Aria flour with mother sourdough! This flour was developed specifically for use when making pizza; it's suitable for making specialty pies like pizza in teglia, a Roman-style pan pizza, pizza alla pala, an oval flatbread served on a wooden paddle, and pinsa, a hand-pressed pizza style popular in Rome. It's also suitable for use in focaccia and other recipes for light, crisp bread calling for high-protein flour. This soft wheat flour is milled to exacting 0 standards to produce a fine texture that's ideal for making pizza crust. Caputo uses a traditional slow milling process for water absorption and superior yield. In addition to wheat flour, this product is also made with mother sourdough, a dried inactive sourdough starter designed to act as a conditioning agent to aid in fermentation and add a characteristic sourdough fragrance to your crusts and breads.

This flour's unique formulation makes it ideal for producing high-hydration doughs that are easy to handle and yield finished products with a light, crunchy texture. To make an award-winning pizza dough, mix this flour with yeast, water, and salt, and knead by hand or with a mixer on low speed. This flour is designed to perform best in highly hydrated dough recipes to produce a photo-worthy, airy crumb structure! It's ideal for long rise cold fermentation techniques to develop complex flavor. To keep this flour fresh, it's recommended to store it in a cool, dry, ventilated location with no exposure to direct sunlight between 68 and 76 degrees Fahrenheit.

Caputo is a third-generation Italian family company that began in 1924, when Carmine Caputo returned to Italy from the United States to start a flour mill and pasta factory in Capua. Their milling process follows the ancient Neapolitan tradition, while using state-of-the-art technology and sourcing only the best, highest-quality Italian wheat every season. Due to their unwavering commitment to their values and great pride in the city and country they represent, Caputo has grown to become a leading brand of "00" flour in Italy and the United States. Stock your Italian restaurant with any of Caputo's flours to add an authentic, unparalleled flavor to your recipes!

Flour Details:
Moisture: 15.5%
Protein: 13% +/- 0.5
Ash: 0.6% +/- 0.05