Molino Spadoni Gran Mugnaio Flour "Tipo 00"

Thanks to its very fine grind and balanced ratio of protein to carbohydrates, Molino Spadoni’s Gran Mugnaio Flour is ideal for homemade pizza and pasta. Tipo, or Type, 00 flours are milled to an ultrafine, powdery texture, delivering doughs that are elastic enough for easy shaping, with a translucent, pale color that won’t oxidize as quickly as conventional all-purpose flour. The final pie or noodles are pleasantly soft, lightly chewy and have a finely rough surface, optimal for sauce to cling to. This flour is the only type 00 that we’ve tried that works equally well for pasta and pizza, and its protein content of 9.5%—9.5 grams of protein per 100 grams of flour, the lower end of the range for 00 flours—gave our pizza crusts a light, crispy structure we loved. This hard-to-find Italian flour works well for gnocchi, pizza, hand-cut or extruded pasta and can be kneaded in a machine or by hand.