Understanding wheat and flour
Luigi Di Domenico explains how wheat is transformed into flour and why your choice of flour shapes every aspect of pizza dough.
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Lesson details
You can't make great pizza without understanding where your flour comes from - and it all starts in the field.
In this online lesson, Luigi Di Domenico will uncover the fundamentals of wheat and flour, giving you a solid grounding in the raw materials behind every great dough. You'll learn what happens before flour hits your mixing bowl - from wheat composition to milling methods - and how these factors impact the final product.
What you'll learn in this lesson, Understanding wheat and flour
- The three main components of wheat and their roles
- How milling affects the type of flour produced
- Why different flours (like "00" and whole wheat) behave differently in pizza making
Instructor

An Italian master pizza maker and gastronomic consultant; Luigi began his training near Naples. Continued in Greece, then moved to Spain and it is in Barcelona where he began to gain experience. Throughout his career, he worked alongside renowned...
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