farina soffiata

English translation: bread flour

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Italian term or phrase:	farina soffiata
English translation:	bread flour
Entered by:	Helen Farrell

16:23 Nov 12, 2008

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary

Italian term or phrase: farina soffiata

A recipe for a 'Crostatina di farina ai sette cereali con crema di fiori di sambuco, pesche marinate in salsa'. The 'farina soffiata' is given in the list of ingredients to make the sweet shortcrust pastry. Please note that the 'farina ai sette cereali' is listed as well, so that 'farina soffiata' does not refer to this.

Helen Farrell KudoZ activity Questions: 19 (none open) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 15 Italy
Local time: 04:14

finely pulverized flour

Explanation:
Regards,

Milena

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Note added at 25 mins (2008-11-12 16:48:33 GMT)
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If I am not wrong in the US it is also called "bread flour".

Selected response from:

Milena Bosco (X)
Italy
Local time: 04:14

Grading comment

I went with bread flour in the end. Thanks for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

all-purpose flour

tyler7

finely pulverized flour

Milena Bosco (X)

sifted flour

potra

cake flour

Katherine Manning

puffed flour

RobertoR

Answers

21 mins confidence:

finely pulverized flour

Milena Bosco (X)
Italy
Local time: 04:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

Catalan
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

I went with bread flour in the end. Thanks for your help.

56 mins confidence:

sifted flour

Explanation:
I think this refer to sifted flour, cup of sifted flour is actually less flour than a cup of unsifted flour, as it is airy and allows for optimal baking (yeast effect).

Yes, I do bake:)

potra
United States
Local time: 22:14
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian,

English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

cake flour

Explanation:
Cake flour may be another possibility, if the end result is meant to be light and airy. Bread flour gives a denser, chewier quality as it is higher in gluten.

Reference: http://www.epicurious.com/tools/fooddictionary/entry?id=2556
Reference: http://whatscookingamerica.net/Bread/FlourTypes.htm

Katherine Manning
Italy
Local time: 04:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

16 days confidence:

puffed flour

Explanation:
How about "Puffed flour"? It's not much more than a guess, but "soffiato" referring to cereals generally means "puffed".

RobertoR
Native speaker of:

Italian

19 days confidence:

all-purpose flour

Explanation:
All-purpose flour is the term for cooking pies and pastries. Naturally, it always sifted due to the long shelf life of flours in America. Most cookbooks use this term.

tyler7
Italy
Local time: 04:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

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