From 0664fe5b0ee1d8ed35384b4eae55554e1de2cfd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hendrik Kleinwaechter Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 13:48:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add note on temperature and milling flour (#132) This just adds a small note on temperature when milling flour. The provided source is an interesting read. --- book/basics/how-sourdough-works.tex | 5 ++++- book/references.bib | 12 +++++++++++- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/book/basics/how-sourdough-works.tex b/book/basics/how-sourdough-works.tex index 7ad290b..7c42c9e 100644 --- a/book/basics/how-sourdough-works.tex +++ b/book/basics/how-sourdough-works.tex @@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ activity so that it can thrive in its new environment. Of course, a ground flour can no longer sprout. But the enzymes that trigger this process are still present. That's why it's important not to mill grains at too high a temperature, as doing so could damage some of -these enzymes. +these enzymes.\footnote{In a recent study tests have shown that milling +flour at home with a small mill had no significant negative impact on the resulting bread +quality compared to milled flour from temperature-regulating large-scale mills. +\ref{milling+commercial+home+mill+comparison}} Normally, the grain seed shields the germ against pathogens. However, as the grain is ground into flour, the contents of the seed are exposed. This is ideal diff --git a/book/references.bib b/book/references.bib index a3cc9c4..39e1c6d 100644 --- a/book/references.bib +++ b/book/references.bib @@ -357,4 +357,14 @@ journal = {Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture}, number = {96}, pages = {122-130} -} \ No newline at end of file +} + +@article{milling+commercial+home+mill+comparison, + author = {Ross, Andrew S. and Kongraksawech, Teepakorn}, + journal = {Cereal Chemistry}, + number = {2}, + pages = {239-252}, + title = {Characterizing whole-wheat flours produced using a commercial stone mill, laboratory mills, and household single-stream flour mills}, + volume = {95}, + year = {2018} +}