Noodle flour is the perfect combination of different flour types to make homemade noodles.
While the precise blend of commercially available noodle flour tends to differ pretty wildly depending on where you bought it from, it is actually surprisingly simple to make it yourself.
So instead of buying expensive noodles, or even buying pre-mixed noodle flour at the store, why not learn how to make noodle flour at home?
How Can I Use My Homemade Noodle Flour?
Noodle flour is, as the name would imply, the perfect flour for making noodles, so the best way to use your homemade noodle flour is to make some homemade noodles!
There are loads of different kinds of noodles out there, all with their own unique textures, flavors, and uses, but this homemade noodle flour should be perfect for making them all.
What Kind Of Special Equipment Do I Need To Make Homemade Noodle Flour?
Thanks to the incredible simplicity of this recipe, you really only need a few measuring implements, a good solid bowl, and your flour, and you should be good to go!
Ingredients
¾ cup high-gluten flour
¼ cup all-purpose flour
How To Make Homemade Noodle Flour At Home
Step 1 – Carefully weigh out your two different flours in two separate bowls.
Step 2 – Whisk both flours together, stirring vigorously to ensure that they are completely combined.
Step 3 – Store your noodle flour in an airtight container for up to 3 months and use it whenever you want to make noodles!
Troubleshooting Tips
• Depending on the type of flour you end up choosing, as well as the specific brands, you might find that your two flours don’t do a super good job of mixing together. If this happens, make sure to really vigorously whisk them as hard as you can, to help encourage their incorporation. If that still doesn’t do the trick, try throwing the flour blend into a blender for just 5-15 seconds, so as to help break down the larger pieces and ensure everything comes together nicely.
• If you use this noodle flour to make noodles and realize that the noodles are way too chewy, you might have accidentally got something like Double Zero flour, which is the type of flour used in Italy to make stuff like really chewy pizza dough. If you used this, or maybe used too much of it when blending your flours, you would end up with a noodle flour that not only is super chewy but is also super dense. Instead, try to stick to using flour like regular bread flour for the high-gluten portion of this recipe.
Nutritional Facts
For the health-conscious out there, here are the nutritional details for 1/4 cup of noodle flour.
Calories: 114
Total Fat: 0.3 grams
Saturated Fat: 0 grams
Cholesterol: 0 milligrams
Sodium: 1 milligrams
Total Carbohydrates: 23.7 grams
Dietary Fiber: 1 grams
Sugars: 0 grams
Protein: 4 gram
Potassium: 33 milligrams
FAQs
The great thing about this recipe is that, despite requiring specific amounts of certain types of flour, you can choose whichever flour you actually want, so long as you pick one with a lower gluten content than the other.
The best options are something like bread flour and a regular AP flour, but you could also play around with something like wholemeal, or even rye flour if you wanted!
This recipe is all about making regular noodles and thus is based on needing to use wheat flour. You absolutely could just use gluten-free flours if you wanted though; however, you won’t really need to get a blend of different flours then, because you won’t need to worry about lowering its non-existent gluten level!
Noodle flour is basically just a combination of different gluten-density flours, so you can expect your flour to last about as long as the individual flours!
A good metric is to try and use your noodle flour to make noodles before 3 months has passed, though, because after a little while the two different flours will start wanting to separate a bit.
How to Make Noodle Flour At Home
Ingredients
3/4 cup high-gluten flour
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
Step 1 – Carefully weigh out your two different flours in two separate bowls.
Step 2 – Whisk both flours together, stirring vigorously to ensure that they are completely combined.
Step 3 – Store your noodle flour in an airtight container for up to 3 months and use it whenever you want to make noodles!
Nutrition Facts
- Serving Size: 1/4 cup
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