Weizenmehl Type 1050medium wholemeal wheat flour

Milled darker than 550: more bran and outer layers stay in the flour. More flavour, more colour, a little less rise.

The middle ground between white flour and wholemeal. It goes into mixed rye and wheat loaves, farmhouse bread and dark rolls.

Die Typenzahlwhat the number means

1050 milligrams of minerals per 100 grams of dry matter. Almost twice the 550 figure, because more bran is left in.

Mexico does not sort flour by that value. There is white and there is integral, nothing in between.

Ersatzwhat to use

Mix 80 percent harina para todo uso with 20 percent harina integral. That lands close enough for any bread recipe.

More integral makes the loaf denser and shorter, less makes it pale and flat in taste.

Vorsichtwatch out

Bran pulls water. Use about 5 percent more liquid than the recipe says, otherwise the dough stiffens and the bread dries out.

Give the dough a few minutes of rest before you judge it. Bran takes up water slowly.

Kaufenwhere

Harina integral sits in every supermarket and in tiendas naturistas.