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Vital Wheat Gluten

Vital Wheat Gluten — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup Water
• 1.5 cup Bread Flour

Method (preview)

1. 1

   As discussed in other messages I've posted, gluten is the elastic net formed by kneading the hydrated proteins present in wheat flour. This elastic net then traps the carbon dioxide released by yeast fermentation of the sugars & starch in flour, causing the dough to rise.

2. 2

   You can isolate the formed gluten in a dough through a relatively simple, albeit slightly tedious procedure.