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Product Description
The finest pastry flour you can find! Our soft, white Azure Market Organics Heirloom Pastry Flour (Unifine) is low in gluten, so is perfect for making flaky pie crusts, delicate cakes, and delicious cookies. Use in your favorite recipes calling for pastry flour or all-purpose flour.
In 1982, David Stelzer was a 16-year-old kid on a quest for better wheat for his family's organic farm. He wanted something that would grow taller than the standard, hybridized wheat that is still the industry standard. Because taller means more straw in his fields. And more straw means better soil. Even then, David knew that his farm's success hinged on the soil.
So he did his research and found a farmer in Kansas who was still growing tall, ancient wheat.
"We took a family trip to Colorado, so I borrowed my uncle's pickup and drove the rest of the way to Kansas, " David said. "It was a big deal because I just got my driver's license a month earlier. When I got there, the farmer told me that his family had been growing this same wheat for more than 100 years. His great-grandfather brought it over from Europe. I bought a bag of that, and we've been growing it on the Azure farm ever since."
Compared to modern varieties of wheat, Azure Market Organics Heirloom Pastry Flour Unifine is lower in gluten and higher in protein, micronutrients, minerals, and antioxidants. 120 years ago the ancient wheat that David found would have been the standard. These days the typical, commercially-produced wheat in this country has been hybridized for higher yields and easier harvesting, not for nutrition. Modern wheat is dwarf wheat. The plants grow shorter and produce more grain per acre, but as David suggests, it requires a lot of nitrogen and other chemicals that he wasn't willing to use on the Azure farm.
"I wanted more organic matter in the soil - more straw to increase the humus content, " he said. "This heirloom variety is taller and whiskerless. It looks like spelt in the field and you have to harvest it the minute it's ripe. Otherwise, the wind just shoots all the grain out onto the ground. You can't grow this type of heirloom wheat on big, corporate-run farms. It's just not efficient."
When you combine this superior, ancient variety of wheat with Azure's own Unifine milling process, you get a pastry flour that bakes up brilliantly.
"It has a very thin bran layer, so it makes a fantastic, 100% whole grain pastry flour, " David said. "It's ideal for everything BUT bread… pancakes, muffins, pastries of any sort. And pie dough! This flour makes the best whole grain pie crust you'll ever get, that's for sure."
Azure has one of only three mills in the country that utilize the Unifine milling method.
The Unifine milling process results in a nutritionally superior flour with a texture that makes it a dream for baking. If all you've ever baked with is store-bought, all-purpose flour, you'll be amazed by the difference in flavor and consistency of our Unifine flours.
Curious how it works?
Azure's Unifine mill processes the entire bran, germ, and endosperm of the grain into a nutritious, whole-grain flour in one step. Instead of crushing or cutting the grain, the Unifine process uses a high-speed rotor with a single-pass impact system to instantly pulverize the kernels of grains, never subjecting them to the high temperatures common in regular grain milling. Using the entire grain without any heat means the valuable nutrients of ancient grains are retained, so the whole grain flours have longer shelf-life, better flavor, and more nutrition. In fact, Unifine flours are packed with many times the nutritional value than commercial roller-milled flours and stone ground flours - they contain almost four times as much dietary fiber, more than twice as much potassium, and three times as much magnesium.
With the Unifine Milling process, the result is a texture lighter than traditional wheat flour, but with all the benefits of the whole grain and its natural oils. Unifine flours are ideal for fine-textured breads. Note that Unifine flours require a little more liquid than other flours, because the oil molecule remains intact.
Explore our wide assortment of Unifine milled grains and legumes! You'll find barley, gluten-free brown rice flour, spelt flour, quinoa flour, certified organic, heirloom wheat pastry flour, and more! No other company produces the variety nor the volume of Unifine flour that Azure does!
You can grow this ancient grain yourself: Azure sells the grain in 25-lb bags. GR304
Azure Market products are packaged in a facility that meets the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) - Safe Quality Food (SQF) standards which includes an approved allergen control program.
Unifine pastry flour works magic on a pie pastry. This creates a pie with the perfect flaky pastry that everyone loves!
Perfect Pie Crust: Mix together 2 1/4 cup Unifine pastry flour and 1/2 tsp salt. Warm 2/3 cup coconut oil and 1/3 cup water to make it pourable. Add wet ingredients and stir until just combined. (Don't overmix or the result will be a tougher pastry.) Divide the dough in half, roll between two pieces of parchment paper. Place in two 9" or 10" pie plates for a single crust pie. Or it makes one double crust pie.
organic heirloom soft white wheat berries (CONTAINS WHEAT)
Serving Size 1/4 cup (46g)
Calories 160
Amount / Serving: %DV
Total Fat 1g: 1%
Saturated Fat 0g: 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg: 0%
Sodium 0mg: 0%
Total Carbohydrate 35g: 12%
Dietary Fiber 6g: 23%
Total Sugars 0g
Includes 0g Added Sugars: 0%
Protein 5g: 10%
Vitamin D 0mcg: 0%
Calcium 0mg: 0%
Iron 1.2mg: 15%
Potassium 0mg: 0%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
In 1982, David Stelzer was a 16-year-old kid on a quest for better wheat for his family's organic farm. He wanted something that would grow taller than the standard, hybridized wheat that is still the industry standard. Because taller means more straw in his fields. And more straw means better soil. Even then, David knew that his farm's success hinged on the soil.
So he did his research and found a farmer in Kansas who was still growing tall, ancient wheat.
"We took a family trip to Colorado, so I borrowed my uncle's pickup and drove the rest of the way to Kansas, " David said. "It was a big deal because I just got my driver's license a month earlier. When I got there, the farmer told me that his family had been growing this same wheat for more than 100 years. His great-grandfather brought it over from Europe. I bought a bag of that, and we've been growing it on the Azure farm ever since."
Compared to modern varieties of wheat, Azure Market Organics Heirloom Pastry Flour Unifine is lower in gluten and higher in protein, micronutrients, minerals, and antioxidants. 120 years ago the ancient wheat that David found would have been the standard. These days the typical, commercially-produced wheat in this country has been hybridized for higher yields and easier harvesting, not for nutrition. Modern wheat is dwarf wheat. The plants grow shorter and produce more grain per acre, but as David suggests, it requires a lot of nitrogen and other chemicals that he wasn't willing to use on the Azure farm.
"I wanted more organic matter in the soil - more straw to increase the humus content, " he said. "This heirloom variety is taller and whiskerless. It looks like spelt in the field and you have to harvest it the minute it's ripe. Otherwise, the wind just shoots all the grain out onto the ground. You can't grow this type of heirloom wheat on big, corporate-run farms. It's just not efficient."
When you combine this superior, ancient variety of wheat with Azure's own Unifine milling process, you get a pastry flour that bakes up brilliantly.
"It has a very thin bran layer, so it makes a fantastic, 100% whole grain pastry flour, " David said. "It's ideal for everything BUT bread… pancakes, muffins, pastries of any sort. And pie dough! This flour makes the best whole grain pie crust you'll ever get, that's for sure."
Azure has one of only three mills in the country that utilize the Unifine milling method.
The Unifine milling process results in a nutritionally superior flour with a texture that makes it a dream for baking. If all you've ever baked with is store-bought, all-purpose flour, you'll be amazed by the difference in flavor and consistency of our Unifine flours.
Curious how it works?
Azure's Unifine mill processes the entire bran, germ, and endosperm of the grain into a nutritious, whole-grain flour in one step. Instead of crushing or cutting the grain, the Unifine process uses a high-speed rotor with a single-pass impact system to instantly pulverize the kernels of grains, never subjecting them to the high temperatures common in regular grain milling. Using the entire grain without any heat means the valuable nutrients of ancient grains are retained, so the whole grain flours have longer shelf-life, better flavor, and more nutrition. In fact, Unifine flours are packed with many times the nutritional value than commercial roller-milled flours and stone ground flours - they contain almost four times as much dietary fiber, more than twice as much potassium, and three times as much magnesium.
With the Unifine Milling process, the result is a texture lighter than traditional wheat flour, but with all the benefits of the whole grain and its natural oils. Unifine flours are ideal for fine-textured breads. Note that Unifine flours require a little more liquid than other flours, because the oil molecule remains intact.
Explore our wide assortment of Unifine milled grains and legumes! You'll find barley, gluten-free brown rice flour, spelt flour, quinoa flour, certified organic, heirloom wheat pastry flour, and more! No other company produces the variety nor the volume of Unifine flour that Azure does!
- Organic
- Non-GMO
- Kosher
- This Unifine flour contains 100% of the bran and germ.
You can grow this ancient grain yourself: Azure sells the grain in 25-lb bags. GR304
Azure Market products are packaged in a facility that meets the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) - Safe Quality Food (SQF) standards which includes an approved allergen control program.
Directions
Unifine pastry flour works magic on a pie pastry. This creates a pie with the perfect flaky pastry that everyone loves!
Perfect Pie Crust: Mix together 2 1/4 cup Unifine pastry flour and 1/2 tsp salt. Warm 2/3 cup coconut oil and 1/3 cup water to make it pourable. Add wet ingredients and stir until just combined. (Don't overmix or the result will be a tougher pastry.) Divide the dough in half, roll between two pieces of parchment paper. Place in two 9" or 10" pie plates for a single crust pie. Or it makes one double crust pie.
Ingredients
organic heirloom soft white wheat berries (CONTAINS WHEAT)
Nutrition Facts
Servings per container: 16Serving Size 1/4 cup (46g)
Calories 160
Amount / Serving: %DV
Total Fat 1g: 1%
Saturated Fat 0g: 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg: 0%
Sodium 0mg: 0%
Total Carbohydrate 35g: 12%
Dietary Fiber 6g: 23%
Total Sugars 0g
Includes 0g Added Sugars: 0%
Protein 5g: 10%
Vitamin D 0mcg: 0%
Calcium 0mg: 0%
Iron 1.2mg: 15%
Potassium 0mg: 0%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
- Certified organic? Yes
- Country of origin: United States of America
- Package code: FL423
- Shipping weight: 1.76 lb
- Size: 27 oz
- Storage climate: dry
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Customer Reviews
By Lisa Music
Date: December 10, 2022
Purchased to try new bread recipes in my breadmaker.
Rating: 
[5 of 5 Stars!]
[5 of 5 Stars!]
By Alba Ovando
Date: March 18, 2022
Grat taste. I like to know it is nutricious. I wish it were ground finer like ultra unifine.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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