Matthews Cotswold Flour, Britain’s leading speciality flour producer, is adding four new stoneground heritage grain flours to its range of over 100 varieties, in response to increasing demand from artisan and home bakers for sustainably produced, great-tasting, unique blends. The following will be will be available from the middle of March from www.cotswoldflour.com:
Stoneground Wholegrain Heritage Broadway Flour (£3.95 for 1.5kg)
Stoneground Heritage Fifield Light Bread Flour (£4.95 for 1.5kg)
Stoneground Heritage Light Barley Flour (£2.50 for 1.5kg)
Stoneground Wholegrain YQ (£2.89 for 1.5kg)
Bertie Matthews, Managing Director of two hundred year old family business, Matthews Cotswold Flour, comments: “Heritage wheats are old varieties that pre-date the industrial hybridisation of wheat after the second world war. Many of these grains have been used in Britain for hundreds of years and have adapted to local conditions. Growing these resilient and diverse heritage breeds is great for soil health and biodiversity, something that we are really passionate about.”
Bertie continues: “Using these new flours will also bring unique flavours to your favourite baking recipes and, because we use a traditional stoneground mill to produce them, we keep the wholegrains intact, meaning that these new flours are incredibly nutritious too.”
Wholegrain Stoneground Heritage Broadway Flour (RRP ££3.95 for 1.5kg from www.cotswoldflour.com)
Matthews Wholegrain Heritage Broadway Flour is a blend of old heritage wheats traditionally stoneground milled to produce a delicious wholemeal bread flour that adds texture and depth of flavour to your baking. Grown by Matthews’ local Cotswold Grain partnership, these old populations of wheat have their own unique taste and nutritional profile. Wholegrain Heritage Broadway Flour is perfect for recipes that use wholemeal bread flour and will help to develop flavours further in long fermentation sourdough recipes.
Stoneground Heritage Fifield Light Bread Flour (RRP £4.95 for 1.5kg from www.cotswoldflour.com)
Stoneground Heritage Fifield Light Bread flour is a white T80 style strong bread flour. This rustic bread flour has been produced using three heritage British wheats, each with its own unique taste and nutritional quality, and can be used in replacement for white flour and for blending with wholemeal bread recipes. Fifield has been named after the local Cotswold village that stills grows heritage varieties of wheat. These types of varieties were grown by local farmers and the Matthews family 200 years ago. Today the same farming families work with Matthews Cotswold Flour under the Cotswold Grain Partnership to grow Heritage varieties of wheat using a low input model that supports soil health and minimises the use of chemicals.
Stoneground Heritage Light Barley Flour (£2.50 for 1.5kg from www.cotswoldflour.com)
Heritage Light Barley Flour is a light, slightly golden coloured, T80 barley flour traditionally stoneground milled from a heritage barley variety called Maris Otter. It is perfect for using in bread recipes or blending with wholegrain recipes.
Stoneground Wholegrain YQ Flour (RRP £2.89 for 1.5kg from www.cotswoldflour.com)
YQ wholegrain wheat is a dark stoneground wholemeal flour, with a beautiful rich nutty taste. YQ “Yield & Quality” is the rockstar of wheat populations. It is produced from a diverse, resilient population of wheats. These genetically diverse wheats are grown using a low input farming model which supports the regeneration of the soil, minimises use of chemicals and increases biodiversity. Perfect for sourdough breads, cakes, pastries and all-purpose baking, use this flour in wholemeal recipes for its unique taste profile.
Link to Recipe: Wholemeal Chocolate Doughnuts
Matthews Cotswold Flour is committed to supporting regenerative food sources, developing an unparalleled range of top quality, award-winning, products and inspiring, educating and partnering with the nation’s artisan and home bakers. The new flours are available directly from Matthews Cotswold Flour’s website www.cotswoldflour.com as well as other speciality and high street retail outlets. For more information visit www.cotswoldflour.com or follow @CotswoldFlour on Instagram or Facebook.
