Trying to find a Cooking Ingredient...

[camlace]

I hope someone out there may be able to help...

I am trying to put my hands on an ingredient that my mom and grandmothers used in French-Canadian Cooking. I am looking for "brown flour"...not wheat, rye, etc flour, but Brown Flour also know as fleur-grille (pardon my French if I mispelled )

I am trying to find a place I can mail order this from since I do not live in Canada and the only place I have heard of recently that you can find it is Mom & Pop type of grocery stores in Canada (maybe even only in the Quebec area...the only place I have found it in recent years). The last time I bought it years ago, it was in a small yellow box.

TIA
Happy Cooking!
Cindy

 

[Mortlives]

I googled brown flour, but all the sources for it seem to be in the UK. It seems to be a high protein whole wheat flour. Perhaps you could substitute?

There is a place, http://www.realfooddirect.co.uk, which apparently will ship to the US, but you may find the shipping costs prohibitive. Good luck (Bon Chance)!

Kungaloosh!
Morticia..

 

[Tabetha]

Isn't Fleur Grille essentially "cooked" or "burned" flour?
You could probably make that...?

 

[Tabetha]

Brown flour
Brown all-purpose flour into a cast-iron frypan over medium heat, until just golden brown, stirring at all times, as flour easily burns.

 

[camlace]

Brown flour
Brown all-purpose flour into a cast-iron frypan over medium heat, until just golden brown, stirring at all times, as flour easily burns.

Yes I have made it when desperate...but out of the box is sooo much easier and the smell of burning flour is kinda yucky but for some reason tastes good when making gravies/sauces...go figure!!

Looks like I'll be grilling some flour this weekend

Thanks!

 

[Tabetha]

Yellow box, huh? I wonder if it's Robin Hood Flour, or if its a Quebec based product...

 

[camlace]

I just emailed Robin Hood. We'll see what they say.

I have looked for the flour in other areas in Canada and have received many puzzled looks when I ask for it. It must be a local Quebec product. My family is from that area and many generations have used the product, but I'm beginning to wonder if its no longer made, I may just have to do it the old fashioned way.

 

[pixiedust!]

Oddly enough, I just used "brown flour" 2 nights ago! I was making Ragout which is a french canadian dish that I make every Christmas. To brown the flour I just use a regular frying pan on medium. It takes a few minutes but then it browns well. Also you can just spread it on a cookie sheet and put it under the broiler. That works well also. I could probably buy it around here as I live in Ottawa and there are many Franco Ontarians but really it is so easy to make and just takes a few minutes!

 

[pixiedust!]

I will check next time I am at the grocery store just to let you know if this area has it. I am curious now!

 

[camlace]

The reason I was looking was because I also wanted to make Ragout ...as well as a couple of other recipes from my Canadian grandmother. So much easier right from the box when you don't have a lot of time

 

[pixiedust!]

Maybe Robin Hood will steer you right there and I will let you know what I see. It has to be around somewhere!