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Organic Red Fife Heirloom Flour

$6.85 Regular Price

  • Product Info

    Red Fife has deeper, more complex flavors than common hard red winter wheats, and breads made with it bake up moister, with a cohesive crumb. Because Red Fife has high gluten potential, it can be used by itself or mixed with low gluten flours such as rye.

    Red Fife wheat’s origin is unknown, but it is believed that Mennonite farmers in Poland grew the wheat that was shipped to David Fife, a Scottish immigrant in Canada, in the mid-1800s. Fife then grew the wheat and shared it with other farmers, calling it Red Fife because of its distinctive color. Red Fife set the baking and milling standards from the 1860s to the turn of the 20th century, and has been placed on the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity’s “Ark of Taste. It is thought to be a relative of Halychanka, a Ukrainian Heritage wheat, prized for its rich flavors and excellent baking qualities.

  • Great to Use In:

    Hearty sourdough breads, Yeast breads, Pie crusts, Flat breads, Pasta

  • Milled From:

    Organic Red Fife Wheat (Heirloom Hard Red Winter Wheat)

  • Protein:

    13.7%

  • Extraction:

    100%

  • Moisture:

    11.4%

  • Ash Content:

    1.5%

  • Falling Number:

    455/sec

  • more info:

    Whole Kernel

Customer Reviews

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JenCal
Love it!

Went down a rabbit hole with sourdough and ended up purchasing this to make a sourdough starter, as a total newbie. It worked really well! Can’t wait to dive in and try the other flours!!

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Charles Delman
Superb heirloom bread flour

Red fife has good gluten content and makes excellent whole wheat sourdough, either by itself or in combination with other flours. I often do an initial feed of dark rye flour, then Red Fife and either the sifted or whole kernel high protein Glenn wheat flour for a combination of about 12% rye, 54% Red Fife, 32% Glenn. This makes a flavorful wholesome bread with good loft, an open crumb, and crisp crust. (I use oblong clay bakers for a hearty crust.). One of my very favorite Janie's Mill products.

I bake entirely with Janie's Mill flours. An excellent company!

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Donna Hardy

Excellent product, excellent service!

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Nitha Cheriyan
Wonderful

I very much liked the texture and the taste of the product using Red Fife plus the nutritional benefits.

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Denise Tugadi
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I love your wheat flours and cornmeals. I love that I can buy in bulk. Great company!

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