Durum wheat flour is a flour obtained by grinding durum wheat. Durum wheat is more elongated, translucent and hard than soft wheat flour.

With Durum wheat flour, more tenacious doughs are obtained, more tiring to work by hand but with excellent characteristics for baking and pasta production. The fact that it can absorb more water allows you to make pasta without adding eggs.

As for its nutritional characteristics, durum wheat flour is rich in proteins and has a superior satiating power. It is also rich in carotenoids (which give it its yellow color) which are excellent antioxidants very useful in eliminating free radicals.