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durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheatnoun
wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
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durumnoun
A hard variety of wheat, Triticum turgidum or Triticum durum, whose flour is used to make pasta and bread.
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Durum is a type of wheat often used in pastas, breadcrumbs, and other baked goods. It has a high protein and gluten content, making it ideal for giving pasta its al dente texture. Durum wheat is also used in the production of semolina flour. It is the second most cultivated species of wheat after common wheat.
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Durum
Durum wheat or macaroni wheat is the only tetraploid species of wheat of commercial importance that is widely cultivated today. It was developed by artificial selection of the domesticated emmer wheat strains formerly grown in Central Europe and the Near East around 7000 BC, which developed a naked, free-threshing form. Durum in Latin means "hard", and the species is the hardest of all wheats. Its high protein content, as well as its strength, make durum good for special uses, the most well-known being pasta which in Italy is exclusively made from durum wheat. Durum wheat is used extensively in breadmaking. However, it is unusual in that, despite very high protein content, it is low in desirable gluten needed to form a glutinous web necessary for bread to rise. As a result, although 100 percent durum wheat breads do exist, such as pagnotte di Enna from Sicily, as well as others, in most instances bread doughs contain only a portion of durum wheat and are supplemented substantially with commercial white flours, oftentimes those higher in gluten necessary to offset the poor gluten contribution of durum flour. When durum flour is used as the sole flour in bread, substantial additions of isolated wheat gluten are necessary to effect rising. Without it, 100 percent durum wheat breads are often heavy, with very close grain, and will split easily when risen for baking.
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durum
A species of wheat.
Durum wheat is used to make semolina, bread, pasta and is used as an ingredient for many types of food.
Submitted by MaryC on February 22, 2016
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of durum in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of durum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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