Rice flour

[moonbus53]

Can anybody help me - what is rice flour called in France?   I am wanting to make shortbread and it is better with rice flour but I cant find it anywhere!

[Clair]

Farine de riz

Usually found in health food shops.

[Geordie girl]

Thanks  claire , i`ve been looking for that too.

[mint]

[quote user="moonbus53"]Can anybody help me - what is rice flour called in France?   I am wanting to make shortbread and it is better with rice flour but I cant find it anywhere!


[/quote]

Short of rice flour, semolina flour does just as well.  But then, I wouldn't know where to find semolina flour here in France (new girl on the block)![8-)]

[hoverfrog]

you can get potato flour here too - an important ingredient in the recipe for "gateau de savoi" that my french penfriend's grandmother gave me over 30 years ago!

It's called "fécule de pomme de terre". No idea why - I always thought flour = farine :)

[Clair]

[quote user="hoverfrog"]you can get potato flour here too - an important ingredient in the recipe for "gateau de savoi" that my french penfriend's grandmother gave me over 30 years ago!

It's called "fécule de pomme de terre". No idea why - I always thought flour = farine :)[/quote]

Fécule  = starch

I use fécule de pomme de terre or fécule de maïs (cornflour) to thicken béchamel or "white" soups and to make lightweight cakes (gateau de Savoie,génoise).

[hoverfrog]

ah, that would be it!

I hesitated over the 'e' on the end of "savoie"...!

I've heard of using a proportion of cornflour for lighter cakes and pastries, but have only the one recipe that calls for potato flour.

Perhaps either of those would work instead of rice flour?

[moonbus53]

Thanks for that..all I have to do now is find a health food shop :)

[Moulin]

farine de riz i fink