Baking

All-purpose flour, 1kg. Al Baker, from Emirates Grain Products (IFFCO) in the UAE. Fortified wheat flour, with iron and folic acid in the amounts o...

Self-raising cake flour, 1kg. Al Baker, milled in the UAE by Emirates Grain Products (IFFCO). Wheat flour with the raising agents already in it, so...

Almond flakes, 1kg. Thin slices, ready to toast. Cakes, pastries, a salad, granola and Middle Eastern desserts take them on top. A breakfast counte...

Coconut chips, unsweetened, 500g. Bayara. Dried flakes, not a sweetened bakery sprinkle. Toast them if you want a deeper taste. Vegan, and free of ...

Khudri dates, seedless, 1kg. Bayara. Soft, chewy, dark, with a caramel sweetness. No pits, so the kitchen can stuff them or put them straight on a ...

Pumpkin seeds, 1kg. Hulled pepitas, nutty, with some crunch. A salad, a granola, a bake, a smoothie bowl and a snack mix all take them. Toast them ...

Vanilla pods, 3g, two beans in the pack. Bayara. Whole dried vanilla beans, not essence and not an imitation extract. Split a pod and scrape the se...

Pancake mix, 32oz, about 907g. Add water and cook. No eggs and no milk to measure in. The pancakes are the fluffy American kind. Waffles and pancak...

All-purpose 00 flour, blue bag, 1kg. Caputo marks this one Cuoco, the chef's flour, with enough gluten for pizza and for bread. The grind is finer ...

Pizza flour, type 00, red bag, 1kg. Caputo's Pizzeria grade is the one you cold-ferment, typically 8 to 24 hours, for a Neapolitan dough. The new r...

Tipo 1 flour, 25kg. Caputo mills this less refined than 00, so more of the bran and germ stay in the sack. The dough comes out darker, with more wh...

Whipping cream, 1 litre. Elle and Vire packs a high-butterfat cream, around 35%, that whips to peaks and holds on a cake. Unwhipped, the same carto...

Coarse polenta, 1kg. Farina Bramata Oro is the coarse Italian cornmeal a proper polenta wants, yellow and full flavoured. Fine cornflour will not m...

Baking powder, double acting, 450g. Foster Clark's. It lifts twice, once in the mix and again in the oven. A tin for home baking and a small bakery...

Foster Clark's vanilla essence, 28ml. Vanilla flavouring in a small bottle, and a few drops are the dose. Bakeries, cafes and home baking all use i...

Gelita gelatine leaves, a 1kg pack. Sheet gelatine for pastry work, with a neutral flavour and a clean set. Fine-dining dessert kitchens and patiss...

Organic polenta, coarse bramata grind, 375g. Gemme Bio. Yellow corn, slow-milled, certified organic. Bramata is the coarse grind Italian kitchens u...

Croissant flour, Gruau Rouge, 25kg. Grands Moulins de Paris mills this high-protein soft wheat for laminated dough. The gluten has to hold butter l...

Product DescriptionGrands Moulins de Paris T55 Farine De Ble is a 25KG foodservice sack of T55-grade French wheat flour — the general-purpose Frenc...

Baker's yeast, 500g. Hollandia. For dough that has to rise. Bread, pizza, and viennoiserie. A bakery bag and a serious home baker's bag. Dutch bran...

Maida, No. 1, a 10kg bag. The same refined white wheat flour as the 50kg sack, in a size a restaurant bakery can lift. Naan, kulcha, paratha, puri,...

Maida, No. 1, a 50kg sack. Refined white wheat flour, the South Asian all-purpose style, top grade from this mill. Naan, kulcha, paratha and puri c...

Kuwait Flour Mills all-purpose patent flour, a 5kg bag. Everyday wheat flour for baking and for the savoury pot. Bakeries, restaurants and caterers...

M&M's milk chocolate, a case of 24 bags, 45g each. Candy-coated milk chocolate buttons, one bag a person. Vending, a lunchbox, a kids' party, a...

Brown sugar, 1kg. A little molasses, a light caramel note, for cakes, cookies, a sauce, a marinade, a hot drink or a dessert that asks for brown ra...

Mausam corn flour, a 400g pack. Corn flour for recipes that name it, kept with the other baking and cooking powders. Bakeries and kitchens use it w...

Digestive biscuits, 250g. McVitie's. A little sweet, crumbly, the biscuit with tea and the crumb under a cheesecake. Wheat and milk. Read the pack....

Product DescriptionMoul-Bie T65 Campaillette Des Champs Flour is a 25KG foodservice sack of French traditional bread flour from Moul-Bie — a French...

Cooking cream, 20 percent fat, 1 litre. Oldenburger. Built to take heat without splitting. Not a whipping cream for stiff peaks. Milk. A cafe and a...

Whipping cream, 35% fat, 1 litre. Oldenburger Shani is the carton pastry and savoury kitchens whip, with a screw cap so you can take what you need ...

Almond powder, 1kg. Fine ground almonds, the flour a pastry kitchen uses for macarons, for gluten-free baking, and for marzipan. It contains almond...

Whole almonds, 1kg, skins on. A pastry kitchen toasts them, a snack bowl serves them, and a dessert bench chops them for baklava, kheer or halva. B...

Blanched almonds, 1kg, skins off. The white nut, for marzipan, for a French pastry, and for a Middle Eastern sweet where the brown skin would show....

Dried apricots, 1kg. Sweet-tart and chewy. A snack bowl, a fruit cake, a granola bar or a scone takes them. A tagine and a lamb stew take them for ...

Bicarbonate of soda, 1kg. Omega. Pure baking soda, the leavener that reacts with acid in a batter. A kilo for a bakery and a home kitchen that bake...

Dried figs, 1kg. Naturally sweet, soft if they are fresh in the bag, and full of fibre. A snack, a cheese board, a fig bar, a scone or a cake takes...

Gram flour, 1kg. Besan, ground chickpea. Pakora and bhaji batter start here. Dhokla, besan ladoo and a breakfast cheela use it. A curry thickens wi...

Skinless hazelnuts, 1kg. Blanched, so a pastry kitchen is not rubbing skins off a hot tray. Praline and gianduja start here. A hazelnut chocolate s...

Skinless peanuts, 1kg, shelled and blanched. The red skin is already gone, so a kung pao, a Thai curry or a peanut sauce looks clean. Indian chikki...

Pecan nuts, 1kg, shelled. Buttery and sweet. Pecan pie is the dessert. Praline and butter pecan ice cream are the others. Granola, a breakfast bar,...

Pine nuts, 1kg. Shelled, buttery. Pesto is the sauce that uses them by the handful. Kibbeh and a rice topping use them. Baklava and ma'amoul take t...

Peeled pistachios, 1kg. Skins off, so the green shows in ma'amoul, kunafa, baklava, ice cream and a macaron. A rice garnish uses the same nut. You ...