How to Use durum wheat in a Sentence

durum wheat

noun
  • Other crops such as durum wheat and spelt have been removed from the ban.
    — Maciej Martewicz, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2023
  • Orzo pasta is made with semolina flour, which in turn is made of durum wheat.
    — Catherine Lo, Good Housekeeping, 5 June 2019
  • Like chapati, puri is made from a simple durum wheat flour dough.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 25 Mar. 2020
  • The trouble is, less than a tenth of the world’s total wheat production is durum wheat.
    — Eric J. Lyman, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Less than 10% of the world’s total wheat production is durum wheat.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 May 2023
  • The farmer, Lane Unhjem, lives near Crosby, and grows durum wheat and canola.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Both rotis and parathas can be made in different ways but typically are both made from durum wheat flour and water.
    — Nik Sharma, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 June 2018
  • Unhjem already had his peas harvested before his heart attack, but the group spent over seven hours on his durum wheat and canola crops.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The sandy texture of these shortbread-like cookies comes from semolina flour, made from durum wheat, which is usually used for pasta.
    — Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Dry pasta relies essentially on one type of wheat, durum wheat, which only gets produced in certain parts of the world.
    — Priyanka Vora, Quartz, 3 May 2022
  • Costly, as in a big rise in prices customers pay for dry pasta and other consumer products made from durum wheat, like couscous and some kinds of bread.
    — Eric J. Lyman, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2021
  • That’s when the light bulb popped to combine the nutrient-dense lupini beans into a high-quality durum wheat pasta.
    — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • This is despite the falling price of durum wheat, which has dropped by 30%, according to officials.
    — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 13 May 2023
  • The sandy texture of these shortbreadlike cookies comes from semolina, made from durum wheat and usually used for pasta.
    — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Five months’ worth of soft wheat and four months’ worth of durum wheat was stockpiled by the end of last month, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.
    — Jihen Laghmari, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2020
  • Traditional couscous is similar to pasta, made from semolina, a coarse durum wheat flour.
    — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 16 Apr. 2026
  • This summer, her harvest of durum wheat yielded 30 percent below normal.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 20 July 2022
  • Typically, chapati flour is made from durum wheat — one of the hardest varieties of wheat used to make pasta and great for flatbread.
    — Anupy Singla, chicagotribune.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Pasta is typically made with just durum wheat and water, so wheat prices should correlate with pasta prices, activists argue.
    — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 11 May 2023
  • For millennia, Jordan has been home to a high-quality, hard durum wheat – the type that is today prized in Italy for pasta.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2021
  • There were signs of growth in the production of durum wheat, corn for silage, and several forage crops — an increase that matches that of the dairy industry in the past decades.
    — The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Unlike traditional pastas made from refined durum wheat or semolina, whole-wheat flour maintains the bran and germ during processing.
    — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Made from the groats of different wheat species, especially durum wheat, a cup of dry cereal contains more than half the DV of fiber for adults.
    — Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Made from the groats of different wheat species, especially durum wheat, a cup of dry cereal contains more than half the DV of fiber for adults.
    — Joy Emeh, Health, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Unlike some other staple Indian breads, which are unleavened and crafted from durum wheat flour, or atta, fluffy naan is made with all-purpose flour and yeast.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Semolina–coarsely ground durum wheat–gives Gemma Sciabica’s gnocchi a chewy texture.
    — Ben Fogel, Sunset Magazine, 13 Oct. 2020
  • In November, pasta makers in Italy were fretting over the potential of a durum wheat shortage due to harvest setbacks.
    — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The bulk of their crop is durum wheat, which is exported by cargo ship to countries in Africa and Latin America for foods such as pastas and couscous.
    — Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The government has pledged to double its production of durum wheat by 2025 in an apparent bid to ensure pasta supplies.
    — Washington Post, 5 July 2021
  • Whole Wheat Pasta Whole wheat pasta is usually made of about 50% or more whole wheat flour, with the rest being semolina (ground durum wheat).
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 16 Apr. 2026

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