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Potato Starch is a fine, powdery thickener consisting of starch extracted from potatoes. It looks, feels and acts a great deal like cornstarch.
Potato Starch is often called Potato Flour. Don't confuse the two, however, as right now somewhere in the world some poor soul is staring at a disaster on the stove owing to the confusion.
- Potato Flour is heavier in weight than Potato Starch;
- Potato Flour has a potato flavour to it; Potato Starch has no discernible flavour;
- Potato Starch can thicken a greater amount of liquid than Potato Flour can; if you try to use Potato Flour instead to thicken an identical amount of liquid, you'd end up with a gloopy mess.
To make matters even more confusing, some people insist on calling this "Potato Starch Flour".
Cooking Tips
Do not let boil. Apparently can be used for Passover (unlike cornstarch).
Substitutes
Any starch such as tapioca starch, Arrowroot or cornstarch will pretty much do the same job and can be substituted on a one for one basis. Do not substitute Potato Flour; it has a heavier texture and a distinct potato taste.
Storage
Store at room temperature in sealed container.
Also called:  Potato Starch Flour Amidon de patates, Fécule de pommes de terre (French) Kartoffelstärke (German) Fecola di patate (Italian) Almidón de patatas, Fécula de patatas (Spanish)
See Also
Potato Flour
Other entries for Starch
Cornstarch, Potato Starch, Rice Starch, Sago Pearls
Other entries for Thickeners
Alginic Acid, Arrowroot, Carrageen, Cassava Flour, Clear Jel, Gelatin, Genugel, Guar Gum, Lecithin, Locust Bean Gum, Lotus Root Flour, Marshmallow Powder, Panade, Pectin, Roux, Tapioca, Xanthan Gum
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