Corn Flour

In the UK, "Cornflour" means Cornstarch. See separate entry for that definition.

In North America, there is actually a flour, not a starch, called Corn Flour. It is Cornmeal that has been ground up so finely that it no longer looks or feels like grains of sand, but instead is like a flour.

Note that in the British sense of the word, a starch, there is no space used between the two words, whereas in the North American sense there is. While this is a reasonable guideline to telling which a recipe writer means, you can't count on it as people writing up recipes in a hurry could spell it either way. A better way of telling which is meant is looking at the quantities involved: if a recipe calls for 1/2 pound (225g) of Corn Flour, chances are it doesn't mean Cornflour, as in the starch.

Masa Harina is a type of Corn Flour, though not made from Cornmeal.

Corn Flour is made from cornmeal that has been made from Dent Corn. Corn Flour can be used in making bread, but as it will produce no gluten, you will need to take the usual necessary measures of either expecting a flat bread or adding wheat flour as well.Grind cornmeal in your blender until you have enough that is the consistency of flour.

Refrigerator or freezer

Also called:

Cornmeal, Cornstarch, Dent Corn

Arepa Flour, Blue Corn Flour, Corn Flours, Corn Flour, Masa Harina, Ufa Ngaiwa, Ufa Woyera

French Flours, German Flours, Italian Flours, Nut Flours, Potato Flour, Rice Flour, Rye Flour, Sorghum Flour, Wheat Flour