Pizza

People next to us at a picnic spot by a reservoir. Looking forward to seeing how this unfolds. Excellent nosey-parkering opportunity.

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Gave this a go with a previously aborted bread mix. Pretty happy with how it turned out. Garlic Bread. Super crispy base, chewy crust. Might be hooked, pizza party organised for tomorrow....

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Looks great! Yeah I love this technique, it’s miles better than anything else you can achieve without specialised equipment. I was pretty blown away when I tried it, I love bringing homemade pizza with a properly blistered crust out for guests to eat.

Possibly cream fresh, lemon zest, garlic and Parmesan shavings?

Better than a stone in the oven you reckon? I was very surprised at the results.

By miles yeah. I still use my stone and keep in under the grill before the pan goes in but it’s just to keep the pizza warm and give me something flat to cut the slices on.

I tried to make the oven and stone work, I tried everything. I nearly gave up on pizza until I tried the pan method. Now it’s a weekly staple in our house.

Hmmm, good but needed something punchier like truffle oil which I don’t have. And the goats cheese I intended to use had gone off. Still, nice to have a change because I’ve definitely got stuck in the habit of making the same old same.

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First attempt with the ooni today. Nothing fancy with the dough, just did the ooni three hour one and suspect I may have used bread flour.

Still went much smoother than I expected (nothing sticking, nothing burning) and all pretty tasty so very happy with that as a first go.

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Any interest in here for a gas tank, I'm moving out of the country in August so need to get rid of my tank. It'll be free towards the end of July as I'm wanting to bang out as much pizza as possible before I leave.

20 quid, E7. Happy to deliver within a reasonable distance.

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some from the weekend. crusts not as puffy as usual; wonder if the dough was underproved slightly (I used less yeast based on upping the ambient temp in the PizzaApp calculator)

pizza blanco with goats cheese, kale, mushroom and honey

spicy pepperoni. nice and oily

They look great!

Looks nice - wonder if getting the shrooms/asparagus going a little in some butter before adding might have helped develop their flavour?

Have some dough sitting in the fridge since Friday. Should be OK right?

Only one way to find out. If it’s really over it’ll rip really easily/totally collapse. But if you can make it and chuck it in the oven it should be fine.

If I make tender stem broccoli I always sauté it in garlic and some butter then cool before I use it.

I had Wednesday dough yesterday. Knocked it back and proved for a few hours in the warm, and it was still good.

Got a pretty successful little garlic bread out of it!

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Hey, I'd be keen to take this off your hands. I'm in E11

Might sell a roccbox as I don’t use it anymore with the domes.

Yeah good shout, I steamed the asparagus for a couple of minutes but needed a sauté. Would’ve helped them crisp up in the oven too.

No worries, I'll dm you late next month, I'm on the E11 border so pick will be easy.

Is there any difference in using one of those pizza dough proofing boxes and a tupperware? The ones with pizza in the description seem to be way more expensive but I can't see what you're getting for that.

Have a ballpark idea on price?

Yes and no. If you’re using it day in day out as a professional, they’re a lot handier as they’re sturdy, durable and stackable. Being properly square is easier to cut dough balls out of as well. If you’re doing pizza for multiple people regularly, I’m sure you’d find it handy over time.

Garlic bread as well tonight! I think it’s a valiant effort despite the rain.

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