Pizza...I don't know why I waited so long!

chadpsualum

I decided to give pizza a go for the first time.  After all, I did but a pizza stone when I bought all my original gear.

I made the dough yesterday per the recipe on https://www.fornobravo.com/PDF/Using-caputo-tipo00.pdf. The only change I made was adding about 1tsp sugar into the water/yeast mixture to help get them started.  I divided the dough into 4 sections and used 3 of them tonight.

i got the egg started and up to 650F with the setup in place.  After about 50min I started to make pies.

Since this was my first try I made mine first just in case I screwed something up.  I put each pie on for 3 minutes and then removed parchment paper. 2 more minutes and then rotated 180 and finally 2 minutes more.  Below are the before and after shots:

All in all it worked out well.  I loved mine and the wife and daughter were fans of their own creations. The are already talking about the next time we make pizza so I guess it was a hit.  To the authors and commenters of all of the posts I read before trying...thanks for your help!

HellrodKC

Looks great to me! And thanks for sharing the dough recipe!

AVEngineer

Since looking pies. The crust looks great. 

timmyd18

Good looking pizza!  I use corn meal instead of parchment paper

victor1

looks wonderful, can almost smell it from here.  i bought a case of 10 -  2.2#
bags of caputo 00 flour from amazon. sad to say, just haven't had a chance to do a scratch pie.  maybe next weekend..  you didn't mention what you used for sauce...homemade? bottled?  please share and thanks for sharing your experience...

chadpsualum

victor1 said:

you didn't mention what you used for sauce...homemade? bottled?  please share and thanks for sharing your experience...

There is an Italian grocery store near my house.  In addition to the flour, I got their "homemade" pizza sauce (haven't ventured to make my own yet...baby steps).  Also got their own pepperoni, mozzarella and hot sausage.  All were very good.

northGAcock

DMW

Wow, that looks way better than the burned stuff I made the first time I tried, nice job!

Thatgrimguy

#nailedit  

jhl192

Already pizza shop quality or better!  Nice work I am running late. For number 1. 

JohnnyTarheel

Looks great!!!  +1 on using parchment over corn meal... Works every time and much easier to go ahead and have multiple pies ready to go. 

chadpsualum

timmyd18 said:

Good looking pizza!  I use corn meal instead of parchment paper

I was on the fence regarding parchment paper vs. cornmeal.  I have read that cornmeal can sometimes burn creating off-flavors.  I'm assuming you've not had to deal with this since that's your method?  I'll have to give it a try one of these next times so I can gauge myself.

fakewiig

Mighty fine pies

Haley

You nailed them Bad Boys!  Awesome!  There ain't nothing better than Egg cooked pizzas done by your own hands. And, what fun for a Family team cook. There is no end to the Creations you will come up with. Our pulled pork one with Sweet Baby Ray's is still the favorite in our Pies. 

Judy Mayberry

Those look like they were made by an expert!

Instead of cornmeal, use semolina. If you use a peel they act like little ball bearings and the dough just slides onto the stone.

Hawg Fan

Heck yeah!  Nice looking pie.

the_crease

Bravo!  I have pie envy now 

StillH2OEgger

chadpsualum said:

I was on the fence regarding parchment paper vs. cornmeal.  I have read that cornmeal can sometimes burn creating off-flavors.  I'm assuming you've not had to deal with this since that's your method?  I'll have to give it a try one of these next times so I can gauge myself.

I didn't have any off-flavors or burning, but the cornmeal leaves a texture that I don't particularly care for. Put me in the parchment camp.

jtcBoynton

Semolina is superior to cornmeal for pizza.  The decision should be between using semolina or parchment, cornmeal should not be in the discussion.

Griffin

Nailed it on your first shot! Way to go. Now I want to make some pizza.

THEBuckeye

Nice crisp crust! 

dbennett561

chadpsualum said:

I made the dough yesterday per the recipe on https://www.fornobravo.com/PDF/Using-caputo-tipo00.pdf. The only change I made was adding about 1tsp sugar into the water/yeast mixture to help get them started.  I divided the dough into 4 sections and used 3 of them tonight.

Thank you for the post, pizza looks great. I am new to any type of ingredients having to do with baking, with that being said... Did you mix all of the dough ingredients together, or did you have to add the yeast to water to proof prior to adding all together?  I'm looking to make my dough tonight then, pizzas tomorrow evening. Thanks!

pescadorzih

Pizza looks great! I use fire roasted diced tomatoes instead of sauce.  Just keep it simple.  Don't go overboard on toppings.

stv8r

parchment paper fan  here....make the pizza on the paper, set it on the stone on the egg and wait 2-3 mins, then slide the paper out from under the pizza and finish cooking.  No sticking and no grainy residue.

chadpsualum

dbennett561 said:

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chadpsualum said:

I made the dough yesterday per the recipe on https://www.fornobravo.com/PDF/Using-caputo-tipo00.pdf. The only change I made was adding about 1tsp sugar into the water/yeast mixture to help get them started.  I divided the dough into 4 sections and used 3 of them tonight.

Thank you for the post, pizza looks great. I am new to any type of ingredients having to do with baking, with that being said... Did you mix all of the dough ingredients together, or did you have to add the yeast to water to proof prior to adding all together?  I'm looking to make my dough tonight then, pizzas tomorrow evening. Thanks!

I'm sorry I didn't respond earlier.  I was 'off the grid' this weekend.  Although it seems that you are past your cook now I'll still answer.  I added my yeast to 110F water with a TBSP of sugar and mixed together.  I let it sit for ~5min before adding to the flour.  All mixing was done by hand.

chadpsualum

pescadorzih said:

Pizza looks great! I use fire roasted diced tomatoes instead of sauce.  Just keep it simple.  Don't go overboard on toppings.

Thanks.  That's what's great about pizza...you can do so many things with it!  I love a lot of flavors so I put a lot on mine. My daughter just likes mushrooms so here's was plain Jane.  Both were great!

Dyal_SC

Looks terrific!  It's been way too long since I've had pizza.  I need to fix that.