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Marc from IL
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I kneaded the dough for 15 min. Is this look right ?
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No, that doesn't look right at all. After 15 minutes of kneeding, pizza dough should be in a very smooth, elastic ball.
__Jason -
That dough needs more water. :ermm:
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Here is the dough I used and yeast.
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Marc, guzzijason is right, that doesn't look right. Not sure what you did, but the dough should be the color of flour and in one nice, uniform ball. Tell us what you did exactly. Give it another try, & consider using the method in the slideshow below, it is a very basic beginner level dough; I believe AZRP's method is more advanced & may be more complicated if you are just starting out, so this may be easier for you:
happy in the hut
West Chester Pennsylvania -
Before pitching what you have - add an extra .5cup of water and see if that makes it into a dough. Remember - it's dough - it should look like dough.
I like my pizza dough pretty wet because it gives you nice bubbles on the egg -
Is that the only flour you used? If so, that's your problem. When I make pizza dough, I use King Arthur bread flour, which is ~12.5% protein.
What you have there is vital wheat gluten flour - it is not meant to be used by itself, but rather as an additive to boost the protein level of your dough. I believe that stuff you have there is 75% protein! You'll never get a good dough out of that, regardless of how much water you add. However, you may be able to fill potholes in your driveway with it!
__Jason -
Exactly. Vital wheat gluten is just an additive and not meant to be used alone.
Maybe a Tbsp or so of this in a batch of dough is plenty for a high protein dough. -
That dough needs to rest in peace. Start over with plain flour or some of the pizza Molino Caputo 00flour mentioned earlier today that is hard to find.
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There is no way you followed my recipe and ended up with that. Go back and look at what you did differently and maybe you will figure out what went wrong. -RP
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Vital Wheat Glutin is added to recipes to help the structure and rising of bread. You only use about 1 Tablespoon or less in a recipe.
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Looks like pulled pork without the bark. :laugh:
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Marc,
Summing up. What these guys said. The vital wheat you used is an additive and not meant as the star of the show. Pizza dough doesn't and really shouldn't be using it.
Zippylip's show is very step by step, well done, and you will get a nice pizza dough.
It's all about hydration. i.e. the ratio of flour to water. For pizza dough you should be in the 65% range. Best calculated by weight not volume but volume will get you close. Zippylip's recipe is a classic ratio. 4 cups of flour translates to approx 500 grams depending on the day and a cup and half of water translates to approx 325 grams.
From there its all about flour and protein content. Go with KA. It the best place to start IMHO and branch out from there. -
civil eggineer wrote:Looks like pulled pork without the bark. :laugh:
I thought the same thing... :-)
__Jason -
Thanks for the help, It was the flour I used.
Zipp thats a great link you made Thanks!
Pulled flour is not that tasty, :laugh: -
Kevin, you make a good point, and it is something my slideshow doesn't really address, which is the fine adjustments of water to flour ratio (which I have to do on a batch by batch basis as I do not have a scale). With time & many pies comes experience which leads to the proper adjustments up or down from the basic method... Marc
maybe someday I'll buy a scale :laugh:happy in the hut
West Chester Pennsylvania -
Marc, just depends on how you pull it :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: , Marc
Pulled pasta:
http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=815326&catid=1happy in the hut
West Chester Pennsylvania
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