pizza and parchment paper

big hound

When you use parchment paper on your pizza peel so the dough does not stick do you then slide the dough with the parchment paper on the pizza stone so that when the pizza cooks it's still on the parchment paper?

Ross in Ventura

<p />bighound,
Thats correct.
Good Luck,
Ross

Unknown

bighound, Yes, just like Ross says. Notice how he trimmed the parchament paper just a little larger than the Pizza. Excess will burn and drop a little ash.

Fidel

bighound,[p]Just like Ross and Al said, trim the parchment paper to only slightly larger than the raw dough.[p]

Morro Bay Rich

Ross in Ventura,[p]Can you tell me how you keep your crust from contracting? My grandson (Pizza Zack) and I used Trader Joe's pizza dough. After stretching it and while spreading the sauce, it kept shrinking in size. The final product was GOOD but a little on the small size due to the contracting dough.[p]Any hints you can give us would be most appreciated.[p]Regards,
Rich[p]

Fidel

Morro Bay Rich,[p]Let it warm up before stretching.

Lost in utah

Ross in Ventura,[p]Everytime I see a picture of your raised grid I say to myself, "I need to build one of those".[p]Nice Picture!

Ross in Ventura

Morro Bay Rich,
Rich,
This is what I use , its the best.
My Best,
Ross
[ul][li]http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/recipe.jsp?recipe_id=R40[/ul]

Susan Egglaine

Morro Bay Rich,
Was Pizza Zack at eggtoberfest? I am pretty sure I met him hanging around where they were cooking pizzas. One cool kid! Let me know when he opens his BGE pizza palor.
Susan Egglaine

AZRP

Morro Bay Rich,
Like Fidel said, if it is shrinking up, just let it relax for 15 minutes or so and it will be fine. -RP

mikeb6109

bighound,
no sticking and makes clean up very easy!![p]

Morro Bay Rich

Susan Egglaine,[p]Yeah, that had to be him; my tall, blond 10 yr old grandson. Once he saw pizza he was like a leech and never left. He was most interested in seeing how others were cooking as he had been taken under Lucky Duck's wing at the Eggs by the Bay Fest where he cooked 8 pizzas on his own.[p]We cooked 4 pizzas at his house this weekend when we ran into the shrinking dough.

Morro Bay Rich

Fidel,[p]That had to be the problem. We took the bags of dough from the frig and placed them in a bowl of warm water. The first bag worked reasonably well but the second bag didn't. It would have been quite a bit cooler than the first thus explaining the increased shrinkage as we proceeded.[p]A cigar to you my friend,
Rich

Morro Bay Rich

AZRP,[p]Pizza Zack isn't into waiting, thus our problem. Next time we'll start earlier and warm the dough.[p]Thanks for the heads up.[p]Regards,
Rich

Susan Egglaine

Morro Bay Rich,
Yes, that was him, he seemed much older than 10. We do not have any places around here that sells dough. I have been making my own and they have turned out well thanks to the heat from the wood stove! Say hi to Zack and keep a bakin!

HungryMan

bighound,
I use a pizza screen for the first few minutes. I also make the pizza on the screen. I like to take the pizza off the screen and directly finish it on the stone.

big hound

Al B,
Thanks for the tip on parchment paper.