Too much dough, pepperoni on the edges, under the cheese and on top and extra cheese. Just overall too much. It was a successful attempt. From grabbing the flour to out of the oven in 90 minutes.

Cost per person $2.20

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[–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago (11 children)

That was definitely more dough. I use all purpose unbleached flour. I find that proper fermentation, kneading and folding between rests makes more difference than buying 00 flour.

Recently I have been making pizza dough the morning of. Make a good sticky dough, knead for 8 minutes adding flour as needed until it's stretchy. After an initial double I'll punch down and start folding it over itself a few times before another rest and then I'm ready to go.

Earlier in the year I was mixing a no knead dough and letting it sit in the fridge for a few days for a full fermentation before using it.

Hopefully I'll start planning ahead more to combine both methods. A full fermentation with the folding band stretching.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

    I’ve been doing 1 cup water with maybe a bit more than 1/8th tsp yeast i think the recipe says 1/2 tsp sugar - I’ll let it sit with the yeast for 12 minutes then add 1.5 tsp salt and 2 cups flour and then kneading and adding a bit more flour until it’s not too sticky anymore… recipe says 3/4 cups water and 2 cups flour but it was always wayy too dry so i started using the whole 1 cup water and adjusting flour as needed. I’ll start the dough rising at about 10 am and let it rise until like 4-5pm and then par bake it for 10 minutes before I add toppings. It comes out pretty good but the crust is more crispy on the outside and the bottom isn’t thick enough. I never considered fisting that bitch halfway through the day

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago (9 children)

    Definitely easier to start with less flour and add as needed during the kneed.

    I have stopped precooking the crust. I just add sauce, cheese and toppings to the raw dough now. It cuts the overall cook time and prevents burning on the edges.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (8 children)

    When I don’t par cook it just gets soggy though maybe I’m just not using enough crust… do you have a special oven? I just cook mine on a thin aluminum pan on 450 in a regular oven

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago (7 children)

    Regular oven. 500 degrees. Cast iron skillet on the bottom rack to act as a heat battery and make sure that crust is fully cooked.

    For this particular pizza I buttered my pan. But normally I use corn flour, semolina or parchment paper.

    I might use a thin round aluminum pizza sheet or a standard restaurant grade aluminum baking sheet.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Oh man I’ll have to try cast iron next time and double my dough thanks for the tips I’ll have to post a pic of my wonderful ‘za

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago (5 children)

    I'd love to see more pizza posts here.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Pizza, wings, cats. Could be my place

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Pizza was almost perfect - way better than what I normally make. Nice caramelized edges just need to work out the doughey center. How long do you bake it for? I tried 12 minutes but it looked like it could use a bit more so added an extra 2.. I think I just used too much dough

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