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Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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Gwaihir posted:

Steel essentially both stores way more heat, and moves that heat from itself in to a lump of dough you put on top of it much much faster than a stone does. You might be able to touch a hot stone for a half second without getting burned, but touching a 500 degree steel will almost certainly leave you blistered.

I would suggest a 3/8" thick piece, as anything over that will rapidly grow far too unwieldly to deal with and not offer a lot of benefit if you aren't doing many pies back to back to back.

I've used mine for breads, too- It is killer at imitating a tandoor for naan, or making pita breads puff up wonderfully:





In general the rule of thumb for the steel is just, anything you cook on it, with parchment or no, will end up a good bit more crisp on the bottom than it would otherwise using just a sheet pan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhxEqB_PsxY

Recently got into making pitta bread, this was one of the first attempts. I just make the dough in the stand mixer and then keep it in the fridge til I need it, super easy. The same dough works if we want pizza, too.

bonus easter bread

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Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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Here is some (strong flour + wholegrain spelt) bread dough, a rough tomato sauce and some mozzerella with mint and lemon. I tried the pressing and stretching thing on it that you guys were talking about and it seemed to work ok!



It was delicious.

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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Slow simmered tomato sauce starting from tinned tomatoes, or a white roux sauce.

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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Decided to try making a thicker pizza today, instead of like 3 thin ones.



Came out pretty good.

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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I tried a 75% hydration dough and the stretching video from the bread thread. Is it possible to make pizza too thin?



(It was delicious and extremely good, just a little cheese and oregano on it, and a little tomato thrown on afterwards)

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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I use the same recipe for pita bread and pizza dough sometimes, could be fine!

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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The Guardian one is good.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2016/jul/13/how-to-cook-the-perfect-pitta-bread

Pizza dough for me atm is 150g spelt, 350g bread flour, 10g salt and sugar and olive oil, 5-7g yeast. I've been doing around 70% hydration but I think it's a little much, and the dough gets too thin. I can get 4 pizzas out of that though.

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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Random Hero posted:

Never thought about adding spelt to pizza dough, but I like it in my sourdough. How pronounced is the flavor in this recipe?

I'm not sure because I've never made it without it, but it is noticable, and I think better for it. I think more would be too much though, and I do use wholemeal.

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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I just use kitchen scissors.

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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Hey at least it'll be warm!

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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Was the starter itself actually doing anything before you put it into the pizza? Have you been feeding it, does it bubble up?

Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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A big, lidded glass jar for keeping pre-balled dough in the fridge and a decent pair of scissors is a good start.

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Nettle Soup
Jan 30, 2010

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We had this issue in the Bread thread. Have you tried getting somebody else to open the packet for you so your own personal curse doesn't affect it?

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