Category "pizza"

How to deal with overproofed pizza dough?

I’ve been making pizzas on the go with a portable pizza oven and it’s been going really well but sometimes if I don’t time things right I&rsqu

On what temperature should I leave my sauce to cook?

I decided to cook a pizza sauce. I know that the longer you leave it on your stove, the better it might taste. I want to leave my sauce on the stove for an hour

Why can´t I make a goodlooking napolitan style pizza dough?

I know you have to use a oven that can get to at least 800°F, and I am using a home integrated kitchen oven, but I can´t get any closer to a good-loo

how to get maximum amount of rise for shaped pizza

I'm making pizza from scratch. My goal is to have the least dough possible in terms of grams per square cm/in, but have it as fluffy and bubbly and airy as pos

mixing dry yeast, water, salt and flour

When aging pizza dough in the refrigerator for 1-2 days, I mix the salt and "Saf-Instant Dry Baker's Yeast" (a Japanese brand) with the flour and add room-tempe

How long does pizza dough keep in the fridge?

The recipe is 500g flour, 325g water, 20g cake yeast, 10g salt and 20g of olive oil. After kneading I split it into 4 and store them individually in oiled freez

Will an airtight container negatively affect yeast growth / dough expansion?

I've had a lot of success making bread and pizza dough using the Jim Lahey "No knead" method, leaving the covered dough to ferment up to 18 hours. I normally c

Why is my pizza dough sponge failing?

I have tried a number of times to make my own pizza dough. Where I am falling down is the sponge. In general, I am mixing a packet of yeast with about 2/3 C o

How long can you keep pizza dough in the fridge?

We usually keep pizza dough in the fridge for three days before making the pizza. We use the normal ingredients such as flour, sugar, salt, yeast, olive oil an

Pizza browning agent substituting proportion

I've been learning how to make pizzas. In the book I follow, for home ovens at 500 F, one needs to add a browning agent in pizzas to bake the pizza well. In 45

Order of ingredients when making Pizza dough

I see all kinds of different dough recipes for Pizza. They all contain flour, salt, yeast and water. Some contain olive oil as well. The recipes are not consist

Reheatable pizza dough

Let's say I'm using a 100% white bread flour 70% hydration dough (with or without oil) for pizza to be baked in a home oven; how should I change the formula, or

Tapioca flour pizza crust is gummy?

I'm not sure if it's either too thick, not baked alone long enough, or a reactuon to adding a hand made sauce....

18 hours fermentation of Biga

I am following Tony Gemignani's recipe for Pizza dough. For making a dough with a starter, he suggests making a Biga (which he calls "Tiga", link follows). Once

Pizza bulk fermentation vs proofing (2nd cycle)

I recently made Pizza following a recipe that asked to bulk ferment for 24 hours in the fridge, then shape and then proof for another 24 hours in the fridge (in

Rising pizza dough in the fridge after punching it?

EMERGENCY! I am making a pizza recipe and am deciding between having it for dinner tonight or tomorrow. I was originally planning on doing it tomorrow because

Does shaping dough require punching/folding it?

Newbie baker here with a pizza dough recipe that says this: Mix and ... allow to rise at room temperature for 8 to 12 hours. Turn dough out onto lightly f

How should we determine the proportion of yeast in thin pizza? [closed]

It's my first try at making pizza. I have a question that I'm curious about and I can't find an answer for. I would like to make a pizza that

Flour/Instant Dry Yeast Ratio in Thin Pizza Dough

I researched this question before asking, but I could not find a clear information. I'm sorry if I missed it. I want to make pizza from a leavened dough. I wil

Soggy Italian calzones

Why are my calzones always wet after I cut them? If I let them cool, the bottom is wet. Other then runny or soggy they're so good.