"Prepared" pizza base - does that mean cooked?
I have reproduced on my website a recipe for a pizza, out of my Mediterranean cookbook: http://www.justrightmenus.com/recipe.php?id=275
What I'm looking for help on is whether they more likely meant for one to start with a raw-dough pizza crust or one that's already been cooked. The recipe in the book said to use a "prepared" pizza base.
Best Answer
I would imagine, if the book is of reasonable quality, by prepared, they mean one that you have prepared earlier. If there's a recipe for pizza base in the book, that's probably what they'd like you to use.
Personally, if you're going to the trouble of making home-made pizza, make your own base. Invariably, the pre-made bases you can buy from stores taste like chalk.
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Is pizza base already cooked?
It's absolutely essential to pre-bake the dough for 5-6 minutes before adding your toppings. Once you've added Pizza Sauce and all your toppings, return it to the oven to finish baking! This will result in a crust that holds on it's own and is crispy on the outside, and soft and airy on the inside.How can you tell if a pizza base is undercooked?
To make sure there is no raw dough on your pizza, check the bottom of the pizza by carefully lifting up the pizza and looking at the bottom. If your crust is golden brown on the bottom, you have a nicely cooked pizza. If your crust is white on the bottom, it has not been cooked long enough.How do you make sure pizza base is cooked?
Try dropping your oven temperature slightly or lowering your pizza a level or two on your oven rack. You can then bake for longer \u2013 try 4 minutes longer \u2013 and you should cook your dough through without burning the top.Why is pizza base not cooking?
Adding lots of sauce and cheese will not only increase the amount of moisture but it will also form a thick barrier on top of the dough. This barrier will prevent the heat from getting to the dough, which will lead to soggy undercooked pizza. Avoid adding too many of toppings that contain a lot of moisture or oil.More answers regarding "Prepared" pizza base - does that mean cooked?
Answer 2
It would depend on what your pizza dough recipe calls for... Often you just make the dough, roll it out, and thus it is "prepared" and ready for the pizza ingredients, however I have seen pizza dough recipes in which they recommend prebaking the crust a bit before adding other stuff; in this case, it would be "prepared" after that prebake.
Basically, "prepared" means you've completed your pizza dough recipe (or have bough a prepared crust from the store).
Answer 3
A lot of pizza recipes use a "prepared base" to simplify the recipe since making dough is something that usually calls for its own recipe.
It means use a store bought base (e.g. Boboli), make your own dough, or buy dough or use something as a "canvas" for your pizza. The bread is such an important part of the pizza, the recipe should suggest using homemade or store bought dough over premade crusts.
A lot of pizzerias will sell you balls of dough at a very reasonable price.
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