a love for pizza turning into an obsession
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I got the pizza stone attachment for my Weber and made this as my first attempt. Salami, chicken, sweetcorn, hot peppers and indian spice powder.
It tasted great but could have been doing with being a bit more burnt around the crust. My family had done a load of food first, I should have insisted on doing my pizza immediately after it heated up.
I'm confident my next one will look a lot better but I was definitely happy with how it tasted
It tasted great but could have been doing with being a bit more burnt around the crust. My family had done a load of food first, I should have insisted on doing my pizza immediately after it heated up.
I'm confident my next one will look a lot better but I was definitely happy with how it tasted
Pizzas are a very personal thing, it seems.
Personally, I wouldn't want sweetcorn, tandoori chicken or pineapple chunks anywhere near one of mine, but I can accept other people's tastes might be different to me.
Maybe we should have our own word for pizza if it doesn't conform to tradition and/or includes bizarre toppings.?
Something like 'McPizza' perhaps?
Or 'Bakedflatbreadwithstuffonit'?
Personally, I wouldn't want sweetcorn, tandoori chicken or pineapple chunks anywhere near one of mine, but I can accept other people's tastes might be different to me.
Maybe we should have our own word for pizza if it doesn't conform to tradition and/or includes bizarre toppings.?
Something like 'McPizza' perhaps?
Or 'Bakedflatbreadwithstuffonit'?
Whilst I am a staunch supporter of the classic and simple combination of a decent tomato sauce (ideally san marzano) and a good quality mozzarella (or buffalo mozzarella if you are feeling flush) I do like to mix it up once in a while with meatballs or things like tandoori chicken.
Regardless of tastes I think we can all agree that pineapple has no place on any pizza.
Regardless of tastes I think we can all agree that pineapple has no place on any pizza.
OldJohnnyYen said:
My Chadwick arrived yesterday, hoping to use it tonight!
Nice! Have you got a way to measure the temperature of the stone?Tip: Put loads of flour on the paddle, so the pizza slides off easily into the oven. There's nothing on earth which can make you more angry than a pizza which refuses to go into the oven
Edited by FurtiveFreddy on Friday 1st August 14:38
FurtiveFreddy said:
Nice! Have you got a way to measure the temperature of the stone?
Tip: Put loads of flour on the paddle, so the pizza slides off easily into the oven. There's nothing on earth which can make you more angry than a pizza which refuses to go into the oven
Yes I've got a laser that I use with my log burner, didn't get chance last night so hoping for today.Tip: Put loads of flour on the paddle, so the pizza slides off easily into the oven. There's nothing on earth which can make you more angry than a pizza which refuses to go into the oven
Edited by FurtiveFreddy on Friday 1st August 14:38
Anyone have experiences with Ferrari pizza ovens? Seem highly rated on amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ferrari-G10006-Delizia-Piz...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ferrari-G10006-Delizia-Piz...
Following on from my previous post and with a massive amount of help from another member here (on how to get a pizza oven fired up nicely) I can report that, for any pizza enthusiast, a pizza oven (real fire one, not the plug in versions) is the only real way to enjoy pizza. We even baked up some pizza base garlic bread with the left over dough. Unfortunately it is not possible to make one in the time it takes to call up the local delivery company, or chuck a shop bought one into the oven. It takes around 2 hours to make the oven ready to bake the pizzas but only 2 - 3 minutes to bake them. I have to tell you though, the results are amazing and frankly, when one can make pizza like that it makes it incredibly difficult to countenance ever buying a ready made pizza again.
If you are thinking about putting a pizza oven in your back garden then think no longer, just do it. It is something that the whole family can get involved with. A 'build your own pizza party'. Fantastic!
If you are thinking about putting a pizza oven in your back garden then think no longer, just do it. It is something that the whole family can get involved with. A 'build your own pizza party'. Fantastic!
My new G3 Ferrari from Amazon turned up this morning so I set about making my first test pizza this afternoon.
I prepared some dough last night. After a disastrous first attempt, which ended up in the bin, I managed to come up with something that looked and felt like pizza dough. For the sauce I mixed some salt, sugar, dried basil and garlic with a tin of tomatoes and left in the fridge overnight before running through the blender today.
The pizza oven was set to preheat for 10-15mins and the stone peaked just under 400ºC.
I'm fairly pleased with my first attempt and it looks like this little oven has good potential to knock out a decent pizza.
My base was far from perfect and I need lots of practice and experimentation before I'll be near something I'm really happy with.
Overall first impressions though are very good!
I prepared some dough last night. After a disastrous first attempt, which ended up in the bin, I managed to come up with something that looked and felt like pizza dough. For the sauce I mixed some salt, sugar, dried basil and garlic with a tin of tomatoes and left in the fridge overnight before running through the blender today.
The pizza oven was set to preheat for 10-15mins and the stone peaked just under 400ºC.
I'm fairly pleased with my first attempt and it looks like this little oven has good potential to knock out a decent pizza.
My base was far from perfect and I need lots of practice and experimentation before I'll be near something I'm really happy with.
Overall first impressions though are very good!
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