The Home-made Pizza thread
Aight, haven't found anything like this around. I want to have a thread where we can discuss home made pizza, ingredients, techniques, post pics and vote on the best pie, ask questions & find advice.
My very first question - does anybody know of a good high-gluten Type 00 flour supplier in/around the Denver/Boulder area? I was thinking of walking in at Protos in Boulder and asking them if they can hook me up with a 50lb bag of their flour, but would prefer knowing a good supplier in the vicinity.
Also looking for San Marzano tomatoes in town, I can't find a store that carries them!!! I am going to grow my own this summer, but want to find ready-ones for the time being.
And just to get the thread started:
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Here's my basic dough recipe:
1000grams high-gluten flour (11.5-12%)
650ml luke-warm water (I've been going with 65% hydration lately)
7grams Dry Yeast
pinch of salt
tbps of brown sugar
So I usually start my pizza dough the night before using it. I basically mix the yeast, the water, and the sugar in a bowl and let it sit for a few minutes. Mix the salt with the flour, dump the yeast-water in, and mix & knead the dough for a good 20 minutes. Rub the dough in some olive oil & I let it rise for 30 minutes before wrapping it in ceran wrap & letting the dough 'mature' in the fridge for 12-18hours. The next day I pull the dough out and let it warm up to room-temperature, then let it rise 2-6hours depending on how rushed I am.
Making pizza Thursday night so I'll have some actual pics of my pies ;)
Let's get this thread goin!
-b
im working my way thru my second 50# bag of flour at $15
its just plain cheap costco flour, but adding olive oil,herbs, and (i know this is not part of any recipe) about 1/4 oatmeal, mixed in a bread machine as dough, but cooked on a hot stone, has produced some great crusts if you like thin and a little crunchy. and we have been using fresh tomatoes and fresh herbs. very good value for the coming depression