Homemade Pizza

[bwana]

Pizza tonight. But first, we make sauce.

EDIT: Second actually - made the dough last night.

 

[bwana]

All’s well that ends well. Managed to get the Weber with kettle caddy up to over 490c which is fairly respectable IMO.

Now I have a bucket of sauce to get ready for the freezer.

 

[TH30D]

So I bought the Pizza Braai. Heats up quickly and pizza is done in 2 minutes. Have to play with the temps a bit. Lot of heat from the top and too little from the bottom. Used type00 flour 70% hydration. Tamato base, mozzarella, feta, herbs, olive oil.

such a cool gadget.

 

[Polymathic]

such a cool gadget.

Lol I didn't even notice that he used a dedicated device in those pics until you brought it up

 

[janplank]

It is basically a metal drawer.

 

[RanzB]

It is basically a metal drawer.

I wonder if you could just use an inverted cast iron pan.

 

[janplank]

Too much toppings.

 

[Tabac]

Too much toppings.

No such thing as too much toppings.
Btw, you complained about not enough heat from the bottom, did you fix it ?

 

[janplank]

Yes, I scraped some coals underneath the unit which did the trick. It was a tad too hot though. I burnt the first pizza a bit.
After I scraped some coals away, it cooled somewhat.
You really don't need a lot of wood to make pizza in this unit.

 

[bwana]

Too much toppings.

Pizza get a little soggy? It happens

My downfall is usually too much cheese.

 

[ebendl]

Pizza get a little soggy? It happens

My downfall is usually too much cheese.

Hehe yeah. I always seem to put on double the amount that is necessary.

The wife on the other hand puts on 1/2 the amount necessary.

Together we get it just perfect.

 

[B-1]

Yes, I scraped some coals underneath the unit which did the trick. It was a tad too hot though. I burnt the first pizza a bit.
After I scraped some coals away, it cooled somewhat.
You really don't need a lot of wood to make pizza in this unit.

That's pretty normal in a brick oven as well. We usually do a focaccia starter first otherwise there's a fight over who gets the burnt pizza. First time I've seen this looks really handy.

 

[janplank]

Pizza night

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

What a nice surprise to find this on my desk at work, thanx Boss

 

[abudabi]

What a nice surprise to find this on my desk at work, thanx Boss

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Oh wow... that's lekker. Is your boss italian ?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Oh wow... that's lekker. Is your boss italian ?

Yes

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Yes

No wait, his wife is, he is Portugueses

 

[janplank]

At it again.... Tomato base, mozzerella, blue cheese, avo & herbs,

 

[janplank]

One of my best tasting pizzas yet

 

[bwana]

This thread reminds me it's time to make sauce... and pizza. The kids have been Stromboli obsessed so it's time to mix it up a bit.