Makes two 12" pies
3 c unbleached all purpose flour
1 1/3 c warm water
1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
- Heat water in microwave for 15-20 seconds. Should be no more than 110 degrees.
- Add sugar and yeast to water, stir to dissolve. Let rest for 4 minutes
- In stand mixer bowl, add flour. Dig out a well, and pour in all liquid.
- Mix with dough hook on lowest setting "1" for 4 minutes.
- Cover and let rest for 20 min.
- ADD SALT.
- Mix with dough hook on lowest setting for 13 minutes.
- Cover and let rest for 20 min.
- Oil a plastic bowl, scrape sticky dough out of mixing bowl, cover and refrigerate for 2 days. (mine went in the fridge on Sunday at 3pm, so it should be ready Tuesday 3pm; can also try it Monday night).
- Make two 12" pizza skins
- Preheat oven for 500 degrees, with pizza stone.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes.
(I took 1/2 batch out this afternoon at 3pm, after 24 hrs in the fridge; then did a 3.5 hour bench rise, baked at 500 deg for 8 minutes, 2nd to top rack in oven w/ pizza stone)
- Nice texture and good flavor! Good puffiness, good chew, not raw or yeasty
- Thinnest crispy crust on the pizza bottom. Pizza edges started to get a tiny bit blistery with a nice chew.
- Crust did not brown (2 out of 5); probably could stay in the oven 1 more minute. Sometimes I wonder if it's my pizza stone. According to PizzaMaking.com, I should try having the stone in the middle or bottom of the oven, preheat oven to 550 (at least) for 1 hour! This helps the stone get up to the right temp. Found a good thread on white crust problems. Things to consider: less sugar (there's already so little), slightly more salt, less final bench rise, higher temp, lower rack + stone.
- Go for 2.5 to 3 hour bench rise
- Preheat to 550, stone on last level
- Bake for 8-9 minutes
- After 7 minutes move pizza from stone to middle rack
- Get home air temp thermometer(s); one for fridge, one for kitchen so I can see what my "room temp" is now, as well as my fridge "cold temp" is.
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