 Re: First Pizza
Insted of spraying the hearth with water (which probably will evaporate before touching) I just mop the hearth a few times with a mop. Are you using cornmeal? When I was using cornmeal i got bad burns from all of the sugar content. Also try first putting the pizzas close to the door until the crust sets up enough to get the peel underneath (you will see the spilled flour on the bricks begin to brown) then when you rotate you can get the pizzas quite a bit closer to the coals. 1 last thing about pizza/ peel disasters, Ive found that if I rotate my peel (side to side motion of the handle) it loosens the pizza without tossing the toppings everywhere which is one of the main causes of the crust sticking.
P.S. I love reinharts pizza recipie and use it for breadsticks, bread, and sometimes crackers if I have any left over.
Using these techniques I have made 25 pizzas in 1.5 hrs with no problems.
Hope this helps. |