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Pizza Stone Pizza

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Pizza Stone Pizza

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You can download the Forno Bravo Pizza Stone Pizza eBook for free from the FB Store to find pizza stone recipes.

You can cook great pizza on your Forno Bravo Pizza Stone. The key to cooking pizza on a stone is to get your pizza stone hot. That means setting your oven to its highest heat — typically 525F-550F, and heating your pizza stone for at least 45 minutes before you start cooking. More if you want to cook for a long period. Remember that you are essentially “storing” heat in the pizza stone, and that you will be removing heat each time you cook a pizza. The more you cook, the more you remove. Also, it is important to note that even though the air in your oven might be over 500F, it takes time for the stone to fully heat up.

If you have convection, use it. Many Italian ovens actually have a pre-set button called “Pizza” (I think that’s great), which is the highest heat from the top and bottom burners, and the fastest convection setting.

You will need two tools to make, place, and remove your pizza: a wooden peel to prepare and set your pizzas, and either a metal peel, or a large metal spatula to remove them. If you are going to throw a pizza party, have 3-4 wood peels on hand so that your guests can be making their pizzas all at the same time. As the base of a cooked pizza becomes crisp, it is easier to take your pizza out with a metal tool than a wooden one. The handle of your metal peel should be longer than a regular spatula to safely remove your pizzas from the hot oven.

Using the Forno Bravo guides to Caputo Tipo 00 Flour and San Marzano DOP Tomatoes, make your pizza dough balls and tomato sauce, and you are ready to start. Dust your hands with flour, and take a pizza ball. Flip it over so that the soft bottom side faces up, gently shape the ball into a flat disk, and then start pulling, stretching and turning the disk in the air to make the dough thinner and thinner. Keep working in a circle to keep the thickness of the dough consistent, avoiding thick and thin spots. At the point where you cannot get the dough thinner without making a hole, put your pizza on a floured wooden peel, and use your fingertips to work out the thick spots by pushing the dough to the outside. Make your pizzas about as thick as a credit card and about 10″ in diameter.

Remember that the more you handle the dough, the tougher it becomes. Don’t use a rolling pin, which is hard on the dough and will give you a thin, but tough pizza. Try to shape your dough in the air as much as possible, before you lay it on the counter — it will enjoy not being over-handled, and will reward you with a pizza that is both crisp and delicate.

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