Learning Knowledge to Make Pizza: Milk Kefir Poolish Pizza Made 1/19/2011

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Milk Kefir Poolish Pizza Made 1/19/2011

I used the milk kefir dough ball tonight with the added dairy whey to make a pizza at home. I left the dough ball warm-up for 2 hrs. This dough tonight was easier to open than the last dough ball. I don’t know what the different would be in this dough compared to lasts weeks dough, with the added dairy whey.

This pizza was also baked on my upside down steel pan. The pizza was dressed with the recipe Peter (Pete-zza) had referenced awhile ago for a white pizza that was a CPK BBQ copy-kat clone, with some modifications. The modifications to that recipe were I didn’t have any red onions, so I used green spring onions, and I also didn’t have fresh cilantro, so I used fresh rosemary. The crust was light and airy and tasted good, but I could have bake this pizza probably about another minute or so, because it can be seen that the crust in the middle wasn’t quite done. It was still good.

The pH of the dough ball right before the bake was 5.71. At least the pH doesn’t seem to change too much when using dairy whey. At least in these two experiments, it seems that way. I also gave this milk kefir dough with dairy whey a 20 minute autolyse before adding the salt and oil.

Recipe for CPK BBQ Pizza

http://www.copykat.com/2009/02/03/california-pizza-kitchen-original-bbq-pizza/

California Pizza Kitchen Original BBQ Pizza

3-6 pieces boneless/skinless chicken breasts cut into 1/4 inch cubes
1 Tbsp. olive oil
2 Tbsp. favorite BBQ sauce (we use a spicy-sweet sauce).
For the pizza
1 basic pizza dough
Cornmeal, semolina or flour for handling
1/2 C. favorite BBQ sauce (we use a spicy-sweet sauce).
2 Tbsp. shredded smoked Gouda cheese
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 C. small red-onion, sliced into 1/8 inch pieces
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro

In a large frying pan, cook the chicken in olive oil over medium high heat until just cooked, 5 to 6 minutes. Do not overcook. Set aside in the refrigerator until chilled through. Once chilled, coat the chicken with two tablespoons BBQ sauce; set aside in the refrigerator.

To make the pizza
Place a pizza stone in the center of the oven and preheat to 500 deg for once hour before cooking pizzas.

Use a large spoon to spread 1/4 cup BBQ sauce evenly over the surface of the prepared dough within the rim. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon smoked Gouda cheese over the sauce. Cover with 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella.

Distribute half the chicken pieces evenly over the cheese (approximately 18 pieces). Place approximately 18 to 20 pieces of red onion over the surface. Sprinkle an additional 1/4 cup mozzarella over the top of the pizza.

Transfer the pizza to the oven; bake until the crust is crisp and golden and the cheese at the center is bubbly (about 8 to 10 minutes). When the pizza is cooked, carefully remove it from the oven; sprinkle 1 tablespoon cilantro over the hot surface. Slice and serve.

Norma