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There are so many variables that go into making a PIZZA. The hydration of the dough, flour, yeast and many more.. Amounts of any kind of yeast in a pizza can make a big difference. Most recipes posted on the web, use too much yeast in their recipes. What I have found out so far, is either bulk fermenting the dough or cold fermenting the dough will give a better flavor in the crust. I am still experimenting to find different flavors in the crust of pies. In my opinion pizza is all about the best flavor you can achieve in a crust. I still am on the journey about flavors in the crust. Even differences in temperatures in you home or times of the year can influence how much yeast to use. If you want a pizza to develop flavors in the crust, there are many ways to go about achieving this.

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Sicilian Pizza with Preferment for Lehmann Dough

At my mom's home getting ready to bake in her gas oven

At my mom's home getting ready to bake in her gas oven
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Thursday, January 9, 2014

Neapolitan Pizza Made in the Blackstone Oven Unit

I mixed two Neapolitan doughs using the GM Neapolitan flour and also using Omid's method of being hand-inoculated with fresh yeast like Omid posted at Reply 448 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,14506.msg152087.html#msg152087 I used two grams of fresh yeast though.

Since the batch for the two dough balls were mixed in the Kitchen Aid mixer it was not enough dough to use the spiral hook so I mixed with the flat beater. The dough was rested in-between mixes. I also wanted to try something out on the second mix with the flat beater and that was to mix at high speeds. The dough was then mixed at high speeds for 3 minutes. I wanted to see if that would make a tougher crust or foul it up somehow. The bulk dough was then stretched and folded two times (with 20 mintues in-between rests) before cutting and balling.

I purchased a cheese grater at the Dollar General Store today for 2.50 and went to town on pounding the plastic edges that were all around the cheese grater to make a chau-deflector the best I could.

It can be seen what temperature I loaded the two Neapolitan pizzas. The red valve was then turned up the whole way for both pizzas. I must not have had the defector positioned right on the first bake. On the second bake it was a little bit better but I need to work on that some more.

What I thought was interesting was the crumb was not at all tough from all of the mixing at high speeds with the flat beater.

The Neapolitan pies sure were not perfect but they tasted good to me. It has been awhile since I ate any Neapolitan pies. I would have tried out other dressings but I was not sure how these pizzas would try out.

Thanks Omid, your hand-inoculated method worked well!


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