Jim’s idea for making a Pizza using the Epoxy Method 5/15/2012

I must say the “Epoxy Method” with the preferment and soaker worked great with Jim’s formulation. The dough ball seemed to ferment just enough until this afternoon. The dough ball was left out at room temperature of about 83 degrees F for about 1 ½ hrs to warm-up. The dough ball opened so easy and wasn’t sticky at all. The pizza slide off the peel easily and the bake went well. There was good oven spring, decent crust browning, a nice crispness on the bottom crust and the taste of the crust was really good. Steve and I thought the crust had a nice complex flavor better than using other methods. The pizza wasn’t like bread at all.


Thanks Jim for thinking of the “Epoxy Method” for us to try! I think it made a great pizza.

If anyone want to follow along on the journey to try and make a better crust, this is the thread where Jimmyg came up with the idea of the Epoxy Method for pizza.

http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,19129.0.html

Norma

The progress of the attempts for a Sicilian pizza for market 5/15/2012

The Sicilian dough that was bulk cold fermented for 3 days, then divided and balled and fermented one more day worked out reasonably well. I only made two pies out of the 3 dough balls and froze one to see how that works out. One dough ball that was used was from a plastic bag and one was from the plastic container. The taste of the crust was great since the dough had longer to ferment. The one problem I still am having is how much to stretch out the dough before putting it into the oiled steel pan. Either I stretch it too big or too small. When it is in the oil and the stretch is too small, it wants to slide around and takes some effort to get it stretched the full way in the steel pan without it wanting to stretch back, even after it is left to rest for awhile.


Steve brought some Orangecello to celebrate. The Orangecello went well with a slice of Sicilian pizza. :)

Formulation I am using.

 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,18281.msg178345.html#msg178345

Norma
 

Mother's Day present from my granddaughter and family...A great pizza cutter! :) 5/13/2012

I had a great time yesterday with my family on Mother's Day! :)  We all had a picnic at my place and it sure was fun having 5 generations of my family together. 

It is always fun watching my grandson and great-granddaughter. 

My granddaughter and family gave me a really nice pizza cutter.

Norma