Two more pizzas made in the Blackstone oven...A Greek style pizza and a Mack's pizza attempt

Since it has become warmer in our area I wanted to fire-up the BS oven again.  I also wanted to try some different pizzas in the BS.  I have some Pillsbury Patent 4X flour so I decided to try the formula set forth at Reply 242 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,691.msg144176.html#msg144176  I don't have a 10” pan, but I do have a cutter pan that is 10” across the top of the cutter pan.  I don't know if my cutter pan will be high enough. I also wanted to try a higher amount of oil in a dough so I picked the formulation at Reply 307 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,9068.msg99472.html#msg99472  but I am attempting a 14” pizza.  I am not sure how this will bake in the BS with the higher amount of olive oil in the dough.  The formulation I used had a higher amount of IDY because it will only be cold fermented for one day.  

Both doughs were mixed in the Kitchen Aid mixer.  The Greek style dough was mixed with the flat beater only and the boardwalk style dough was mixed with the flat beater and the spiral hook.  For the boardwalk style dough I did use the Pillsbury Patent 4X flour too.

I did not remember to bring any cheese home from market so I have to find some at the supermarket.

In my opinion both of the dough formulations I tried and both of the final pizzas were really good.  Thanks Peter!

The Greek pizza is the first sets photos and the boardwalk style pizza are the last sets of photos.  The temperature can been seen before both bakes.  The two cheese blends went well together.  I don't think I ever tried those two cheeses together before.  The cheese on both pizzas tasted very good.  I used Greek oregano on both pizzas.

I think I am going to try offering Greek style pizzas at market again.  Maybe I won't get the same results as in the BS though.  The Greek style pizza baked fast in the BS, the edges did get crispy and the bottom crust seemed about right to me.  Spinach was put on top of the sauce for the Greek pizza and both pizzas had sandwich pepperoni added last. 

Move over Mack's.   In my opinion this pizza I attempted was much better than a Mack's pizza.  

It was 56 degrees F outside when I was baking in the BS.  Can't ask for much better weather than that.  

Norma

Greek Style Pizza made with two different doughs

I had a little Lehmann dough left after balling Tuesday and also a little leftover Detroit style dough so I just place them on top of each other and balled to see how that would work out when trying to open a dough ball and to see if they would mesh together without me kneading the two doughs.  I used the mixed dough ball to make a Greek style pizza.  The dough ball was very soft and opened like a normal dough ball.  I usually open the dough ball for a Greek style pizza part way as I would normally open and dough ball then it is pressed out some more in the round steel pan.  It seemed to work well.  I wonder how those two dough balls meshed together so well and what was going on inside that dough ball that was cold fermented for less than a day.  The steel pan was brushed with Canola oil.

Norma

Greek Style Pizza at Market 4/12/2012

Just a few pictures of the Greek style pizza made every week with the regular Lehmann dough I use for the Greek Style pizza. The edges, or rim, sometimes can get more puffy than it should.  The dressings on this Greek style pizza were sauce, spinach, 3 types of cheeses, red peppers and grape tomatoes.  The crusty edges are really good and are from the cheese melting along the sides of the steel pan.


I saw an interesting article in PMQ pizza magazine this month about Greek Style pizzas at pages 40-41 http://www.pmqmag-digital.com/pmqmag/20120607#pg42 What is basically says is that at Baco’s Pizza http://bacospizza.com/ in Enfied, Conn, that the major difference is the Greeks bake their pizzas in pans instead of directly on an oven’s stones. The really traditional Greeks allow the pizzas to proof in pans for at least eight to 12 hrs before cooking. The dough is allowed to rise for 2 to 3 hrs (I guess cold fermented), then they’re sauce and placed in the cooler until they’re ready for toppings or cooking.

I never tried the method of proofing for at leaat eight to 12 hrs., after the first rise. I wonder how that would work out. It also seems like Baco’s Pizza does not use cheddar in their blend for their Greek style pizzas. http://bacospizza.com/Menu.html I also wonder just how many different types of Greek style pizza there are in the New England area.

Norma