Tried a Cracker-Style Dough Formulation with the Ischia Starter, from Pete-zza thread 5/01/2012

First part of making the dough with the Ischia starter with pictures at Reply 42 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,5173.msg184979.html#msg184979

These are the results of the first attempt at a cracker style pizza with the Ischia starter.

The Ischia natural starter preferment cracker style pie turned out very well in the taste of the crust and was like a cracker style I would enjoy all the time. I am not still sure if I made a real cracker style pizza because I never tasted one before, but I will give this one a thumbs up. Steve even liked this pie, as did my taste testers. It was crackery as far as I know. The skin was par-bake without any oil and then the olive oil was brushed on the par-baked crust before the tomato sauce, blend of mozzarellas, cheddar, Swiss cheese and hard salami were added. I was afraid of how the dough looked to be fermenting last evening and put it into the refrigerator overnight. It was taken out this morning and left to room temperature ferment until about 3:00 pm today when the pizza was made. The rolled out dough was also docked lightly.

Thanks Peter for giving me this alternative cracker style pie to try!

Norma

Norma does Pete-zza DKM Cracker Style Pizza 5/01/2012

First part of where I was making the cracker-style dough if anyone is interested.

http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,5762.msg184938.html#msg184938

This was the second attempt at a cracker style pie. I rolled out the skin a little bit more (or to take a few wrinkles out of the skin), then cut the excess off so it would fit into the cutter pan. The dough skin was docked. Olive oil was brushed on the dough skin before the par-bake. The skin was par-baked until it looked a little golden brown in the cutter pan. The dressings applied were sauce, a blend of two mozzarellas, cheddar cheese and Italian hard salami and then baked again until it looked finished. I am still not sure if this attempt was a true cracker style pizza, but this attempt was sure better than the ones I tried on the dough enhancer thread.

If anyone is interested the results of the other cracker style pizza that was made with the Ischia preferment are at Reply 51
http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,5173.msg185390.html#msg185390

Thanks to everyone that has helped me get this far in trying to make a cracker style pizza!

Of course, I had many failures before this attempt..lol  This style of pizza is one of the hardest for me to make.

Norma