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Anyone else enjoy making homemade pizza?

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Here are some of mine (you may notice lack of topping variety. I only like pepperoni and sausage, and I usually don't like to take time to make sausage, lol):

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Will take a pic next time if this thread's still alive.

I usually use 3:1 ratio of multigrain flour to white, gives a better taste imo. Also I don't typically like anchovies on pizzas but on homemade pizza they are amazing.
 
Eck, no. It's always bad, or at least I can order in better. I can make a mean dessert pizza though, that stuff's good.
 
Eck, no. It's always bad, or at least I can order in better. I can make a mean dessert pizza though, that stuff's good.

I'm at the point now where my pizza tastes better than takeaway and supermarket pizza, and it's considerably cheaper. It just takes some trial and error and some persistence to improve.
 
Yeah, I do it all the time. Pizza stones are a great way to spend money, but not a good way to own something useful. Just use the largest Cast Iron skillet you can get.
 
We started making our own pizza and it comes out pretty good, much better than frozen pizza and most take out that we have gotten.

For our daughters birthday, my wife and I wanted to let the kids make mini pizzas as an activity, we didn't know what to serve and thought it would be a fun 'game' and serve a purpose. Turns out most kids she hangs out with don't like making and eating pizza. Had two of them fight to make a pizza and then not even eat it.
 
So I've tried to make pizza twice already and I kind of under cook my dough. Any tips on how to avoid this?

If you use a pizza stone (should always) then just preheat the oven for like an hour. The one I got I can cook bread on it for 2 hours after just because it holds heat so well.
 
If you use a pizza stone (should always) then just preheat the oven for like an hour. The one I got I can cook bread on it for 2 hours after just because it holds heat so well.

What are you using for a pan? Using a pizza stone or cast iron will solve most problems with dough being soggy.

I do have a pizza stone. So I should preheat the oven for an hour before cooking then? I sometimes put the dough on parchment paper as well.
 
I make it every Friday usually. I made some sauce and freeze it in 1 cup portions so I can thaw out the amount I need. Some fresh mozza, asiago, parm, fresh basil, prosciutto. Yum. I'm having some leftovers for lunch today.

Use a microplane grater to basically liquify a couple of cloves of garlic. Mix with a touch of olive oil and brush on the dough before adding sauce etc. Adds a great hit of garlic if you like that sort of thing.

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that looks amazing
 
Here are some of mine (you may notice lack of topping variety. I only like pepperoni and sausage, and I usually don't like to take time to make sausage, lol):

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Those look incredible!!!!

I'd love to make my own pizza but I have a serious lack of kitchen utensils.

I mainly use my crockpot. If someone could invent a crockpot pizza, I'd try it out.
 
I do have a pizza stone. So I should preheat the oven for an hour before cooking then? I sometimes put the dough on parchment paper as well.

Yeah, preheating the stone is a must. I cook at 425 and place the dough right on the stone. If you are having trouble sliding the dough on to the stone with toppings you can bake the dough itself for no more than two minutes to stiffen up the dough and make it easier to handle without a peel.
 
Yeah, preheating the stone is a must. I cook at 425 and place the dough right on the stone. If you are having trouble sliding the dough on to the stone with toppings you can bake the dough itself for no more than two minutes to stiffen up the dough and make it easier to handle without a peel.

Thanks for the tip. I'll definitely try it this way next time.
 
I do have a pizza stone. So I should preheat the oven for an hour before cooking then? I sometimes put the dough on parchment paper as well.

Parchment paper is fine. But definitely preheat. I use parchment for 4-5 minutes then take it out, I like thin crust so that's tough to get off of a peel, with parchment it's awesome. Just prep, slide, cook for 4-5, take out and then cook for a couple more and broil if you want crispy top.
 
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made a pizza yesterday from scratch. pepperoni, mozarella, homemade sauce, diced tomato, red onion, green pepper and mixed herbs:

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I crisped/pre-cooked the pepperoni first (it's under the cheese, you can't see it). was awesome.
 
I do BBQ Chicken pizza, its so good. The latest time I still did the homemade crust but did the chicken in the slow cooker with BBQ sauce for a few hours. It was amazing once put on the pizza and warmed with generous amounts of bacon.
 
My wife uses a stone, not preheated. Turns out great.

Thinking of getting her a steel plate and peel for her B-day.

Haven't tried the gas grill method yet.

We don't have a wire pan.

We have iron skillets but haven't tried them either.

So obviously we have some experimenting to do.

What is your best go to... stone, grate, steel or skillet?
 
I make it about once per week. Comes out pretty good with a pizza stone @ 550. I use a mix of king arthur and itialian 00 pizzeria flour to make a Neapolitan style dough and use a recipe for a new york style sauce.

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