Pizza Pizza

[Dwain Pannell]

Whipped up a cpl different batches of dough Fri night for today's football game pizzas.

One was Cook's Illustrated dough fermented in the fridge 3 daze and the other was from Breadtopia.

The Breadtopia dough reminds me of the pizza we got from Italy. Very crispy. The best pizza I ever had was a little village in the mountains: Polcenigo.

The Cook's Illustrated recipe has more oven spring and chew. A very nice crust as well.

Both were cooked on the Weber Original Charcoal Pizza Oven and served with Scotch 90/- Ale.

This is the Cook's Illustrated crust:

This is the Breadtopia crust:

Cheers!

 

[Bill Schultz]

Nicely done my friend. Would love one of those pies

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Mighty fine looking pizza Dwain. Just had lunch but that still made me hungry!

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

That pizza looks fantastic!

 

[Gary H. NJ]

Nicely done and great pics too.

 

[Robert-R]

Man... what would I give to cook pizza that nice?

 

[pj lietz]

Looks great! I need to get on of those tops, looks much better then the other one out there.

 

[Michael C.]

Perfect Pie!!! Looks very tasty!!!!

 

[James Lake]

Great looking pies.... Which crust did you like best.

 

[Dwain Pannell]

Great looking pies.... Which crust did you like best.

Tough call. There were pros and cons of each. For instance, the Breadtopia pie was easier to work with and get onto the stone. It also had a cracker type crack when I cut and bit into it. But the Cook's Illustrated pie had a nicer oven spring and more a complex flavor because of the slow refrigerator fermentation. I think I have to go with the Breadtopia crust because it reminded me of Italy more so than the Cook's Illustrated crust. They really were both very good and I'd serve either to friends and family.

 

[Jerome D.]

Both pizzas look like the real deal. Great shots of the underside of the crust!

 

[John Wheeler]

Pizzas look great! I take it the new oven is worth getting? Still want one myself. Nice post as always

 

[Tommy B]

Looks really good.

 

[Luke P]

Great looking pies! Love that airy/crispy crust.

 

[Dwain Pannell]

Thanks folks.

Pizzas look great! I take it the new oven is worth getting? Still want one myself. Nice post as always

I believe the Oven is worth it. It's not a Brick Oven by any means but it is fun to have and cooks a great pie. I've really enjoyed cooking on it.

 

[James N]

Fantastic looking crust on both pie's Dwain.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Great looking pies Dwain! Experimenting with the dough/crust is half the fun of making your own pizza, looks like you got that part figured out!

 

[Tony R]

Pizza looks great! Made pizza the other day and wish it looked like yours.

 

[Barb D]

Great job on the pizza and they taste so much better home made. Pass a plate please.