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Knead to Know: Find ways to add color to your pizza crust
Pizza Crust Color Theory Over the years I have taught many pizza makers embarking on a new journey, but there always seems to be a handful of questions I always get. “When do I know my pizza is done” is probably a question I get once a class. For...
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Knead to Know: What Comes After the Mix for your Batch of Dough
After the Mix Dough making is an art unto itself and every pizza maker does it slightly differently. When to add certain ingredients, how long to mix and overall hydration has drastic effects on the final product. But what happens after the batch of ...
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Learn factors and adjustments that play into proper pizza dough mixing
In the mix: proper way to mix a batch of dough and for how long In my day-to-day job I answer a lot of questions. One main question that always stands out centers on the proper way to mix a batch of dough and for how long. It is always hard to tell...
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Rock solid competitors, trends and insights from the International Pizza Challenge 2021
Hall of Flame “Everything starts with a solid foundation. The stronger it is, the longer you last in competition, business and life, because only the strongest survive.” Chef Que Wimberly, The Missing Brick Pizzer...
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Knead to Know: Avoid an Undercooked Pizza and Unhappy Diners
The Raw Deal: How to solve the undercooked pizza crust problem I have been making pizza for over 15 years now, and I can proudly say that I have most likely eaten my weight in pizza. I have eaten pizza all over the world, and for the most part it has...
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New Ideas for Onions in Your Pizzeria
Onion Blings Onions. Yes, you know, those giant mesh bags that sit in your walk-in like a second-string quarterback? With a little imagination, it could be time to play this transformative vegetable to make pizzas and pastas more exciting. For cent...
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Knead to Know: Discover optimal stretching techniques for your pizza dough
The Dough Stretch Having the perfect dough recipe is great, but if you do not know how to properly open or stretch a dough ball all that work quickly disappears. For beginners stretching dough can be one of the toughest techniques to master. There ...
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Grains World — Adding ancient grains to pizza
Excellent Ancient Grains in the Pizzeria Fifteen years ago, I had no intention of making pizza without the usual white, bleached and bromated flour that all pizza places use. Then one hot September day, I travelled to my favorite Amish family in th...
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Knead to Know: Flour Power, a guide to pizza flour
Get a deep dive into which flour will work best for you Let’s talk flour. Any smart pizza maker can make a great tasting pizza no matter what flour they have available, but there are a few factors that will determine the process based on the flour ...
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Knead to Know: A primer on baker’s yeast and what makes each type unique
It Lives When we talk about dough, everyone’s recipe differs in some way. That is the beauty of pizza. No one person is doing it the same as another, but one constant in every recipe that is a must have, cannot live without, is yeast. The quantity ...
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Knead to Know: Don’t blow it with your mobile and off-site catering pizza dough
Hot Wheels Summer is coming quickly, and with Covid restrictions across the country loosening and the number of vaccinations rising, that means dining rooms will be opening and off-site events will be returning. Pizza trailers and catering events wil...
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Knead to Know: Adapt your Pizza Dough into a Different Pizza Style
Pizza Dough Chameleon — Learn to adapt your dought to multiple styles The pizzeria of the past had one style and that was all that was offered. The pizzeria of today and the future is one that can present a variety of styles and keep their cust...