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Questions tagged [pizza]

Questions about pizza preparation, baking, and equipment.

A pizza is defined as a baked flatbread with toppings on it. Often includes a red sauce and/or cheese as a topping.

Not all pizza is . Many regional styles of pizza exist and all are acceptable uses of this tag. The only requirements are to be flat and oven-baked.

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Need help in identifying a specific italian salami/sausage for pizza

I came across a very intense and savory salami recently at a great pizzeria in Frankfurt (Germany). The pizza guys however are from Napoli and sell their amazing and traditional pizza since ages with a salami I have never seen somewhere else and…
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Cooking a Lean Cuisine frozen pizza in a toaster oven or regular oven instead of microwave

I know it says in the directions to use microwave only. But I am more curious than anything else. Is it a food safety issue perhaps? I generally put olive oil around the crust of any frozen pizza to keep from burning and make it crisp. I can try it…
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What's the difference between thin crust pizza and a cracker

My friend says that thin pizza crust is nothing but a cracker, but I think there are significant differences between the two products. For example, if you buy a store-bought cracker and add pizza sauce, toppings, and cheese to it, you won't get…
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container for bulk fermentation/proofing

It happens to me quite often that I make small batches of bread/pizza/focaccia dough that need to spend several hours in the fridge or at room temperature in a container with a lid I've seen that many use containers in which the dough covers already…
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What is the animal product in pizza sauce in korea

I am currently in S.korea, I was checking the ingredients of pizza in a small local restaurant, because I follow halal diet, and I was surprised to find that there is animal product in the sauce. So can anyone tell what kind of animal product that…
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How to make cauliflower pizza crust without using parmesan cheese?

I want to make cauliflower pizza crust for keto diet, but all the recipes I have seen on internet require a lot of parmesan cheese, which is too expensive for me. So I want to look for a cheaper alternative of parmesan cheese to use in cauliflower…
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How to make pizza without pizza sauce?

Does anyone know how to make pizza without pizza sauce? Maybe some kind of replacement?
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White dots on pizza or focaccia after baking

Sometimes I prepare a pizza dough that is a "direct" knead, no fancy preparations, works with all-purpose flour, rises in a couple of hours with regular yeast, about 70% hydration, olive oil inside. It can be refrigerated after you roll out the…
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Should I use self-rising flour or all purpose flour for two ingredient pizza dough?

I'm planning to make a simple pizza using the two ingredient pizza dough method. I've been doing some reading on it and I see two variants of this: (1) from Kinda Healthy Recipes which uses all purpose flour, salt, and Greek Yogurt; and (2) from…
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kneading vs. stretch and fold with pizza

I've read in another answer, that for bread stretch and fold and kneading is more or less the same. On the other hand, almost all of the pizza recipes say kneading and almost all of the bread recipes have stretch and fold. Is there a reason for…
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How long should I bake the pizza in a microwave oven?

I am making homemade pizza using a store bought pizza base. I know this is a fairly basic problem, but I am new here. Anyway, I own a Samsung microwave oven which also has a convection mode. Do I simply microwave it, or use the convection mode?
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Do restaurants use acidified pesto?

Do pizza restaurants usually make their own pesto or use commercial acidified pesto? Found pesto squished between plates this morning (about 11 hours old) and concerned about a low-acid situation and how to clean it up safely. Or this this a…
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How should we determine the proportion of yeast in thin pizza?

It's my first try at making pizza. I have a question that I'm curious about and I can't find an answer for. I would like to make a pizza that is thin, crispy, and a little soft. In my research, most of the recipes used yeast. I know that yeast adds…
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Tapioca flour pizza crust is gummy?

I'm not sure if it's either too thick, not baked alone long enough, or a reactuon to adding a hand made sauce....
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Pizza browning agent substituting proportion

I've been learning how to make pizzas. In the book I follow, for home ovens at 500 F, one needs to add a browning agent in pizzas to bake the pizza well. In 453 grams of flour, he uses 9gm of diastatic malt. Sugar and honey are 2 other alternatives…
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