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#3 Mon 05 Mar 07 8:40pm
osvaldo
- Member Occupation Consultant Engineer
- From Curitiba - Brazil
- Member since Fri 26 Nov 04
Re: My Pizza (Photos)
mmmm looks good ...
let me ask you what oven did you use ?
is it crusty enough to get one piece by hand ?
best regards
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#4 Mon 05 Mar 07 11:07pm
itsdanny
- Member Occupation Web Gimp
- From W Yorks
- Member since Mon 14 Aug 06
Re: My Pizza (Photos)
I saw Heston Blumenthal do one on an upturned 12 inch le creuset. but then again he is mental.
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#5 Mon 05 Mar 07 11:57pm
Anna
- Member since Fri 15 Apr 05
Re: My Pizza (Photos)
I've heard that's a reasonable substitute for a pizza stone, as it is stoneware after all, and the right shape.
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#6 Tue 06 Mar 07 12:29am
SusanneH
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Occupation http://bananeys.blogspot.com/
- From Germany
- Member since Mon 13 Mar 06
Re: My Pizza (Photos)
I am using a granite piece that is meant as a floor tile as a pizza stone. I am not sure, but think it might have been recommended in Jamie's Italy, too. Just go to your local hardware store and get a granite piece in the size of your oven roast. The recommendation was to get one that's 1 inch thick. Mine is a little thinner and works well, too. I put it on a roast at the bottom of my oven and preheat with the oven on the highest temperature (250°C approx). Pizza takes about 7 minutes and comes out with a wonderfully crunchy bottom. Love it!
(And it was only about 1 or 2 Euros instead of the 20some it would be for a pizza stone from a kitchen ware store or anything le creuset 
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#7 Tue 06 Mar 07 7:51am
The White Rabbit
- From Sydney, Australia
- Member since Tue 22 Jun 04
Re: My Pizza (Photos)
Just a word of caution on using stone in ovens. Stone tiles may have inclusions in them that expand and contract at different rates to the material around it. At best a crack could form, at worst it could explode. Be careful.
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#8 Tue 06 Mar 07 8:41am
SusanneH
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Occupation http://bananeys.blogspot.com/
- From Germany
- Member since Mon 13 Mar 06
Re: My Pizza (Photos)
Particularely don't use just any stone. The magazine I had the idea from said to make sure it's granite. Those floor tiles are made very regular etc and have to survive cold and hot weather etc when on your terrace without cracking. Also I think the preheating of the stone helps as then the stone gets to heat through slowly.
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#9 Tue 06 Mar 07 9:55am
Neula
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- From Barcelona
- Member since Mon 30 Oct 06
Re: My Pizza (Photos)
osvaldo wrote:
mmmm looks good ...
let me ask you what oven did you use ?
is it crusty enough to get one piece by hand ?
best regards
I used the oven at home an ordinary one
best regards
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#10 Tue 06 Mar 07 11:08am
amberpamba
Occupation Registered nurse
- From Australia
- Member since Thu 24 Jun 04
Re: My Pizza (Photos)
Im sure I saw on a cooking show that they used a terracotta tile. Or you can pick up a pizza stone for cheap. I soo want a woodfired oven, but Im not allowed lol
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