/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19844734
i use a glass cutting board as a peel

>>19589616
i make sure the counter is well floured then push the dough ball into a flat disc and work my way around the disc stretching it out about a inch at a time from the edge otherwise the center will become way to thin then flip it onto a corn meal covered pizza peel (glass cutting board) and VERY quickly top it and slid it onto a preheated pizza stone
it works most of the time if i'm quick enough otherwise it stick and all the topping go flying when i try to slide it and land in the bottom of the oven creating a small kitchen fire

old pic btw

>>19323391
i buy cunts tomato sauce which is just tomato and add my own EVOO
those tomatoes are all sourced from the same farm and processed into tomato paste by the same factory, you're paying 9x markup for a dash of garlic powder and and a splash of commercial grade olive oil

>>19308034
don't talk shit about my sauce im broke and it tastes the same as the $6 shit in a glass jar

>>18537059
no you just suck at stretching out dough

>>18333543
yea i have a plant on my kitchen windowsill

>>18315061
i've been using gold medal AP flour (i can no longer afford KA bread flour, hence the cheap sauce)
I didn't go for 80% it just turned out to be what i was using, once i bought a scale (the recipe was actually 70% but my measuring cups were wildly inaccurate) and i just got used to working with insanely sticky dough.

i mix 2/3rds of the flour in with just the water and yeast and mix until gluten starts to develop then i mix in the oil,salt and remaining flour and use a rubber spatula to kinda roll/stretch it clockwise kinda like a dough hook would (i have tried many kneading methods and this seems to work the best)
i do that for about 10 min then let rest for 1 hour which i think is right a the border of overproofing, just a few more minutes and the dough won't spring back when i poke it.
from there i cut in to two ball and either let sit overnight in the fridge or if im in a rush i let it relax for 15min then stretch it out into pizzas

i stretch from the outside so the center doesn't get to thin and when its about 2/3rds of its full size i put my two fists under the center and let gravity stretch it the rest of the way

>>18263925
the trick wit hmy plan is i don't have to buy everything each month
herbs and spices last me 3 months
ketchup, hot sauce, oil/vinegar and mayo last me two months
i buy a year worth of rice at a time
i get a few months out of a giant box of green tea
etc.
buy in bulk, watch for sales/deals and rotate your spending power

>>18205412
i mix the water,sugar,yeast and 2/3rds of the flour and let sit for 20-30 min to sorta autolyse then mix in the rest of the ingredients.
i hand knead for at least 10 min then let rest for 1 hour
dived into balls and let rest for another 30 min before stretching out and top it then straight into a 450f oven on a well preheated stone