Pizza Thread

[steve dave]

try not cooking the dough first since your grill seems to run pretty hot (which is a good thing) - put the corn starch down on your pizza paddle, then the dough, then sauce it cheese it, etc, then slide it on the grill without cooking the dough first.

Didn't cook it first.  Just threw it on there. I threw it on raw and topped it after I flipped it 2 minutes in.  Probably why our mozz didn't melt very much also
EDIT:   That first picture is us getting ready to flip it before topping it.

if your dough is wet, keep adding flour until it's just past being sticky.  i used to do it without the stand mixer and would stir until i broke the wooden spoon and then kneed, adding little bits of flour throughout until i got the dough to a consistency where it's soft but not too soft where it doesn't hold it's shape when you poke it.  when you poke it, it should come back out to shape it was before being poked.  it shouldn't be sticky when you let it rise.

Will def. do this

[pissclams]

did you smash the toms in your mini-prep?

[steve dave]

did you smash the toms in your mini-prep?

For mine I just took a can of San Marzanos and mini-prepped them.  I chopped some garlic and saute'd it in some olive oil before adding the smashed San Marzanos and some red pepper flake.  Topped the pie with this then mozz/parm after flipping which didn't leave much time at all for the toppings to melt.  Considering moving the pie to the cold side of the grill after this to allow the toppings to melt without burning the crust even more.  For Mrs. Dave's I chopped a couple roma's from our garden and threw them on the grill next to the crust until it was time to flip.  Ideally I would have smashed them into the crust when they went on but they weren't cooked enough.  Next time I'm going to put them on first to do this.  We then threw mozz/parm/basil on hers.

[pissclams]

awesome.  takes time to get good but it's a good hobby to do with wife, etc.

[Cire]

I use a cheese slicer to cut that kind of motz for meatball sandwhiches.  get's it pretty thin. 

[CNS]

Use the fresh mozz pearls. 

[sys]

keep the oil/garlic separate from the sauce (pure tomato) and drizzle it on instead.  raw garlic is better than sauteed, imo.  you can grind up a bunch with salt and olive oil till it's a paste and freeze it.  then just scrape out a little when needed and mix w. more olive oil for pizza drizzling.

the frozen garlic paste is good for cooking other stuff too.  hate peeling/chopping garlic, so it's nice to do about a 3 month supply at a time.

[steve dave]

keep the oil/garlic separate from the sauce (pure tomato) and drizzle it on instead.  raw garlic is better than sauteed, imo.  you can grind up a bunch with salt and olive oil till it's a paste and freeze it.  then just scrape out a little when needed and mix w. more olive oil for pizza drizzling.

the frozen garlic paste is good for cooking other stuff too.  hate peeling/chopping garlic, so it's nice to do about a 3 month supply at a time.

I'm going to try this

[CNS]

keep the oil/garlic separate from the sauce (pure tomato) and drizzle it on instead.  raw garlic is better than sauteed, imo.  you can grind up a bunch with salt and olive oil till it's a paste and freeze it.  then just scrape out a little when needed and mix w. more olive oil for pizza drizzling.

the frozen garlic paste is good for cooking other stuff too.  hate peeling/chopping garlic, so it's nice to do about a 3 month supply at a time.

Sounds 

[pissclams]

update pls tia

[steve dave]

update pls tia

We delayed Grilled Pizza Round II until this coming friday 

[Pittcat]

SD, have you ever been to Varsity Pizza?  Their hand tossed with mozz., pepperoni, green olives, and Romano cheese (my own little creation) is extremely  .

[Trim]

ChiCat and I had a clams cheese pizza experience last night.  Eating not cooking.  And it did not take place at KJ's.

[pissclams]

Yes, that pizza is a staple in my diet.  Pretty good stuff.

[jtksu]

Can't remember the name of the brand but there are some very good stuffed mozzarellas on the market.  Olive, ham, sun dried tomatoes, etc.  (Just one thing, not all)  The olive stuffed mozzarella is very good for just about anything, the sun dried is not all that good.  (Not a huge sun dried tomato guy.)   Haven't tried the ham, cause I don't really dig ham all that much.  It's packed in a brine, in little plastic carton type things.  Oh, and you guys are using buffalo mozz, right?  Would be kinda silly not too.  Especially on a pizza.

[JayC]

The flavored pizza may be huge to have a different style. Into the fashion of making pizza, it is important to know the different recipes that could be added.  The cheese pizza was one of the famous pizza recipe that people loves to eat.

[Saulbadguy]

The flavored pizza may be huge to have a different style. Into the fashion of making pizza, it is important to know the different recipes that could be added.  The cheese pizza was one of the famous pizza recipe that people loves to eat.

Hmm...tell me more.

[kitten_mittons]

There is bad pizza out there.  Pizza hut isn't very good, but I'll eat it when they bring it in for work.  The worst pizza I've ever had that I didn't eat all of it because it was disgusting is Zepi's pizza.  They opened a new one at K-10 and Ridgeview in Olathe.  Horrible.  Plus it's like an ice cream parlor also?  Kind of weird.  Pizza is disgusting.  Do not go there.

Best pizza places I've been to in KC are

1.)  Minsky's
2.)  Stone Canyon Pizza
3.)  D' Bronx Pizza

Best pizza I've ever had anywhere was some place in Chicago.  Don't remember the name :(  Probably could not find it if I tried.

[pissclams]

There is bad pizza out there.  Pizza hut isn't very good, but I'll eat it when they bring it in for work.  The worst pizza I've ever had that I didn't eat all of it because it was disgusting is Zepi's pizza.  They opened a new one at K-10 and Ridgeview in Olathe.  Horrible.  Plus it's like an ice cream parlor also?  Kind of weird.  Pizza is disgusting.  Do not go there.

Best pizza places I've been to in KC are

1.)  Minsky's
2.)  Stone Canyon Pizza
3.)  D' Bronx Pizza

Best pizza I've ever had anywhere was some place in Chicago.  Don't remember the name :(  Probably could not find it if I tried.

you should try the pizza at the art of pizza
http://www.artofpizzakc.com/

and at grinders-
http://grinderspizza.com/index.php?/grinders/

neither is close to your badass apartment in olathe, but they're both the best in town

[kitten_mittons]

There is bad pizza out there.  Pizza hut isn't very good, but I'll eat it when they bring it in for work.  The worst pizza I've ever had that I didn't eat all of it because it was disgusting is Zepi's pizza.  They opened a new one at K-10 and Ridgeview in Olathe.  Horrible.  Plus it's like an ice cream parlor also?  Kind of weird.  Pizza is disgusting.  Do not go there.

Best pizza places I've been to in KC are

1.)  Minsky's
2.)  Stone Canyon Pizza
3.)  D' Bronx Pizza

Best pizza I've ever had anywhere was some place in Chicago.  Don't remember the name :(  Probably could not find it if I tried.

you should try the pizza at the art of pizza
http://www.artofpizzakc.com/

and at grinders-
http://grinderspizza.com/index.php?/grinders/

neither is close to your badass apartment in olathe, but they're both the best in town

I actually live up near the airport off Barry Rd, couple miles W of I-29.

Edit:  Also, grinders website slapped an "As seen on TV" picture on there.  Makes me not ever want to try it.  Just makes me think it is probably on the same level as the slap-chop.

[pissclams]

the "As seen on TV" picture is a joke, their pizza isn't.  zing.  zang.

[kitten_mittons]

the "As seen on TV" picture is a joke, their pizza isn't.  zing.  zang.

Oh, well in that case, I'm probably too Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) for their joke-getting crowd.

[pissclams]

the "As seen on TV" picture is a joke, their pizza isn't.  zing.  zang.

Oh, well in that case, I'm probably too Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) for their joke-getting crowd.

there's little doubt about that.

[steve dave]

Two things:

This blog has been really good with pizza stuff and this entry seems helpful

http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/10/the-pizza-lab-how-to-make-great-new-york-style-pizza.html

This is the best pizza I've ever had:

[hemmy]

'Scheme' pizza in Salina is not good, but costs like $30.  Really confusing.