It has taken nearly 20 years of trying (on and off ) to master a
pizza recipe that is clearly better than any pizza I can buy near
me. In the last 2 decades I have lived extensively in China and I
can tell you without fear of contradiction the Chinese Pizza Hut 10"
stuffed crust pizza is clearly the world's best pizza. Not going to
explain why here but if you travel to anywhere in China there will
be a Pizza Hut within a short taxi ride of where you are staying.
Try it. Be amazed how good a pizza can be. This recipe is my home
made duplication.
This is an exact recipe in ingredients and method. The flour. Easiest is to use a prepared pizza flour. It will contain additives and emulsifiers in precise amounts. The recipe works with "00" flour but it does work better with the additives. My daughter is a chemical engineer and when I ask about some of the additives listed in bread and cake recipes, she knows what they are and do, but has no idea how to access them as a home cook.
Ingredients
200g Flour mix
100ml warm water
12g sugar
12g oil
5g Salt
14g yeast dry
Mozarella cheese in 1cm square strips. Hand roll on the bench to make more round. Enough to circumvent the pizza.
Sugar water is 100ml warm water and 2 tsp sugar in a spray bottle.
Method::
Combine all the ingredients except the oil. Knead 5 minutes on a damp wooden bench.
Slowly add the oil in and knead 5 mins. Cover in a glass bowl with cling wrap and rise 40 mins at 30deg
Knock down, cover and and rise for 30 mins at 30deg
On a damp bench roll and stretch out to size. Do not use a floured bench.
Set in a very lightly oiled fry pan all the way up the edge. Insert 1cm square cheese strips into the edge near the base.
Fold the edge to make 8 volcanoes and rise 30 mins on the bench. Spray with sugar water.
Heat the oven to 250deg FF and set a rack on the 2 highest position under the grill.
or use a gas fired pizza oven. The pizza oven is best. The pictured pizza was done in an oven. Still great.
Top the base with toppings. I like Calabrese. Try not to over top. Spray only the toppings with spray oil. Spray the edge with sugar water. Change the oven to full grill on high.
Fry the pizza in the pan on a medium size hotplate for 4:30 secs. Remove from the heat and stand 3 minutes. If using a pizza oven remove the pizza to a pizza tray.
On the second highest rack grill for 5:30 secs. Rotate halfway through the cook. In a pizza oven rotate constantly and cook for 2:30 sec till well browned.
Remove to the bench and spray the edge with spray oil.
This is an exact recipe in ingredients and method. The flour. Easiest is to use a prepared pizza flour. It will contain additives and emulsifiers in precise amounts. The recipe works with "00" flour but it does work better with the additives. My daughter is a chemical engineer and when I ask about some of the additives listed in bread and cake recipes, she knows what they are and do, but has no idea how to access them as a home cook.
Ingredients
200g Flour mix
100ml warm water
12g sugar
12g oil
5g Salt
14g yeast dry
Mozarella cheese in 1cm square strips. Hand roll on the bench to make more round. Enough to circumvent the pizza.
Sugar water is 100ml warm water and 2 tsp sugar in a spray bottle.
Method::
Combine all the ingredients except the oil. Knead 5 minutes on a damp wooden bench.
Slowly add the oil in and knead 5 mins. Cover in a glass bowl with cling wrap and rise 40 mins at 30deg
Knock down, cover and and rise for 30 mins at 30deg
On a damp bench roll and stretch out to size. Do not use a floured bench.
Set in a very lightly oiled fry pan all the way up the edge. Insert 1cm square cheese strips into the edge near the base.
Fold the edge to make 8 volcanoes and rise 30 mins on the bench. Spray with sugar water.
Heat the oven to 250deg FF and set a rack on the 2 highest position under the grill.
or use a gas fired pizza oven. The pizza oven is best. The pictured pizza was done in an oven. Still great.
Top the base with toppings. I like Calabrese. Try not to over top. Spray only the toppings with spray oil. Spray the edge with sugar water. Change the oven to full grill on high.
Fry the pizza in the pan on a medium size hotplate for 4:30 secs. Remove from the heat and stand 3 minutes. If using a pizza oven remove the pizza to a pizza tray.
On the second highest rack grill for 5:30 secs. Rotate halfway through the cook. In a pizza oven rotate constantly and cook for 2:30 sec till well browned.
Remove to the bench and spray the edge with spray oil.
Pizza recipe for a home oven
Better than any pizza shop near you.
Better than any pizza shop near you.
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