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nchiker OP t1_jebkius wrote

Reply to comment by themza912 in [Homemade] Margherita pizza by nchiker

You got me. But this is the suggestion given for pizza steel in ever recipe I’ve seen and there’s a definite difference when I try cooking my pizza after a shorter post preheat time.

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bobbybarista t1_jebk5du wrote

Reply to comment by nchiker in [Homemade] Margherita pizza by nchiker

I fridge my dough for a few days to ferment and find it’s super important to let it get back to room temp so it relaxes before stretching. Also doing some quick math, your dough hydration is like 62% so bumping it up to make a wetter dough might also help in the not tearing department.

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themza912 t1_jebk3ni wrote

Reply to comment by nchiker in [Homemade] Margherita pizza by nchiker

Why would you possibly need an hour post preheat for the steel to come to steady state temp? I feel like it would be the same temp as the oven by the time the oven is preheated, at most maybe 10 mins more

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nchiker OP t1_jebhy34 wrote

As a freedom loving American, I resent and reject this comment. This pizza tastes like liberty, and I’d like to keep it that way!

In all seriousness, I’ve tried OO flour and it’s not as forgiving as bread flour. At least the one that I got broke much more easily when stretching. May be the specific one I got, but the bread flour has worked pretty well.

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Yetimandel t1_jebhcai wrote

Reply to comment by nchiker in [Homemade] Margherita pizza by nchiker

So for 2 pizzas you use:
468g flour
292g water (62%)
5g salt
10g olive oil
10g sugar
~7g yeast (12-24h)

I would use for 2 pizzas:
333g flour
217g water (65%)
4g salt
~5g olive oil (cover dough)
No sugar
<1g yeast (48-96h)

I assume you mean 550°F = 288°C for 4min, I use 450°C = 842°F for 90s.
With your temperature I would have expected the pizza to need a bit more than 4min.
Your recipe is more New York style while mine is Naples style. Both are great imo.

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bobbybarista t1_jebghw8 wrote

Reply to comment by nchiker in [Homemade] Margherita pizza by nchiker

As someone who also makes a lot of pizza at home I can’t enough endorse switching to grams over oz as it makes doing dough hydration calculations so much easier. Also type 00 flour which you can get on Amazon really helps with the gluten development

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