Posts

Showing posts from August 2, 2009

Veraci Pizza at Pike Place Market

Image
The following story was shared by our friends at Slice . If you ever get to Seattle, one of the must see attractions is Pike Market Place . This open air extravaganza is a mixture of fresh foods, including all kinds of incredible seafood. Going to The Market is an experience. There are many sights, smells and tastes. This is probably the best free show in town. Now you can add incredible pizza to the list. The pizzioli from Veraci Pizza , have set up a portable wood fired oven. They have created a traveling pizzeria. Here is a wonderful video from VendrTV that will make you hungry for the experience. As I watched the video, I wanted pizza. This pizza tastes as good as it looks. I loved watching the pizza cook in the oven. True pizza on earth ... The pizza from Veraci are thin Neapolitan. The oven heats up to 800 to 1000 F. It takes about 90 seconds to two minutes to cook. Marshall Jett, pizzaiolo, and co-owner, explained the wood fire cooks the pizza in 3 different ways: Convection as...

What Pizza Flour Should You Use to Make Pizza?

Chris writes: Just wanted to say thanks for the notes and messages you send out and also wanted to get your opinion on which type of flour works best for the dough. I am relatively new to pizza making however I find that I really look forward to whenever my wife and I decide to eat pizza. Just this past weekend we had her parents over and I made a couple pies that I thought were my best I so far and I believe the switch to bread flour over all purpose was the key. The crust came out golden brown, slightly crisp but was also a little chewy which is the way I have always liked it. Instead of the slice standing straight up it had a little give to it, to the point where you could fold it in half to eat it. As far as I'm concerned bread flour is the way to go but I wanted to hear from a real expert as to the merits of flour. I also recently finished Peter Reinhart's book on pizza which I found vastly entertaining, imagine going on a mission around the world to find the best pizza, ...