Italian Pizza Ovens | Best Pizza Ovens | Pizza Cooking
Bravo Systems offers Italian pizza ovens, espresso machines and other kitchen accessories and appliances for restaurants and homes. How to Cook Real Italian Pizza
When you think pizza, you think Italy, and just to inform you, in Italy Pizza falls into two separate categories: The pies cooked in Italian pizza ovens and the rest of the world’s pizza. The classic pizza Napoletana was only dough with a tomato sauce, oregano or basil, olive oil, salt, and of course garlic. It’s pizza from Naples. During a visit to Naples in 1889 Queen Margherita was captivated by a local pizza baker who honored her by baking a pizza with the colors of the new flag of the just-unified Italy—red tomatoes, white mozzarella, and green basil. Now in countless Italian Pizza restaurants it’s called the pizza margherita. Why does authentic Italian Pizza taste so fine? Of course the most main part is getting the Italian Pizza dough right. The dough is what gives the pizza its consistency and – if done right – can make you feel like you’ve been transported right back to Italy.
Second, the pizzas should be cooked in a wood oven stove. These wood fired pizzas add a exclusive taste that is not establish with gas or coal cooked pizza. Neapolitan style pizzas normally does not as much of cheese toppings than American style pizza and have a visible soupy center in the pie, which means you must devour them with a knife and fork. What you need to make an Italian pizza? Here are the ingredients:
(Makes dough for 4 pizzas, each one about 12 inches in diameter): • • • •
600 ml of warm water 7 cups (1kg) flour 2.25 tsp yeast
6 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
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1.5 tbsp salt
2 tsp of good old sugar How to craft your pizza:
1. Put the yeast into a medium bowl with the warm water. Make sure water is warm then stir until the yeast dissolves.
2. Place almost all of the flour on the table in the shape of a volcano. (Think Mt. Vesuvius ‌ appropriate since Naples is the king of all pizza cities!).
3. Pour the mix and the ingredients into the volcano.
4. Press together for 10 to 15 minutes until the dough is even with some elasticity.
5. Grease a bowl with some olive oil and a put the dough into the bowl. Rotate the dough so the top is oiled. 6. Cover the bowl, and set the dough for four or five hours. 7. Make a cross on top of the dough with a knife. 8. Preheat the oven.
9. Dump the dough out of the bowl and back onto the floured surface. 10. Divide the dough in half and let it rest for a few minutes.
11. Roll each section into a twelve-inch disc. choose how chunky you would like the pizza to be! Do you want pizza alta (Neapolitan-style) or pizza bassa (Roman-style)? 12. Now, move the dough onto an oiled pizza pan or baking sheet.
13. Bake each pizza, and then sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top, as well as any additional ingredients. 15. Let the pizzas bake until the crust is browned and the cheese is melted. Elevate up the pizza to make sure the underneath is cooked to brown, too.
16. Take out your pizzas from the oven. For a real Italian touch, decorate with a few basil leaves.
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