Comments on: Pizza for a crowd?

By: jabbett

jabbett — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:27:45 +0000

You’ve mentioned this book before… I’m going to check it out. Order has been placed on Half.com!

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Tue, 06 Jul 2004 18:17:05 +0000

Peter Reinhart offers a recipe for pre-made frozen pizza crust in his book American Pie. The book is, in my opinion, a triumph.(One exception: the sourdough starter method he gives doesn’t really work. He made a modification and forgot to test it, by his own admission. To get it to grow, start with a wet culture instead of a dry one, about one part flour to one part liquid, by weight.)

By: Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 01:09:31 +0000

Hot Dairy!

By: columbiaauds

columbiaauds — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 00:32:51 +0000

Having just returned from "Thursday’s festivities" — good method. Delicious! (But what else would I expect from the Kosher King himself?!)

By: jabbett

jabbett — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:17:05 +0000

So, I assembled my pizza, baked it for about 5 minutes at 500 degrees, froze it completely, and stored it in a 2-gallon Ziplock bag. Then, I baked it frozen for 7 minutes at 500 degrees. It worked pretty well, but the crust ended up a bit crispier than normal. We’ll see how it goes over at Thursday’s festivities.

By: msk

msk — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 13:25:35 +0000

You have a couple of choices.1) cook 2 or 3 pizzas 2/3 of the way ahead of time, then cook last 5 minutes each. This way you get 3 pizzas out and can have the 4th in the oven in short order.2) Buy half a dozen pizza screens, make the pizzas on them prior and as pizzas come out of the oven, replace with a new pizza. (just give the oven a bit of time to get back up to temp) If you are worried about the sauce making the pizza soggy, just have the stretched dough on the screen, and sauce and cheese the pizza while the oven temp rebounds.Just some thoughts.Msk

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:20:55 +0000

2 ideas: you can parbake them and freeze them, not refrigerate- refrigeration will make ‘em soggy.Second idea: make your dough, separating them with parchment paper or wax paper.Another suggestion is a make-your-own pizza party, where each person makes their own individual size pizza, freeing you from the assembly. If you do this, though, make sure you have other munchies out, ’cause probably not everyone’s pizza will be able to cook at the same time.