My first pizza

[JDBBQ]

Did my first pizza this weekend. Used ckreef’s tutorial and King Arthur recipe.

 

Came out well and the family loved it.

 

My only thought was that crust was a little tough. I may have over worked it

 

 

 

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[JDBBQ]

I should add - what a great resource this board is for me as a "newbie".  Thanks to everyone for the posts with recipes, ideas and support !!!

[Bruce Pearson]

Looks yummy

[dstr8]

Looks good from here!    It was also pizza day here yesterday ... love my KK for everything especially Neapolitan pies!

Tough crust?   You might increase the hydration level a point or two.   Or incorporate some Caputo 00 (softer wheat than KA Bread flour) into your next batch of dough.   Start with 20% and work up.   You will need to increase the amount of water a little because the finer flour absorbs a little more.   

Also, when I bake (using the same dough recipe) at 650F versus 750F (dome) the crust is a little more dense and chewy.   But at 750-800F, using the shaped KK stone, I get good spring from the dough with a thin outer crust and a soft pillowy interior.

 

Edited October 16, 2017 by dstr8

[Shuley]

I love that dough recipe and I still use it regularly. While I just got a blackstone oven and we use that for pizzas now, I think the KK makes the best pizza I have ever had. 

[MacKenzie]

Those pizzas are looking very tasty. I have been tossing the idea of pizza bake around in my mind and they just may have pushed me over the edge.

[ckreef]

You did a really great job for 1st pizzas. I wouldn't beat yourself up over those. 

I wouldn't even want to think back at what my first pizzas looked like years ago - eeeekkk..... 

 

[tony b]

Like others have said, those pies look just fine from here.