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Hey Brenda! King Arthur question

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  • OptimisticO Offline
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    Optimistic
    wrote on last edited by
    #56

    Oh MY. Amazing!

    Did you use that Forkish recipe you mentioned before?

    Did you do the cheese under the sauce too?

    I bought a cast iron pan just for this recipe a few months ago. Still not been used, and only seasoned once. I think I’ll season it again before I do the recipe.

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    • MikM Away
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      Mik
      wrote on last edited by Mik
      #57

      Xenon, did you preheat your pan before you put the pizza in?

      I think we may try shrimp pizza tonight. It's something we had on our honeymoon. We decided to stay in one night and I called this place and asked for white shrimp pizza. my instructions were 'If I can see anything under the shrimp there aren't enough shrimp. add more. Cost is irrelevant'. i think it ended up being like $30 in 1991. but it was damn good with all the champagne.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • MikM Mik

        Xenon, did you preheat your pan before you put the pizza in?

        I think we may try shrimp pizza tonight. It's something we had on our honeymoon. We decided to stay in one night and I called this place and asked for white shrimp pizza. my instructions were 'If I can see anything under the shrimp there aren't enough shrimp. add more. Cost is irrelevant'. i think it ended up being like $30 in 1991. but it was damn good with all the champagne.

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        Aqua Letifer
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        #58

        @Mik said in Hey Brenda! King Arthur question:

        Xenon, did you preheat your pan before you put the pizza in?

        I think we may try shrimp pizza tonight. It's something we had on our honeymoon. We decided to stay in one night and I called this place and asked for white shrimp pizza. my instructions were 'If I can see anything under the shrimp there aren't enough shrimp. add more. Cost is irrelevant'. i think it ended up being like $30 in 1991. but it was damn good with all the champagne.

        😆 Awesome. Was it soggy? Because the shrimp density would absolutely mess with the baking instructions. If it wasn't, they knew what they were doing.

        Please love yourself.

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        • MikM Away
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          Mik
          wrote on last edited by
          #59

          No. It was completely and utterly awesome.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            wrote on last edited by
            #60

            @Optimistic i used the Forkish recipe, but it’s similar. Same dough hydration, but no oil in the dough. Also less yeast but longer rise time. Methodwise, I followed the recipe quite closely, but my dough didn’t rise that much in the 2 hours it sat in the pan. It was jiggly though.

            Also - for this recipe, as long as your pan is kinda seasoned and oiled, you should be fine. It won’t stick much.

            @Mik did not preheat the pan. I have in the past, but my results weren’t great. Dunno if it was because of the preheating or poor dough in the past.

            Preheating also kick starts the dough cooking process when you place the dough in. But the dough cools a bit as you make the pizza. (I guess you could drop in a pre-shaped one with a peel - I never did)

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            • MikM Away
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              #61

              I've read, and last night bears it out, that preheating your cooking surface gives a better, crisper crust. Yours seems to have gotten around that. Cast iron heats up rather slowly, so that surprises me. Maybe you had a thicker crust so longer cook time?

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                xenon
                wrote on last edited by
                #62

                I’ve never used my cast iron without pre-heating. But in the book I’ve been using (Flour Water Yeast Bread) - the author specifically uses a non-preheated skillet for pizza. He uses preheated Dutch ovens for all his bread recipes.

                This specific recipe on the KA site also does not call for preheating the pan (you can’t since the final dough rise is in the pan).

                The results have been surprisingly good.

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                • MikM Away
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                  Mik
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #63

                  Pizza weekend - decided to make a Margherita for lunch, which is about my favorite pizza. I heated the half sheet in the oven, but not the round sheet I am cooking on. Will see how this turns out. Cooking at 500.

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                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • MikM Away
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                    Mik
                    wrote on last edited by Mik
                    #64

                    And done - about 8 minutes at 500.

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                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      #65

                      I wonder if preheating the cast iron pan would reduce some of the oven spring for a thick crust pizza?

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                      • MikM Mik

                        And done - about 8 minutes at 500.

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                        brenda
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #66

                        @Mik Looks like a good lunch!

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                        • MikM Away
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                          Mik
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #67

                          It is good! Eureka! Crust is not quite a crisp on the bottom as putting the bare pie right on a screaming hot pan, but it has a nice little crunch to it and is nice and chewy.

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            Jolly
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                            #68

                            Meanwhile...

                            https://popculture.com/trending/2020/04/17/us-running-out-frozen-pizza-amid-ongoing-coronavirus-pandemic/

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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