#pizzabackofen

Previous I wrote about my urge to build my own pizzaoven after having tried a real woodfired pizzaoven  - The Ultimate Pizzaexperience I couldn't wait, so I also "jumped the fence" and bought a turnkey oven. Quite large one to be able to have real pizzaparties with 3-4 pizze in the oven at the same time. Yesterday was trialnight, therefore only 2 pizze per bake. The result was really good.

Thin Pizzes with real Italian taste, which is only possible in a woodfired oven. I was almost singing "O Sole Mio" while baking. Improvement could be made on the dough, but hey not a bad first time.

Monday is normally quite dull and boring. Monday the 17.dec.2012 was completely different.

This Monday one of my good neighbours invited me over to do the first bakeoff in his new woodfired pizzaoven.  For quite a while I have been planning to build my own oven, just had to make all details perfect. My neighbour jumped the fence and bought his as turnkey version in Portugal.

20 kg of wood and approx 2-3 hours, then the oven will be ready. In the meanwhile : prepare the pizzas, composing your personal favorite.

A proper pizzadough must be with italian tipo 00 flour and made the day before. Using only a small amount of yeast.

Now everything is ready so lets see if the oven is hot enough. Using infrared thermometer this is very easy. The temperature reached 400 degrees Celcius = Ready. The burning wood, now only on one side, making room enough for minimum 2 x pizza A skilled pizzachef will easy fit more in there. 

This is back to basic - NO electric oven like most Danish Pizzarias.  Like real barbecueing with charcoal, this has a great impact on the dish you are making. Everybody loved the superthin pizza with the crispy crust with a hint of smoke from the wood. This is by far the best homemade pizza I have ever tasted. Just like you get them in a good Pizzajoint in Italy.

THANKS TO MY NEIGHBOUR for this 5-star experience