LisainLA or was it cheezz -- Saveur on pizza baked on parchment

[shaun-in-to]

In the current issue of Saveur (featuring L.A.), they talk about the pizza at Pizzeria Mozza and replicating the crust at home. In the Saveur test kitchen, they shape the dough on a piece of parchment, dress it, and then transfer the dough-on-parchment directly to a pizza stone preheated for an hour at 500 in the lower third of the oven. "The paper will turn dark but will not burn in a 500F oven and is thin enough not to interfere with the browning of the crust."

 

[mistral]

This is exactly what I have found to be true. . .

Remember the book by Ray Bradbury--Fahrenheit 454? 454º F is when paper burns. Just make sure you heat your oven very well to make sure the stone is quite hot. My stone is high-fired (Cone 10) stoneware type ceramic, very heavy and dense. But if you heat it properly it makes the best breads!

 

[rozinva]

This is what I do all the time. Works great.

 

[cheezz]

Exactly what I needed Shaun - thanks!

 

[mistral]

Or was it Fahrenheit 451? smileys/smile.gif (nt)

 

[mariadnoca]

Yes, F 451. Great book. smileys/smile.gif