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For tonight's "bread" bake,

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The Roadside Pi...

For tonight's "bread" bake,

 I submit a plain thin crust neo-American pie, also known as, New York style.

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happycat

I submit a "Regent Park Pie."

This riffed on your NY style dough but uses 15% buckwheat, diastatic malt, and subs homemade rye malt instead of sugar. Great dough today.

Toppings are marble cheese then strained diced veggies that were sautéd together in their own juices with salt and pepper: fresh garlic, onion, sweet peppers, Roma tomatoes, asparagus. Topped with chopped spinach and marble cheese and dried oregano. After baking, we added sliced black olives and prosciutto. Best ever for me :)

This method of sautéing veggies to concentrate them then draining them and spreading them over the dough has turned out to be my favourite topping method.

 

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Benito

David, I’m curious about your sautéed veggies.  So these were fresh vegetables, diced then sautéed until tender and strained to remove any excess liquid?  Is that right?  I love using marinated vegetables and the idea of sautéing them to dry them out and then straining them instead of what I usually do which is just straining them would help dry them further and is a great idea.  Benny

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happycat

Hi Benny

I put a pot on the hot stove and as I dice each veg I throw it in the pot. There's enough liquid in onions, peppers, etc. that I don't need anything else, just stirring. I let them simmer as I grate cheese and stretch the dough. Then I pour them onto a strainer over a bowl and let them sit for a minute to drip out. I save the veg broth in the fridge to use later, such as in a pressure cooker recipe where you need to add some liquid.

I have no issues with soggy crust this way, and the veggie spread is rich and delicious. In my savoury dishes, I have shifted to dicing up fresh veg instead of using sauce because I like the sweetness and acidity that comes from fresh vegetables. 

The veg I use depends on what is in the fridge. I forgot mushrooms at the store but I had asparagus which fills a similar flavour role.

 

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Benito

This is a great idea that I will use, thank you David.

Benny

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MTloaf

You guys got the drop on me. Great looking pies. I made fresh dough tonight because Sunday is pizza night So last weeks pies will have to do. Caputo OO Pizzaria flour, Blanco Dinapoli tomato sauce, fresh mozz and pepperoni. I am starting to get the hang of this Ooni pizza oven. 90 seconds, 750F on the stone, 900F dome. 

 

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semolina_man

@MTloaf nice looking pizza.  What is your dough recipe and method?  Thanks. 

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MTloaf

I used the handy Ooni pizza app calculator for two 250 gr balls. It is 62% water 3% salt and 1/2 tsp ADY. There is no oil and no sweetener in the dough to prevent burning in the high temp oven. The Caputo Pizzaria flour (blue bag) is not malted for the same reason.

I mix by hand or machine to less than windowpane and leave out for a couple hours until I see some bubbles or movement then into the fridge for 24hrs. Divide and ball up and back into the fridge for another day or two or three.The recipe suggest a 4 hr warmup before using but it usually is less time for me. The dough will develop large bubbles if it baked too cold but sticky and hard to handle if it gets too warm. HTH

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semolina_man

Yes, thanks.  I need to add the warm-up step to my pizza making to get more rise before baking. I usually take the ball straight from fridge, stretch, add toppings and bake.  Flavor is excellent but a bit more oven spring would be nice.  Yours looks great. 

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MTloaf

With warming it up because it was easy to stretch it in stages. The hot stone did most of the rise but recently I have been trying to hit the point of fermentation without being too gassy. Stretching it once and being more careful with the cornice and it seems a little better. 

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happycat

Nice classic pepperoni and cheese pizzas! Well baked in your super oven for a lovely crust.

I make do with a cookie sheet in a small electric for now :)

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MTloaf

I see that buckwheat that you have been using in your bakes and have been trying to understand it's properties in the doughs like pizza and bagels. I do like the flavor of buckwheat but in my experience even small amounts made the dough less elastic to the point of spreading and turning into a pancake. 

You whole pizza was a masterpiece of flavor combinations and there are some things I am going to try in my pies except for whatever marble cheese is:-)

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happycat

marble = 2 kinds of cheese curds used to make the cheese instead of just one

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The Roadside Pi...

Thanks for posting. I am always glad to see a mouthwatering pie! You both earn 10 of 10 on the Roadside Pie King scale! 

Kind regards,

Will F.

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Benito

Wow all these pizzas look great!  No pizza Friday for me 😢

Benny