Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus...
by joshu on Saturday March 18, 2023 @02:20PM
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pizza ovens rely on a chain of different skills that all must be done well or the pizza comes out poorly. correctly making the dough, correctly topping it, getting it to slide off the peel correctly, putting it in the right place in the oven, rotating it correctly, and probably several things i'm missing. it leads to an enormous amount of frustration; i haven't gotten something i would consider "good" even once yet.
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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus...
by kenjilopezalt on Saturday March 18, 2023 @03:28PM
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This thin crust recipe is time consuming but actually solves a lot of those problems. Rolling witb a pin and letting it dry out overnight actually makes it really easy to slide off the peel.
Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus...
by joshu on Saturday March 18, 2023 @06:24PM
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I will try this but as a native New Yorker I just want to get the style I am most comfortable with working first. I have never even had the Chicago thin-style pizza, actually.
Someone got me a “super peel” which has a cloth gadget to drop the pizza. I wonder if it will work or incinerate.
(PS I am one of the people that matched your donation on twitter a few years ago. I miss you there but in retrospect leaving was a good idea.)
Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus...
by shaklee3 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @12:53AM
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superpeels work wonders. I've had mine for about 6 years.
Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus...
by kenjilopezalt on Sunday March 19, 2023 @03:43AM
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I’m a New Yorker as well. For NY style I strongly recommend getting a wooden peel and a metal peel. Wood to launch and metal to turn and retrieve. You also need to top and launch fast to keep the dough from sticking.
Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus...
by AlbertCory on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:11PM
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The owner of Cicero's actually told me they use a rolling pin.