Homemade Pizza with no Pizza Stone

[Mom_Rides]

My DH makes our homemade pizzas and he uses a stone that my mom got him in a set for Christmas several years ago. She paid less the $20 and it came with the stone, a rack to hold the stone and pizza wheel.

The next year, I bought him a pizza slide from Williams-Sonoma. I spent about $40 on it but it was an investment that keeps giving back to us when we make pizzas.

I was in charge of the homemade pizza a few weeks back and I have no idea how to use the stone so I just used the regular pizza pan. YUCK! Mushy crust and not cooked evenly. I told DH no more homemade pizza making for me!

 

[dfchelbay]

Ok...ok...I'm in. Off the make my own homemade pizza now.

 

[Tinknalli]

We do ours on the gas grill too. Pre heat on high. Then turn down to medium when we put the pizza in. We cook on a sheet of aluminum foil,no pan. Yummy and fast. And little to no clean up.

 

[auntfrannie]

Growing up my mother made homemade pizza on a regular basis and always used the sheet pans.

I, too, bought a pizza stone from Pampered Chef and really don't think that the pizza is any better than when it's made on a sheet pan.

 

[thebeesknees]

I would think that the recipe calls for 2 cups of flour after the salt, not an additional 2 cups water and no flour.

Thanks - yes, that is supposed to be 2 cups flour. I shouldn't be posting when the kids are around and distracting me!

 

[pampam]

I make my own dough (1 lb. recipe see below) and use a large cookie sheet. Bake at 425 for 20 minutes for 20 minutes after you put your toppings on. This makes a nice browned crust, and my kids actually like it better than take-out or delivery pizza.

1 lb. pizza dough recipe
2/3 cup water
2 T oil
1 tsp. salt
2 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp. dried yeast or 1 pkg. yeast

Put in bread machine and set for dough. When done, roll into a greased cookie pan and top as desired. Bake at 425 for 15-20 minutes.

Do you make your own sauce too? I'm looking for a good homemade pizza sauce recipe.

 

[DisneyDizzy]

We make homemade pizza all the time.

I make a homemade crust. And we do one on a large cookie sheet and one in our LARGE Cast Iron skillet. This makes the most awesome deep dish pizza. I coat it with butter first and prebake the crust for a few minutes. So so good.

We just did this Saturday night while we were carving pumpkins. My crust recipe makes two large pizzas and an "order" of bread sticks or dough knots. I mix the dough in my kitchen aid mixer.

I bake at 450 degrees.

 

[wnissen]

I am slightly obsessed with creating Neapolitan thin-crust pizza in my home oven. Here is my method, arrived at after extensive trial and error:
Move one oven rack into broiling position, the other into the lowest position. Preheat oven to 475 (or 25 degrees *below* the max). Lightly apply cooking spray and salt to an aluminum half-sheet pan. Toss 1 ball Trader Joe's white flour pizza dough until it covers the pan. Brush crust that will be exposed with olive oil (or spray). The thin layer of oil is important because it absorbs heat better than the dough itself. Apply toppings sparingly (my preference is marinara sauce cooked down to a few tablespoons, followed by coarsely cubed mozzarella di bufala). Place pan on the lowest rack. This stage is to firm up the underside of the crust, so the pan can be removed. Now, turn up the heat to the max (Note: if you haven't had your oven at 500F in a while, this can get smoky. Best to get it up to temperature well beforehand). After 5 minutes, remove the pizza from the pan and put it back directly on the bottom rack. Let cook 2 more minutes, or a little longer if you like that really blistered crust.
When the bottom is done, turn on the broiler, put the pizza on the top rack, and finish the top. It's very important to keep an eye on this, as it can go from gorgeous blisters to ash in a minute.
It's a lot of work, but the result is wonderful.

 

[disnutt]

Be sure to use fresh mozz and basil and you'll think you are at Via Napoli all over again.

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Where do you get all the cute Italian waiters?

 

[holden]

Haven't read all of the replies, but we always grill our homemade pizza. Throw the dough on the grill for a few minutes on both sides then pull off to add sauce, cheese, etc. put it back on for a few more minutes and it's done! Perfectly crispy and delicious.