Pizza Stone help required

Kippsy

Best to heat it first I reckon, then the base is crispier on the bpttom...

Also I have been told that if you want a thin and crispy style pizza then !!!!!! the dough all over with a fork (once rolled out obviously)... didn't really work for me but then it doesn't really get a chance to rise! I love pizza...

But I don't think I will ever use a breadmaker for the dough, I love kneading the dough to feel the sudden transition, floury bits and roughness to smooth silky ness.... planning to have toned arms for years to come!!

Savvy_Sue

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

Yesterday at Aldi's I bought a pizza stone for £2.99 it came with a cutter and a slice so seemed good value.

Where were they when I went to Aldi's last week? Not that I think I should have carried one!

jen_jen_2

i had to go to two aldis, none in salford loads in liverpool, i have noticed that there stock really varies

Ted_Hutchinson

Thanks for the further replies.

I've now tested the pizza stone following CQ's instructions and found it definitely produces a nicer crisper bottomed pizza than before. I was using a special non-stick pizza tin with a lot of holes in the bottom which were supposed to allow the base to cook properly. That was an improvement on an ordinary tin but the stone is well worth the money and definitely cooks a better pizza.

I didn't have any problems with it sticking nor with cleaning the stone afterwards so well chuffed with my £2.99 investment.

Ted_Hutchinson

Savvy_Sue wrote:

Where were they when I went to Aldi's last week? Not that I think I should have carried one!

You need not have worried about carrying one home. It's only about a centimeter thick and made of compressed sand? So although it's solid it doesn't seem to me to be as heavy as a plate that size would be.

It comes in a maroon/orange box and was in the middle of one of the central displays so it would have been quite easy to walk up either one side or the other and not see it in the middle.

competitionscafe

Kippsy wrote:

But I don't think I will ever use a breadmaker for the dough, I love kneading the dough to feel the sudden transition, floury bits and roughness to smooth silky ness.... planning to have toned arms for years to come!!

Me too... I would use the breadmaker for bread as I can set it and forget it (and wake up to fresh bread!!) but wouldn't use it just for dough - especially if it takes 2 hours!! I find kneading quite therapeutic.

Curry_Queen

competitionscafe wrote:

... wouldn't use it just for dough - especially if it takes 2 hours!! I find kneading quite therapeutic.

When I made pizza dough in my Panasonic BM the other day, I found it only actually takes 45 mins so it must have been my other machine that took 2 hours! ... either that or I chose the wrong programme the last time I made it

cheapsally

Today at Superdrug I saw a pizza stone for £3.99(reduced from £6.99) it also come with a cutter and a slicer. I was not sure as how good pizza stone really are, but after reading this thread i will buy one tommorow.

thanks everbody :beer:

larmy16

I heard an unglazed terracotta tile works as well as a specially made pizza stone. Now, someone tell me, is your pizza stone the shape of a pizza? I am asking as I bought a pizza plate in a charity shop and it is round (terracotty coloured). I find though my 99p pizza dish from Sainsburys works great.

I put the dough and toppings in it for 10 minutes and then remove and finish on the oven shelf for remainder 10 minutes, otherwise the dough can be a little soft.

competitionscafe

larmy16 wrote:

Now, someone tell me, is your pizza stone the shape of a pizza?

Yes.