Pizza Stone help required

Pretani

Check out this site http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php

people have bought stone tiles for a few quid and used them for pizza stones. some folk stating the tiles were better than the shop bought stones.

rocketchimp9

Thanks for your replies I think I may invest although might try a tile first see what that is like (very MSE) from talking to my friend again she says you can leave the pizza on the stone while you are eating to keep it warm.

skiTTish

We have one but it uses a lot of power to heat it up first
We have since bought a shallow cooking tin with perforations in the bottom and this makes the BEST pizza ,never soggy ,always crisp ,cooks in a quarter of the time ,so quarter of the power and its square so easier to divide up:j:j

MoJo

Love my pizza stone - no more soggy bottoms! :rotfl:

I also use mine for baking bread.

Pink.

Hi rocketchimp9,

There's an earlier thread with advice and tips on using pizza stones that should help so I've added your thread to it to keep the replies together.

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purpleivy

Curry_Queen wrote: »

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

yes, it only takes 45 mins, but the timer doesn't work on that programme, so you can't set it ready for when you come in from work. Irritating!

My pizza stone instructions say to heat for 45 mins before use. WHat? I don't run my oven like that!

garyevans

I make batches of pizza dough in my Panasonic breadmaker - using double the ingredients in the recipe book. I use Alimonti flour, by the way. When the dough is made (45mins), I roll it out into pizzas and put them between sheets of clingfilm then into the freezer.

When I want to make pizza, I preheat the oven and the stones to the highest it will go. I take a frozen base out, dress with tomato sauce, cheese and so on, then put into the oven on the stone for 8 minutes.

Perfect every time!

animal_cmh

I bought one a few years back and I love it. And I have cooked other things on it like baked spud and meat. Plus it has the added bonus of keeping food warm.
I don't wash mine either, and you can scrape any sticky bits off with a plastic card.:D

monicamiller

we use ours for more than just pizza. it works great for re-heating food. it is also great as a cookie sheet, superb for baking with filo pastry...etc. i totally recommend it and have been buying this as a wedding present for many people (who in turn find it super useful). £2.99 is a great price.
Like pp stated- spray with oil for the first while and don't wash with washing up liquid as it does absorb the taste.
Enjoy!

mirandahruby

The hotter the stone is when you put the pizza on it, the better. We have one from Italy which came with 2 semi-circles of plywood so that you can assemble the pizza on and slide the whole pizza straight onto the stone, meaning that it's out of the oven for the minimum time. You could make these yourself to the right size (allowing extra at the sides for gripping them).

Flour them well otherwise the pizza will not slide off. Put them together on the table, making a circle. Place the dough on top and put on all the toppings. Then take the stone out of the oven and slide the pizza off the plywood onto the stone. Back into the oven and hey presto!