Although it may seem like a fairly easy dish to prepare, there is a lot more to cooking the perfect pizza than what actually meets the eye. Pizzas can present a challenge to even the most articulate of pizza chefs and they really are one of the most difficult types of food to cook properly. A range of pizza stones have been developed to help many at home chefs try to replicate the wood fire effect that they often see in restaurants. Using a unique stone base technology this device helps to give an even heat distribution to the base of the pizza and therefore cook it through properly.
Made from either an earthenware material such as terra cotta, or a ceramic base, pizza stones are uniquely designed to mimic the effects of a commercial oven - essentially a masonry oven - which is used to cook pizzas in the same way that a traditional wood fire oven would cook them. Specifically designed to drag moisture from your pizzas, the stones help to ensure your pizza remains crispy and takes away the soggy nature which can often come with a heavy dough.
Preheating the pizza stone is a crucial part of ensuring that it works correctly, as this will make sure that the pizza stone is at a temperature similar to the oven itself when it comes to cooking. It's also important to make sure that the pizza stone is placed into a cold oven so that it can eat up evenly and give you that perfectly finished pizza.
Although a pizza stone can go a long way to ensuring you have the perfect pizza it's also important to ensure that your ingredients are fresh and that your dough is not too soggy, in which case your pizza stone will not be able to properly cook your pizza as a result.
When it comes to cleaning your pizza stone it's important to remember not to clean it with detergent as this will cause the stone to absorb the detergent and it can easily be absorbed into the next pizza that you make.
Made from either an earthenware material such as terra cotta, or a ceramic base, pizza stones are uniquely designed to mimic the effects of a commercial oven - essentially a masonry oven - which is used to cook pizzas in the same way that a traditional wood fire oven would cook them. Specifically designed to drag moisture from your pizzas, the stones help to ensure your pizza remains crispy and takes away the soggy nature which can often come with a heavy dough.
Preheating the pizza stone is a crucial part of ensuring that it works correctly, as this will make sure that the pizza stone is at a temperature similar to the oven itself when it comes to cooking. It's also important to make sure that the pizza stone is placed into a cold oven so that it can eat up evenly and give you that perfectly finished pizza.
Although a pizza stone can go a long way to ensuring you have the perfect pizza it's also important to ensure that your ingredients are fresh and that your dough is not too soggy, in which case your pizza stone will not be able to properly cook your pizza as a result.
When it comes to cleaning your pizza stone it's important to remember not to clean it with detergent as this will cause the stone to absorb the detergent and it can easily be absorbed into the next pizza that you make.