Pizza dough has a limited life once its been made and so needs to be kept in the right conditions to last. If its stored incorrectly or kept for too long then the dough starts to taste unpleasant and becomes a floppy blob which isn’t workable. On top of that, […]

Sometimes cooking pizza can get messy. Especially when you’ve got a sticky pizza dough and you need to use flour to stop it sticking to your worktop or your peel. So you might be wondering if you can use some kitchen staples such as parchment paper (also known as baking […]

Sometimes time isn’t on your side, and you need to proof pizza dough fast and speed up your rise so you can get making that pizza as soon as possible. It’s not the best idea to rush the important phase of proofing as it develops texture and flavor. But there […]

Cooking pizza has many tips and tricks which you can learn to turn your amateur bakes into pizzeria level deliciousness. Here is a list of tips ranging from beginner to more advanced tips, which you can add to your pizza making arsenal. Beginner Tips 1. Slowly Proof Your Dough In […]

A pizza stone is a ceramic or stone tile which is placed in the oven to preheat before pizzas are placed on top to bake. It essentially mimics the cooking techniques from a brick oven, where the stone resembles the oven floor. A conventional home oven isn’t designed so well […]

A peel is a tool used in baking, to move food in and out of a hot oven. You get the best pizza when the surface it’s baked on is hot – this gives bread and pizza an ‘oven spring’ which is when the heat makes it rise rapidly. So […]