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COOKING PIZZA
about cookIng pIzza
PizzaQue
®
is designed to provide an authentic pizza
experience that wasn’t possible before with a barbe-
cue grill or kitchen oven. PizzaQue
®
fires to 700°F or
more for an ambient temperature that quickly cooks
the top of the pizza while the lower stone temperature
carefully crisps the crust.
This balance can be greatly effected by the type of
pizzas you are cooking (crust thickness, amount of
topping) and the weather conditions (outside tem-
perature and wind). Don’t worry if it takes a few piz-
zas to get your technique perfected. After all, Rome
wasn’t built in a day!
pReHeatIng oven
It is extremely important that your oven reach the ide-
al baking temperature before you begin using it. After
lighting, run the oven on “HIGH” for 15 minutes, but
no more than 20 minutes. This preheating will ensure
that the internal oven and stone temperatures are hot
enough for proper baking. The tempurature gauge
should read at least 700°F for 5 minutes before start-
ing to cook.
pIzzacRaFt
®
DougH RecIpe
Ingredients
• 3 cups pizzacraft
®
“00” pizza flour
• ½ teaspoon active yeast
• 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 ½ cup water
Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir
to form a rough, shaggy dough. Use more water
if dough is overly dry and more flour if it seems
very wet. Before kneading, allow rough dough
to rest for 10 minutes so that the water has time
to absorb. Knead dough in a stand mixer for 6-7
minutes or 10-12 minutes by hand until smooth
and elastic. Place the dough in a clean bowl and
let it rise for 2 hours or until doubled in size.
Punch dough to release gas and divide into 2 or
3 pieces. Shape dough into balls and place onto
a floured mat, cover with plastic wrap and let rise
again for approximately one hour. After the sec-
ond rise, the dough is ready to be shaped into a
pizza and topped with your favorite ingredients.
Note: If time allows, let dough rise in the refriger-
ator for at least 24 hours. A slow rise in the refrig-
erator will produce more flavorful dough. When
you are ready to use, remove from the refrigera-
tor and shape into 2 or 3 smaller dough balls.
Place onto a floured mat, cover with plastic wrap
and let rise again for approximately two hours or
until it feels warm to the touch. Shape and top as
desired.
Store pizzacraft
®
“00” flour in an airtight container
to preserve freshness.
Fresh Pizza Setting
Start/ Preheat Setting
Frozen Pizza Setting
