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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 8:36 am
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taylorc418
 
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Originally Posted by uk1
I share your pain. I hate thick pizza and getting it thin is a struggle. And if like me you don't have the room to do that tossing in the air stuff then I hope this helps.

Firstly, make the dough mix wetter than you feel comfortable with. Then, if you can use polenta to stretch the dough ball on - this also helps with the crispness. Thirdly, the dough behaves very strangely although it has a memory. It seems to say "OK, you've pulled me around a bit give me a rest."

So once you start stretching it after every stretch let it rest for a few minutes, then stretch again, then rest it - then again. It seems to allow you to stretch it more once it's rested. Try and avoid rolling if you can because you want long air bubbles.

Earlier I suggested a few ways of getting the heat underneath if you do not want to acquire one of the small pizza ovens. If your pocket and enthusiasm allows Ithen this will really give you the temperature you need but I'm not certain they are sold in every country due to the very high temperature it reaches.

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Good luck and report back.

Remember ...... you're not a real man until you can make a proper pizza.
Or a real lady As of now, I have a traditional gas oven that we used this weekend. I did the wet dough trick, with polenta as a base. Set the oven to the highest setting and it seemed to get a bit crispier than normal. I didn't have the dough/bread quality that has broken me in the past, and I suspect it was a combo of more water + new flour. I'm going to try grilling this week - will report back on how that does.
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