(I have a video of the whole process in case you want to see how the dough looks like, it was a 2 minutes hand kneading)
Link?
As usual, it looks great! I've been meaning to ask you, how are you fermenting at 69F rm temp - do you just have your air conditioner that low or?? I live in S. Oregon and up until two days ago we've been in the 90's to the low 100's. Also, Are you using sugar and/or ldmp in your dough? Thanks as always for the photos and input. June
Your pizzas look fantastic! I have read through this thread and see that your yeast percentage is sometimes as high as .4 % and sometimes as low as .04%. How you decide how much yeast to use for a given recipe? I imagine its mostly based on your expertise but maybe you have some guidelines for aspiring pizzamakers like me? Also, do you always use ice cold water in your recipes? Thank you, Liz
100% king arthur ap flour, 62% hydration, 3% oil, 0.036% yeast, fermented at room temp (68 F) for 25 hours. Baked at 660 F for 3.5 minutes.
Yes, I have started to use Craigs chart, shadergraphics and the pizza app upon kori's advice. They are very helpful tools. Pizzaman, do you use these guidelines too? Thank you to all! Liz
Pizzaman106, I've never done a room temperature rise. What is your dough management for this pie. How many balls, how long in bulk or just ball(s).
I manage the ambient ferments by using my air conditioner at home. I like for the ambient temp to be 68 F. I use 0.04% yeast for a 24 hour 68 F room temp ferment. I bulk the dough for 18 hours and ball it for 6 hours.
28 hour room temp dough (70 F), 63% hydration, 2% oil, 0.06% yeast. Baked at 620 F for 6 minutes. 490 gram dough ball stretched to 16.5 inches.
What’s the allure or push for this room temp fermented pizza? Fwiw I do it all the time, I just never thought about it. Just a fun puzzle to solve?
Beautiful as usual. Seems like you have a very solid process. Are you doing anything different with the sauce or cheese these days? Is there a preference on tomatoes or anything like that? For NY style so far Grande cheese gets me the best results (obviously since that’s what they use at most places). Tomatoes seem to be a bit easier to find at least to me. I’ve tried a few easily obtainable cans that get me close enough to the stanislaus flavors.