PIZZA IN THE OONI KODA 16

I’ve had my Ooni for just over a year.

I only used it a couple of times while I waited for the accessories I ordered to arrive. Everything related to Ooni seemed to be out of stock and I had to wait a couple of months for the Perforated Peel.

I didn’t really like the size of the Ooni table so I ordered a 60″ X 30″ X 34″ stainless table from a restaurant supply store in Vancouver. And it was considerably less expensive than the Ooni table and a much better size. The turning peel was also out of stock so I found another brand on line.

Right out of the box the igniter didn’t work so I had to use the match holder.

Wasn’t exactly user friendly having to extend the match into the oven so I bought 11″ matches to insert into the holder.

Much safer.

So to be honest, I was really disappointed in this oven.

So it didn’t get used much during the summer months

and then I was in a car accident in December that put me out of commission for a few months. So it wasn’t until recently that I decided to give try again.

I was determined to master the Ooni. I hate giving up.

Finding the hack on how to adjust the flame lower made a big difference.

Last week I started a biga on Monday morning and made the dough Monday night. I use the stretch and fold method. 1000g batch at 65% hydration. Immediately after the last stretch and fold the dough went into the fridge and remained there until Wednesday afternoon.

Divided the dough into a number of balls. Three at 275 to 300g, one at 450g and I had enough leftover for a small ball.

Three of the balls went into the fridge and I kept out one of the 275g balls plus the little one and baked a

pepperoni and mushroom pizza

for Moe and I to share and

a small Pizza Margherita for Matt.

Thursday morning , 4:00 AM I took two of the balls out of the fridge and I baked two pizzas and too them to work to share.

One Pepperoni and Mushroom

and the other Italian Sausage and Mushroom.

And then on Friday, Matt used the larger ball of dough to bake two Calzones, in the conventional oven and

I used the last ball to bake a Pepperoni and olive pizza in the Ooni.

So five pizzas in three days.

The recipe I use for pizza is the same one I use for my baguettes.

The only difference is the hydration. I normally go with 72% and use the same dough for pizza.

But for this experiment I lowered the hydration to 65%.

I started another batch of dough on Tuesday. Biga made in the morning and the dough in the evening. Dough went into the fridge over night and came out of the fridge Wednesday afternoon. Removed enough dough to make two pizzas.