It took eight minutes to cook a pie in my oven. It takes three minutes to cook a pie in the wood burning oven. What a difference five minutes makes. Watching the crust rise in those first few seconds is like watching a miracle. Thin dough, inflating itself. I love it.
The higher heat has necessitated retooling my standard pizza build. I can now use a higher moisture mozzarella (good thing). I had to learn how to use a pizza peel (not a big thing). I am having to get used to having burn marks on my forearms from reaching in and out of the oven (painful thing).
Have you thought about getting one of those wooden pizza sliders to save you from those burns?
Jody:
That is a pizza peel, which he mentioned using
Thanks for clarifying, Son of D!
Plus, I hear chicks dig scars.
I don’t know about chicks digging scars, but chicks dig amazing pizza!
Looks fantastic. I can’t believe I haven’t made my way over there to try one yet. I’m a moron.