Pretty dramatic, huh? This was a difficult picture to take of myself. The strands in the dough are the gluten strings. If the dough is mixed properly, these gluten bonds hold the dough together when forming the pizza crust (called a windowpane test). If not, it tears and you look like an idiot. Pizza parade. […]
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Train Keep a Rolling
She Says I Should Quit
She says I should quit trying to make my crust better, but I can’t. Once I stopped thinking about it as a prop for the other ingredient, it changed everything. The crust is the foundation. The other stuff is just window dressing. Don’t sell your crust short. My new ‘mandatory minimum’ is a two day […]