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Dough Production/Development
Knead to Know: Where Do You ‘Dough’?
Tom Lehmann talks mobile dough production and solves a sticky dough problem In addition to our pizzeria we are adding a mobile pizza kitchen (trailer) to sell pizzas at various gatherings. We don’t want to mix dough in the trailer so we are thinkin...
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Knead to Know: Starting with Starters
The importance of fermentation Perhaps one of the most significant trends for pizza makers in recent years has been the experimentation with different fermentation techniques. In “The Bread Bakers Apprentice,” Peter Reinhart states that “fermen...
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Knead to Know: A Little Rusty
Tom Lehmann talks mixing bowls, yeast and organic dough Q: I am just now in the process of buying equipment for my planned store. I’ve come across several mixers that I’m interested in, and I have seen one that has a bowl with a little rust in th...
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Knead to Know: Downward Spiral
Tom Lehmann talks oils, spiral mixers Q: What are the pros and cons of using a blended oil as opposed to an extra virgin olive oil? A: When used in making the dough or sauce, you don’t see any significant difference between a quality olive oil and ...
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Dough Production/Development
Knead to Know: Understanding the Power of Flour
Your dough is the foundation of your business and flour is the heart of your dough. One of the questions I’m asked most frequently is: “What type of flour should I use?” To determine the best answer, some questions must first be asked. First th...
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Dough Production/Development
Knead to Know: So Cool — How do you hold dough balls in the cooler?
Q: I’m in the planning stages for my first pizzeria and I would like to know the options for holding dough balls in the cooler? A: The options for dough ball storage in the cooler are as follows: Dough boxes are probably the most popular method. Th...
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Knead to Know: Auto Pilot
How the autolyse method can improve your dough In today’s hyper competitive market consumers are much more knowledgeable and demanding. This has been great for our industry because it has caused us to look outside of our own insular world for metho...
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Dough Production/Development
Knead to Know: Elevate Flavor
The Dough Doctor offers tips on improving your crust without breaking the bank Q: We just make a few pizzas a day for use at our bar. We use a frozen dough to make the crust and we find that the pizzas are just so-so, what can we do to make our pizza...
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Commentary: Servers Beware
If you offer dine-in, you already know that the servers you employ are brand ambassadors that completely make or break the experience your customers have within your four walls. No matter how great the food and ambiance happen to be, a bad experience...
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Knead to Know: Taking the Next Step
Once you understand your core ingredients, you can step into variations Flour, water, salt and yeast are the basic ingredients of pizza dough. Mastery of these fundamental components can produce exemplary results and has served Neapolitan pizza maker...
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Knead to Know: Snapped! Dough Snapback Solved
Common dough problem, pizza dough snapback, has plethora of causes Q: We have a continual problem with dough snap-back after placing it on the screen for baking. Is there anything that we can add to our dough to eliminate this problem? A: Dough snap-...
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Dough Doctor: Back to Basics
Create pan and thin-crust pizza with easy measurements Q: Can you help us develop a dough for a pan-style pizza as well as a thin-crust pizza based on 12.5 kilograms of flour? Additionally, can you show us how to make a pre-mix out of the dough formu...