As I try to zoom in on my perfect Neapolitan pizza dough I wanted to do some experimenting around using bread flour versus 00 flour. I had previously used 00 and had good results with it – however with my new recipe I had a couple of rounds of pizza that just didn’t get the…
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Prototyping a mount for the Torchio Model B
I talked about my new pasta extruder, the Torchio Model B, in a post awhile back. Im in love with the press, but mounting the Torchio is something that takes some consideration. The presses are traditionally bolted to a dedicated bench used just for pasta extrusion. While that sounds nice, I wasn’t able to sell…
Errata for Elements of Pizza
So it turns out that the error in the recipe I talked about here was in fact an error in the book. Im glad they actually responded to me about it. Was sort of hoping for a prize… you know…. for finding the error. Just kidding……
The Torchio Model B pasta press
I received my Torchio Model B last week and I have to say that it’s a thing of pure beauty. It’s solid, well made, and works just as well as I had hoped it would. The only real catch at this point it figuring out how to mount it to the counter in a better…
Refining the pizza dough recipe
I’ve been working for a couple of years now on refining my pizza dough recipe for use on my Big Green Egg grill. Over those years a lot of work has been put into the actual cooking process while not a lot has been spent on the recipe itself. I found Ken Forkish’s Saturday Pizza…
Milling Flour for pasta (and bread (sort of)
After much research – I finally ended up buying my own grain mill. My three favorite foods (bread, pasta, and pizza, and any combination thereof) are primarily made of this amazing thing called flour so I figured it would be fun to learn how to mill my own. After much research – I landed on…
Working with a pasta machine
So my first attempt at making homemade pasta turned out sort of “meh”. The noodles were way too big and they just didn’t taste very good (I assume I over or under cooked them). So I went to Amazon and bought myself the Marcato 8320 pasta machine. I made a quick batch of dough over…
Making Pasta – take 1
So today I made my first attempt at making homemade pasta. I bought a book a couple weeks back on making pasta. It’s been a pretty simple read and I like how the recipes are simple and straight forward. So far Im enjoying the book! So today I took a crack at the basic recipe. …
Korean BBQ beef
One of my resolutions for this year was to be more adventurous in my cooking. So today I tried a recipe for Korean BBQ beef burritos. While burritos themselves are not adventurous, the meat selection for me was. I found a recipe online for how to make the BBQ beef in the slow cooker mistakenly…