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Pros

I am excited to try again, and with the tools the author listed to improve the experience.

Great dough recipes and instructions for making and experimenting with different styles and toppings, etc. The tart flambée recipe is a good starting point. Some good details and ingredient references are found.

His book is a must have for anyone tired of purchasing lackluster pies from their hometown. Living in the south, finding a good pizzeria is next to impossible so making it at home is essential. Pizza history is a bonus in this book.

Ken forkish offers more than a dozen different dough recipes. Recipes include levain doughs made from a naturally fermented yeast starter.

This book has a lot of helpful information on all the different aspects of making pizza. It uses precise measurements, and tells you what kind of tools and type of ingredients to make a perfect pizza. There are plenty of pizza dough basics and princip...  Read More



Cons

I threw out an entire batch of dough because i was foolish enough to ignore what i already knew and blindly follow the vague and incomplete instructions in this book. You simply cannot use the same hydration with 00 flour. Every dough recipe is for a ...  Read More

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Quality


Ken forkish has done it again with the elements of pizza


His clear expert instructions will have you shaping pies and loading a pizza peel with the confidence of a professional pizzaiolo


Ive had some struggles with the dough from time to time elastic or not cooking in the center


My experience i started with a simple dough that i made pizza with the same day

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  • This product had a total of 3,417 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 24 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its a given that since this book was published that home pizza ovens have exploded onto the scene ooni roccbox


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    So yes the recipes are geared towards home ovens


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    Please dont let those reviews stop you


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    Not sure if recipes will work with 900 degree outside pizza ovens


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    Why you need to use weight not volume when measuring ingredients


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    As an example the associazione verace pizza napoletana avpn is the organization that sets the international standards for making a neopolitan pie


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    Their rules are very specific


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Obviously that eliminates making one in a kitchen oven if the standards are to be followed for the perfect pie

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