learn how to make the tastiest caesar dressing, perfect chicken in an air fryer, and how to sneak anchovies onto pizza (even if you are sneaking them on there for yourself :) . recipe and instructions below.
For the dough:
Add 440g all purpose flour to 730g filtered water and 1.4g instant dried yeast. Whisk together until bubbles start to form, then in another bowl combine 660g all purpose flour, 30 g vital wheat gluten, 22g diastatic malt, 35 g sugar, whisk that together and add to top of sponge. Then sprinkle another 1.4 g instant dried yeast. Cover and leave out at room for up to four hours. What we have created here is essentially a preferment under the rest of our formula. The time at room temperature will allow for some bacterial activity to happen while the yeast is also proliferating. Room temp ferments help produce a lovely milky, umami taste in the eventual dough. If you really don’t care about that added nuance to the taste then just wait an hour and proceed to next step.
After your chosen preferment time, mix the whole mass together and start to knead when formed, after about 6 minutes add 18g olive oil and 20g salt, then knead for a further 4 to 6 minutes or until you have achieved a satisfactory window pane. Rest the whole ball, covered at room for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes divide the dough into 5 balls weighing 380 g ea.. Of course you can divide this dough formula into two if you don’t want the extra pizzas, but I find that doing it this way means I wont have to make dough for another week or so.
Place into your containers of choice or use a tray, but make sure they are covered . Then you can either leave out at room until doubled, or you can put in fridge for 24-48 hours. Doing the latter will introduce a different type of taste from good bacteria, the acetic kind. But it is personal choice . I ALWAYS do this.
Dressing:
6 garlic cloves roasted in a 400f oven for 10 minutes, covered in foil and sprinkled with a cooking oil.
5 anchovy fillet
1 egg yolk
7g/1.5 tsp whole grain Dijon mustard
A few dashes of worstershire sauce.
30g/2tbsp white wine vinegar.
Juice of half a lemon
A good sprinkling of grated parm cheese
Mash the roasted garlic and anchovy together until desired texture, then add the mustard, egg yolk, worster sauce and vinegar then whisk together , then slowly add the oil while whisking, finish with the juice, parm, and some fresh parsely. Voila
Before using a dough ball make sure it has been at room temp for about two hours or until doubled in size. Preheat your oven on max with a steel or stone on the top rack for 1 hour.
For the pizza I used equal parts low moisture mozz, provolone picante , and grana padano. Brush some oil on the pizza once formed and then the cheese.
Bridgford old world pepperoni : amz.run/6IY1
Meat tenderizer : amz.run/6IY4
Pizza steel round :amz.run/6IY7
Pizza steel square : amz.run/6IY8
Dalstrong pizza cutter : amz.run/6IY9
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Pizza peel : amz.run/6IYB
Cutting board: amz.run/6IYC
Wooden peel : amz.run/6IYD
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Llyod’s Detroit pan amz.run/6QJp
Authentic motor pan : amz.run/6QJq
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Truffle powder : amz.run/6UzF
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316 stainless steel chainmail : amz.run/6WEk
Steel funnel : amz.run/6WEn
Dough boxes : amz.run/6ajA
Bosch mixer : amz.run/6ajB
Dumpling presses : amz.run/6er7
Non pizza stuff:
Pasta machine : amz.run/6dcF
Thermometer : amz.run/6dcE
Wok : amz.run/6dcG
Scimitar : amz.run/6QOd
New massive dalstrong cutting board : amz.run/6ajC
Pizza books I own:
Perfect pan pizza, peter reinhart : amz.run/6RZW
Pizza Czar, Antony Falco : amz.run/6RZX
Pizza camp, Joe Beddia : amz.run/6RZY
Pizza Quest, Peter Reinhart : amz.run/6RZZ
The Elements of Pizza, Ken Forkish : amz.run/6RZd
Mastering pizza, Marc Vetri : amz.run/6RZe
Flour water salt yeast , Ken Forkish : amz.run/6RZf
The Pizza Bible , Tony Gemengani , amz.run/6RZg
0:00 intro
1:09 recommended gear for this dish
2:05 how to make a super flavorful pizza dough quickly
4:08 perfect chicken in an airfryer & caesar Dressing
7:21 making the pizza and assembly