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VIDEO: How To Stretch Pizza Dough For A Killer Pie...

1/21/2020

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HOW TO STRETCH PIZZA DOUGH... A few weeks back, someone asked how to keep a pizza dough round when rolling it out. My reply was: Simple--NEVER roll out a dough ball. It's easier to keep it round when stretching it. And, rolling creates a problem: it de-gasses the dough. Pressing all the air out of your dough yields a flat, dense crust without the structure that makes a pizza taste so good. As promised, here's a quick & dirty video showing how it's done. (Yes, you can also toss it. But throws flour all over your kitchen and your cameraman.)
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"Q: How Do I Roll Out My Pizza Dough?"

1/3/2020

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This is a simple one: NEVER roll it. Rolling is bad.
A) It's hard to control the shape of a pizza dough that way.
​B) Worse, it presses all of the air out of the dough. You end up with a flat, dense crust, which is not what you want.
Instead, use a floured board and your hands.
1) Flatten the dough ball with the palm of your hand.
2) Using both palms, start pressing and stretching the dough ball on the board until it's wide enough to pick up with both hands.
3) Using the knuckles of both hands, get under the rim of the dough and start stretching it until it is the size you desire.
It takes a little practice. But you get a much better, rounder pizza. (I'll see if I can post a video of this process.)
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    Blaine Parker is the award-winning author of the bestselling, unusual and amusing how-to pizza book, Free The Pizza. Also known as The Pizza Geek and "Hey, Pizza Man!", Blaine is fanatical about the idea that true, pro-quality pizza can be made at home. His home. Your home. Anyone's home. After 20 years of honing his craft and making pizza in standard consumer ovens across the nation, he's sharing what he's learned with home cooks like you. Are you ready to pizza? 

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