Cooking with Phil: Home made Pizza!

philjohn · 16 May 2009 at 19:13

roysters said:
Phil! i followed your ingredients and sauce recipe and it was fantastic!! I also tried the 'heston' suggestion and put the pizza on the reverse side of a really hot pan and then put it in the grill, the dough was amazing! surely this will impress my mates next time they come round. Forget take aways!

Glad you enjoyed it! After having homemade pizza takeaways are only ever good for one thing in our household: convenience; I will admit every few months I have a long friday and suggest to the missus we get a takeout instead of me making them.

The frozen dough becomes quite dangerous though as if you save some tomato sauce you can rustle up a pizza in 15 minutes including cooking. :eek:

mks2005 · 30 May 2009 at 17:28

Had this thread bookmarked for a while! philjohn you got me wanting to make pizza real bad. I love the stuff, but recently realised I've never actually made it even though I do enjoy a bit of cooking.

Results were really, really delicious. Possibly the best pizza I've ever had!

I went for a pepperoni, and a spinach and pesto affair. Both were great and I was very pleased with it for a first attempt. Will definitiely make again!

Thanks again philjohn.

Mandatory pics:

philjohn · 30 May 2009 at 17:59

Glad the recipe worked out, my wife likes the look of that Pesto one so I may be making one like that next week

Glaucus · 30 May 2009 at 18:11

all look amazing. fresh made pizza is awesome.. + you can stick exactly what you want on it.

RandomTom · 30 May 2009 at 18:14

Om nom nom, definitely making one of these soon.

I know this is a bit of a faux pas, but is the white bread flour interchangeable with wholemeal flour?

Schnippzle · 30 May 2009 at 18:37

Some tasty looking pizzas there. Might have to create one myself

Van Hellseek · 30 May 2009 at 18:38

A chopped up 'pepperami hot' actually makes a good topping on home made pizzas.

ShaolinDreams · 30 May 2009 at 19:10

Nice work there Phil, ill order 3 large specials please

OM NOM NOM NOM

^TANK^ · 30 May 2009 at 19:15

Oh dear I am suddenly craving a meat feast pizza.

Van Hellseek · 30 May 2009 at 19:15

lol nice gif

tripitaka · 31 May 2009 at 10:35

I don't precook the base, but always put the oven in as hot as it goes with the baking tray in, and then put the dough onto a hot baking tray.
Also, before rolling, I like to take the ball of dough and turn it inside out to trap some air in it (basically, put your fist through the ball) - this means it bubbles up nicely around the edges.

Kreeeee · 31 May 2009 at 10:44

AcidHell2 said:
all look amazing. fresh made pizza is awesome.. + you can stick exactly what you want on it.

Chorizo, red onion, peppered salami and paprika and pepper marinated chicken strips go on mine. We make home made pizzas quite often here

CliffyBiro · 31 May 2009 at 10:46

Total and utter Om Nom Nom-ness in this thread.

I sooo want to whip me up one of these beauts.

Not exactly a great cook though.

I'd say I'd mess up the dough fairly quickly.

paul rope · 31 May 2009 at 10:47

The Pizza don't even looked like it's cut all the way

jellybeard999 · 15 Nov 2009 at 14:33

Why do you need to use a pan, couldn't you heat up an oven tray instead ?

Might have to try homemade pizza again, haven't made it for years.

arknor · 15 Nov 2009 at 14:39

jellybeard999 said:
Why do you need to use a pan, couldn't you heat up an oven tray instead ?

Might have to try homemade pizza again, haven't made it for years.

maybe because a pans round? i have a nice round oven tray though from a combi-microwave that is awesome for pizzas and its round

jpmonkey69 · 15 Nov 2009 at 15:30

I like making home made pizza with a focaccia type base. This is one of the reasons I like pizza hut pizza I think.

Freefaller · 15 Nov 2009 at 16:08

Wow, old thread bump!

However I'm glad it was bumped - that looks great, worth the effort. So so much better than frozen crap from the supermarket or the pre-made bases which look like a piece of cardboard!

I've seen the Blumenthal method, looks really good, but a little tricky if you haven't quite got the right sort of pans to do it.

goldilocks · 15 Nov 2009 at 16:27

ive never seen a pan method of cooking? who does this?
i use a stellar pizza tray - big heavy round baking tray with lots of holes in the bottom - lets the bottom get really crispy
the jamie oliver method is to heat up a slab of marble and use it as a baking tray - to get the authentic 'pizza oven' base - i can't be bothered with this much effort!!

dangerstat · 15 Nov 2009 at 16:34

I kept meaning to make these. I've just poped out to Tesco's and bought all the ingredients.

I wasn't sure on the sugar or the flour. I got
"Tesco's crusty white Bread Mix" - is that okay for the flour? It meantions making pizza bases with it, so I thought it was the right thing.

And I've never bought sugar before (lol - don't have it in my coffee or tea) so is
"Tesco's dark brown soft unrefined cane sugar" okay???

Managed to get anything else

I'm so excited! how sad!