success at last! - it slides off the pan


i have done it! i have finally succeeded in making my pizzas slide off the plates after they are baked. in the past, the pastry would stick to the plate and we would need something like a spatula to scrap it off the plate. these days, most of the pizzas slide off the plates after they have been taken out of the oven. the few that get stuck do not pose any big problem because they come unstuck rather easily. washing and cleaning the plates is also so much easier and faster.

how did i achieve this? i reduce the amount of yeast used for kneading the dough. also, i lengthen the waiting time for the dough to rise. instead of just going by the size of the dough, i leave it to rise for four to eight hours. the other thing that i do is to wipe the plate with olive oil. for that matter, any type of edible oil will do.

from each portion that i knead, i am able to make about 24 pizzas. this time, with one and a half portions, i managed 44 pizzas. the pastry is thinner but it did not tear or break, unlike previous lot of pastry. i have ever made nearly 100 pizzas at one sitting - which meant sitting around for nearly the whole day.

depending on the toppings, pizzas provide a high carbohydrate and relatively low fat meal compared with other family favourites such as, steak pie, fish fingers or curry. what is more, pizzas have a layer of cooked tomato, which is a good source of the antioxidant lycopene and the flour used to create the base is fortified with calcium.