The Home Made Pizza Thread

[Homercidal]

You can use it to churn butter from cream. Just make sure to shield the liquid from flying out the top of the bowl and splashing all over your table and laptop...

 

[Evets]

You can use it to churn butter from cream. Just make sure to shield the liquid from flying out the top of the bowl and splashing all over your table and laptop...

I've done that! Except I don't have a KitchenAid. I have the Bosch Universal Plus with the 800w motor.

 

[ericbw]

Bought this today. I have seen it on cooking shows and it always looked liked it worked pretty good.

Making the dough (by hand) is my least favorite part.



Did I waste my money, or did I make a good choice? Anyone else use one?

Can you tell me what your experience is with it?



Thanks.

Dude, you have chosen wisely. Great investment.

 

[applescrap]

Bread machine dough, meh. Used oil spread it in a pan way my mom used to. Would work pretty well actually to then throw on the peel. I didn't want to heat the oven up too much by running it at 550 for an hour, blowing away the house. Still got pretty hot and made a crappy Pizza. Hebrew national hot dogs and tomatoes and green peppers from the garden. Excuse the pepper cut was first time using my new electric slicer. Tomato cut is nice and thin

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[Staestc]

Bread machine dough, meh. Used oil spread it in a pan way my mom used to. Would work pretty well actually to then throw on the peel. I didn't want to heat the oven up too much by running it at 550 for an hour, blowing away the house. Still got pretty hot and made a crappy Pizza. Hebrew national hot dogs and tomatoes and green peppers from the garden. Excuse the pepper cut was first time using my new electric slicer. Tomato cut is nice and thin

Does not look crappy at all. Looks very good!

 

[Homercidal]

Well, I cooked up a Hummus pizza last night with diced tomatoes, diced Chicken Sausage, and some shredded italian cheeses. It wasn't bad, but most of the zing from the hummus was missing after cooking.

 

[Yeastieboy]

Maybe hit it with some fresh lemon juice after the bake.

 

[applescrap]

Well, I cooked up a Hummus pizza last night with diced tomatoes, diced Chicken Sausage, and some shredded italian cheeses. It wasn't bad, but most of the zing from the hummus was missing after cooking.

Very cool, would you do it again?

 

[BigMack]

After spending a ton of time getting my crust where I want it, I realized I have totally neglected to work on my sauce at all. Do any of y'all have a good basic sauce recipe you wouldn't mind sharing?

 

[z-bob]

Canned sauce is pretty good.

When I make sauce from scratch I use a can of stewed tomatoes, a small can of tomato paste, onions, garlic, and Italian spices like oregano and basil. Don't really have a recipe. Some brands of stewed tomatoes are sweeter than others, I prefer the not-so-sweet.

Some people just buy a can of imported Italian plum tomatoes. Drain them (but save the juice for something) and squish them up with your hands on the crust. That's it, just crushed canned tomatoes (not the same as canned crushed tomatoes)

 

[Jwin]

Razor thin tomatoes and garlic,olive oil and fresh basil.
This on some fresh mozzarella slices.
Makes an awesome Neapolitan.

 

[Sourz4life]

Tried something different for me. Cooked it over a fire I made in my grill. Opened all my vents to keep the flame going. Next time I'd get it hotter and use less actual flames as it was uneven but it was pretty good.

 

[hotwatermusic]

After spending a ton of time getting my crust where I want it, I realized I have totally neglected to work on my sauce at all. Do any of y'all have a good basic sauce recipe you wouldn't mind sharing?

Dough is the science, sauce is all art. Start with some unsalted crushed plum tomatoes and add salt, Italian spices, grate a clove of garlic, maybe some crushed red pepper, or some crushed calabrian peppers in oil, or there's a fermented red chili paste from Korea. Ground fennel seeds are nice. Anything goes just taste as you go and you can't go wrong.
Meaning, no, I don't have a recipe😯

 

[icebob]

Thursday night, pizza night! half :supreme" like and half Hawaiian... all sprinkled with TxCraig pepper oil...

 

[Chris_Primavera]

Bought this today.

Did I waste my money, or did I make a good choice? Anyone else use one?
Can you tell me what your experience is with it?

Thanks.

These are pretty good as long as you are not trying to make a really stiff dough. The plastic gears are garbage. One batch of bagel dough killed mine.

 

[schematix]

These are pretty good as long as you are not trying to make a really stiff dough. The plastic gears are garbage. One batch of bagel dough killed mine.

Bagel and pasta dough always make the bowl pop out on my KitchenAid KP26M1XNP Professional 600 Series.

 

[applescrap]

Thursday night, pizza night! half :supreme" like and half Hawaiian... all sprinkled with TxCraig pepper oil...

Bella bellisimo. Like the half and half.

 

[Bigdaddyale]

Bagel and pasta dough always make the bowl pop out on my KitchenAid KP26M1XNP Professional 600 Series.

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[unionrdr]

I like replacementparts.com. All manner of small appliance parts, especially coffee makers.

 

[harleybug88]

These are pretty good as long as you are not trying to make a really stiff dough. The plastic gears are garbage. One batch of bagel dough killed mine.

Thanks for the tip. I plan on mainly pizza dough and maybe trying some cookie recipes.

Have you used the meat grinder? I'm curious if it works well enough for that.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Thanks for the tip. I plan on mainly pizza dough and maybe trying some cookie recipes.

Have you used the meat grinder? I'm curious if it works well enough for that.

We have the meat grinder for our non-pro Kitchen Aid. It works well enough, but I wouldn't want to grind a very large quantity of meat.

We've done some chicken breasts, but never anything much more substantial than that.

 

[Jwin]

Off topic, but another company sales an all metal meat grinder. Wish I had spend the extra on it. If you go plastic, Google "kitchen aid meat grinder mod"
There is an issue with the spacing on the grinder plates

 

[Bigdaddyale]

I like replacementparts.com. All manner of small appliance parts, especially coffee makers.

I bought one of the first KA 600 pro and had a heck of a time with it.I sent it back and had a new one shipped under warranty. The second one didn't last long and KA would not offer a replacement.I took it apart and found the plastic gear housing was cracked and the brass gear was stripped out.I ended up replacing the the defective parts but now the mixer sits in the garage as we use the older 1990 version KA mixer.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Bought this today. I have seen it on cooking shows and it always looked liked it worked pretty good.
Making the dough (by hand) is my least favorite part.

Did I waste my money, or did I make a good choice? Anyone else use one?
Can you tell me what your experience is with it?

Thanks.

Good investment yes. Does this model have a dough hook, or worm? I had a classic model with a hook which worked great for bread dough it crapped out and rather than repair I got a 600 series model from Costco. It has more power and a bigger bowl, but the dough hook takes forever to incorporate ingredients, sigh. Also, be mindful to not exceed the recommended speed for dough( I think that could be part of the reason I wore mine out). Enjoy it!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I like replacementparts.com. All manner of small appliance parts, especially coffee makers.

Yes I was able to get a new kitcheaid worm gear tower for half the cost of just shipping the mixer for DX and repair... Though after i installed it it was still no go. Before ordering new brushes for the classic they don't even manufacture any more, I got a new model... Problem solved.

 

[harleybug88]

Good investment yes. Dose this model have a dough hook, or worm? I had a classic model with a hook which worked great for bread dough it crapped out and rather than repair I got a 600 series model from Costco. It has more power and a bigger bowl, but the dough hook takes forever to incorporate ingredients, sigh. Also, be mindful to not exceed the recommended speed for dough( I think that could be part of the reason I wore mine out). Enjoy it!

Yes, it has the dough hook.
It came with the dough hook, wire whip and a flat beater.

It's not a pro model. It's a 300 watt, "Ultra Power model".

And yes the directions say not to exceed more than 2 for making dough.

 

[ChefRex]

Good investment yes. Dose this model have a dough hook, or worm? I had a classic model with a hook which worked great for bread dough it crapped out and rather than repair I got a 600 series model from Costco. It has more power and a bigger bowl, but the dough hook takes forever to incorporate ingredients, sigh. Also, be mindful to not exceed the recommended speed for dough( I think that could be part of the reason I wore mine out). Enjoy it!

I have been very rough on mine and ALWAYS exceed the recommended speed for dough the only issue I have had is the head came loose, disassemble, clean, lube what needs it and locktite, reassembly.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I have been very rough on mine and ALWAYS exceed the recommended speed for dough the only issue I have had is the head came loose, disassemble, clean, lube what needs it and locktite, reassembly.

I hear you, after speaking with a rep, who felt it was likely the worm gear, which is made to fail, rather than letting worse damage happen, I watched a couple of how-to videos and decided to replace the tower (the full assemble only costing a little more than just the gear and saving a lot of time) it didn't run likely because the brushes were in wrong or wore out. Got a new one in time for holiday cooking.

 

[bob1852]

Pepperoni, olives, and roasted garlic...

 

[bob1852]

I use Boboli pizza sauce.

I'll make a dough 3-4 days in advance, but too lazy to make pizza sauce.