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palomalou Jan 20, 2013 05:33 PM

Do you partially precook your pizza crust?

I've not been happy with mine. The flavor is good but the crust is really hard to cut when the pizza is done.

  1. charles_sills Jan 21, 2013 09:36 PM

    i often will slightly precook my crust if im doing pizzas on the grill. put it on a few minutes, flip it, sauce it, top it, cheese it, finish it. but in the oven i usually dont need to.

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      escondido123 Jan 21, 2013 09:16 PM

      I precook sausage, onions and some other meats, but the crust never.

      1. grampart Jan 21, 2013 12:09 PM

        Never!

        1. ipsedixit Jan 21, 2013 12:05 PM

          I've heard of people precooking the toppings, but not the crust.

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            cleopatra999 Jan 21, 2013 12:08 PM

            only if I don't want my topping cooked, or very lightly cooked like proscuitto and basil.

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            Novelli Jan 21, 2013 11:51 AM

            I never prebake my pizza crusts.

            What's your dough recipe? Fermentation time?

            I find the toughest doughs are usually made same day, with little fermentation/less flavor.

            1. Musie Jan 20, 2013 05:40 PM

              I top then bake. I've tried pre-baking and have found it to be needless. The one exception is when my husband is craving one of his super topped pizzas,

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