Help, quick! How do I bake these pizzas?

11 years ago

Hi, friends -- I haven't been around much, but I need your help today.

Okay so this afternoon is our last performance of "Fiddler on the Roof." My husband and I play Tevye and Golde - it's been a blast - so we offered to host a cast party at our home. The Jewish Community Center generously offered to supply pizzas, and they sent them home with us after last night's show. But no instructions. We sent an email but they might not see it in time.

They are unbaked but not frozen. Very large. Seem to be "regular" crust. No toppings besides sauce and cheez.

At what temperature and for how long should we bake them? Right on the oven rack, right? I don't have pans that big, although I have a couple of cookie sheets almost big enough. I suppose I can use them as peels to get the things out of the oven. Any tips for that greatly appreciated, too.

Thanks so much!

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coconut_nj
11 years ago
Hi Gellchom. Good to see my swap partner. Congrats on your run of Fiddler.

Okay, get the ovens as hot as you can. Yes, sounds like right on the rack is what you'll need for them. Depending on the oven they can take anywhere from ten minutes to twenty. With no toppings and if the oven gets good and hot they shouldn't take long. Go ahead and keep an eye on them and pull them when the top looks brown and bubbly. With them on the rack you shouldn't have a problem with the crust getting done.

[Happy Passover too]
annie1992
11 years ago
I agree, good and hot, I'd go for 450, probably, if I had to choose a number.

I never have luck cooking fresh pizza on the rack, the crust kind of droops down between the racks and the toppings "leak" onto the bottom of the oven.

I have taken half sheet pans, turned them upside down and put pizzas on them to bake that way, if you're a total klutz like me and can't manage to bake a pizza on the rack without making a huge mess...

congrats on the successful theater run and, as Coconut reminded me, Happy Passover.

Annie
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gellchom
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11 years ago
Thank you all.

It was a real mess! The dough was SO soft, not only was there no question of trying to cook it right on the racks, I didn't know what to do. I had thought of using a cookie sheet as a peel to get it onto the rack, and then when I saw how soft the dough was, I thought about just cooking them pizzas on the pans -- but it was too mushy even to do that. The Fiddler and the spotlight guy came to my rescue and helped me scoop the soggy stuff onto the cookie sheets -- not even close to round anymore, but we didn't care. We also baked some of them right on the cardboard circles they were sent on. We couldn't bake them quite enough, and they stuck to everything, but it was fine in the end, because I knew ...
Actors will eat ANYTHING! :-)

Thanks for being my rescuers as always.

p.s. -- go to the off-topic discussions page for some nice news!
sally2_gw
11 years ago
That's kind of the way the pizzas from Papa Murphy's come. They are on very thin coated cardboard "pans" that you're supposed to bake the pizzas on. They are quite floppy, but taste pretty good for store bought pizza. They have you bake at 425 degrees.

Heading over to conversations now.

Sally

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