Can you preheat the STONE before sliding in the pizza dough?
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Yes. I usually heat the stone then remove it from the oven and then put the dough and toppings on then return the pizza to the oven to cook.
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Yes- it works well that way. The pizza cooks really well on the preheated stone.
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Do not know why it would not work. Personally, I use the non stick pizza pan on the stone for 4-5 minutes to firm the dough. Remove the dough from the pan, add the sauce, toppings and bake until the cheese melts. I also follow the same procedure for a deep dish pizza. My favorite pizza dough recipe is from Grandma's Pizza dough recipe from America's Test Kitchen.
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A pizza stone or cast iron pan if available. I own a pizza restaurant, and we make our own dough - Preheat the pan in the oven, and your dough should cook great!
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No, it'll be more prone to breaking. To properly use a pizza stone you need to put it in the oven then start preheating it so it doesn't break. i usually make the pizza on parchment paper and put that on the stone. comes out with a great crust and hardly any clean up.
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Yes, I preheated the pan before making the socca. Then I added the oil and carmelized the onions for 10 minutes, then using a spatula, I added the onions to the socca batter, then poured the socca batter onto the hot pan and baked it. I'm not sure what I would do for the pizza dough. I'm thinking I would not preheat the pan because I would burn my fingers trying to place the dough safely in the pan.
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Yes you can. But let it heat up first before putting your dough or pizza to prevent sticking.
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Use the stone as a template to cut a round of parchment paper. Put your dough on the paper that you've placed on the peel. Put paper and pizza on hot stone to bake. The paper will scorch, but not catch fire. You will have a perfectly crisp crust and zero sticking...the pizza will slide right off the paper!! Hope that helps!
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That's just the way it is with a pizza stone. Let it go. Scrubbing it with water can harm it. If you put it in the oven while it still has moisture in it it could crack. Just wipe it off with a damp sponge and let it air dry.
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I put some olive oil on it and heat it up in the oven 400 for 15 min. Pre heat stone before putting pizza on it Sprinkle corn meal down first before laying pizza on stone. If your buying ready made dough for TraderJoe's in the baggy, roll the dough ball in flour first then shape it in a circle. Cook your pizza hot (400) and fast .
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Make sure the stone is hot by pre heating for one hour. Lay down some corn meal or Durham flour on the stone and immediately place your rolls on top. Do not use sprays. If all else fails use parchment paper. I place a piece of parchment paper on a pizza peel and place my very thin dough on the paper. The paper allows the pizza to slide off the peel without changing shape. Also it is easy to get under the pizza to turn it half way through. Never had a sticking problem.
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I agree with Riggolette L. Use like any other pizza stone- you want to have the stones in the oven when you turn the oven on. They need to heat up slowly. They may crack if you put a cold stone in an already hot oven. They are darling little pizza stones.
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Place on stone. Maybe put flour or cornmeal under dough if you want. Don't have to.
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I normally use mine in a 425 degree oven and put it in before turning oven on. Preheat for at least 30 minutes before placing pizza on the stone. The more you use it the better the stone gets. Never place a wet or moist stone in the oven, it will break.
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We take ours out of the pan first. We spray the pan with non-stick cooking spray before putting in the pizza crust. When it's finished baking, we let it sit 5 minutes or so, slide a spatula under it, tilt the pan a little and it slides right out onto the cutting board. Hope this helps!
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With pizza stones, you are supposed to slowly change their temperature, so when I use it. I put it in the grill before I turn it on medium. I use my propane grill as is, and turn it after I put the stone in there. Then I get the dough ready, bring the stone inside, put the dough on it with sauce chesse and toppings, then I bring it back out to the grill and turn the baby on slightly less than full-high. The pizza takes about 10 minutes and comes out amazing! ENJOY!!!DONT FORGET TO USE OVEN MITTS TO CARRY IT BACK INSIDE AND BE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN YOUR WRISTS WHEN YOU LAY THE DOUGH ON THE STONE. With pizza stones, you are supposed to slowly change their temperature, so when I use it. I put it in the grill before I turn it on medium. I use my propane grill as is, and turn it after I put the stone in there. Then I get the dough ready, bring the stone inside, put the dough on it with sauce chesse and toppings, then I bring it back out to the grill and turn the baby on slightly less than full-high. The pizza takes about 10 minutes and comes out amazing! ENJOY!!!DONT FORGET TO USE OVEN MITTS TO CARRY IT BACK INSIDE AND BE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN YOUR WRISTS WHEN YOU LAY THE... » Read More With pizza stones, you are supposed to slowly change their temperature, so when I use it. I put it in the grill before I turn it on medium. I use my propane grill as is, and turn it after I put the stone in there. Then I get the dough ready, bring the stone inside, put the dough on it with sauce chesse and toppings, then I bring it back out to the grill and turn the baby on slightly less than full-high. The pizza takes about 10 minutes and comes out amazing! ENJOY!!!DONT FORGET TO USE OVEN MITTS TO CARRY IT BACK INSIDE AND BE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN YOUR WRISTS WHEN YOU LAY THE DOUGH ON THE STONE. « Show Less
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I've made Naan a few times, it works really well in the pronto. Just make the dough, stretch it out and stick it to the metal pizza peel. Invert the peel, slide it in the opening and slap the dough onto the pizza stone. Doesn't take long to bake either.
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According to Calf Pizza Stones, http://www.californiapizzastones.com/pizza/files/Conditioning-A-Pizza-Stone.php, "We do not recommend using any oil of any type.Simply wash your stone, NO SOAP.Pat dry and put in your oven.Turn your oven to 450 and bake your stone for 30 minutes let cool.Now our ready to bake!!!"