Homemade Pizza

**IceDog** · 03-08-2025, 09:31 PM

Anybody make their own pizza? I started doing it once in a while after seeing a YT vid for 1-hour pizza. The dough is really easy to make using a cup of beer

I just do everything by hand, no electric mixers or beaters needed. For baking, I just use a round pan, put down some aluminum foil, and grease it with olive oil.

This one has 5 cheeses (mozzarella, asiago, romano, provolone, and parmesan. Toppings this time are bacon, mushrooms, onion, and pepperoni. Oh, and I like my pizza cooked well done with golden brown cheese

Mister H · 03-08-2025, 09:40 PM

What is the purpose of the beer? Is it a taste thing?

**IceDog** · 03-08-2025, 10:11 PM

It's part of the bread fermenting process...the recipe vid says the beer is there to stand in for all of the yeasty flavors that we would usually get from long, slow fermentation using only yeast. So it's kind of a clever shortcut to making pizza dough quicker.

Mister H · 03-08-2025, 10:46 PM

I'll give it a shot. I'm trying to add to my repertoire.

ZenLogikos · 03-09-2025, 12:26 AM

My mom's made her own pizza my whole life.

Usually she made the dough from scratch, but in recent years, she would buy a special pizza dough that some big grocery chains make fresh daily (but act like they don't want to sell).

My brother's been making his own for years too. Swears by the need for a pizza steel. Also uses a cornmeal dusting underside. I think he recently switched to an outdoor pizza oven. I'll have to find out which one.

ZenLogikos · 03-09-2025, 12:36 AM

BTW, your pizza looks delicious.

All I need now are directions...

**IceDog** · 03-09-2025, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Mister H

I'll give it a shot. I'm trying to add to my repertoire.

It's nice when you find something to add to the rotation.

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Originally Posted by ZenLogikos

a special pizza dough that some big grocery chains make fresh daily (but act like they don't want to sell).

So mom and bro are pizza makers, gotta join the family tradition

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenLogikos

BTW, your pizza looks delicious.

All I need now are directions...

Thanks. No need, I'll vacuum seal one and send it to ya

Asgard · 03-09-2025, 05:03 AM

Yeah, five different types of cheese.
It's nice to see that "my body is my temple" hasn't reached everyone

Your pizza looks delicious. I might try it sometime

**IceDog** · 03-09-2025, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Asgard

Yeah, five different types of cheese.
It's nice to see that "my body is my temple" hasn't reached everyone

Should've been six, I forgot the feta cheese

**SDguy** · 03-09-2025, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Asgard

Yeah, five different types of cheese.
It's nice to see that "my body is my temple" hasn't reached everyone

Your pizza looks delicious. I might try it sometime

I honestly think the reason I refuse to make something like this is because I would definitely eat too much of it. My temple will turn into the entire city.