I knew I was going to be very busy this month so I decided to make this challenge early in the month. For a while a couple of friends and I had been talking about a pizza night where we would make our own pizzas. So when I read that this month’s callenge was to bake pizza like a real pizzaiolo I had the perfect excuse to get together with some friends and do it.
The challenge was to use Peter Reinhart’s pizza crust recipe and toss the pizza in the air like a real pizzaiolo.We got together at Fabrice’s house one Saturday night. I provided the dough, which I started Friday night, and Jeremy and Fabrice the toppings. We had a lot of fun making them. We baked 3 pizzas total, one Hawaiian, one dairy-and-pork-free for Jeremy and one pepperoni and bell peppers.
Part of the challenge was to capture on film the moment when you were tossing the pizza, but unfortunately we were having so much fun that I forgot to take pictures. But if you need proof you can ask Fabrice, Jeremy or Jon and they will testify (under oath) that I indeed tried. I ended up using a rolling pin just to get them thin enough, but I wasn’t afraid of the dough (not anymore!) Here are the only 2 pics I took that night:
I wanna thank Rosa for this challenge, which wasn’t much of a challenge since I bake pizza at least once a week, but still was a lot of fun. This challenge is in memoriam of Sherry, a great blogger that passed away on July 20th, 2008. Wherever she is I am sure she’s smiling at all of us goofy Daring Bakers.
¡Buen provecho!
For the pizza recipe visit Rosa’s blog.
26 Replies
Great job on the challenge Ben!!! Your pizza looks like it turned out great!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Great pizza! I’m glad you liked the “challenge”! I also make pizza on a regular basis, but I had never made P. Reinhart’s dough before…
Cheers,
Rosa
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I bet it was so much fun doing this with a group of friends. We had no luck throwing the dough at all
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Yeah! You made your own pizza dough. I believe you attemted the toss. This was a fun one.
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 10:41 am
O what fun Ben…I was looking forward to a toss up though! Looks like you had a great time! freinds, fun & pizza…what more can one want!! Live it up amigo!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Under oath . . .
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Making pizza is the best excuse to get together with friends! Your pizza turned out fantastic!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Isn’t pizza making even more fun when you do it with friends and family? I made mine with my husband and it was so much fun! Great work on your pizza – it looks delicious!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun, Ben. Great job on your pizzas!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Must try this dough. All of this pizza is making me hungry! Yours looks fabulous!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
It’s so much fun making pizza with friends! Wish I could have seen the toss. I am only finding a few people who showed a pic.
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Se ve rica rica!!!
Saludos!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Delicioso! Ben what a great job. I can just imagine you tossng the pizza dough in the air. My daughter has worked for a pizza place for the last two years and the owner tried to teach her how to toss the dough. Well, she dropped so much of it they won’t let her anywhere near the dough anymore. I’m sure you did a much better job. Bien hecho mi amigo.
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Sounds like you guys had lots of fun! And since your toss isn’t recorded, mine won’t be either so you can stop holding your breath! Bwhahahaha! I am so not interested in having dog and cat hair on dough that had to wait that long to be used. It was certainly tasty though.
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
A great challenge to get together with friends and cook…it looks like the pizzas turned out beautifully!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Way to go Ben, looks fantastic!! Toss or no toss looks as if you gave it a good go!!!!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Great idea making the pizza with friends! I still have three balls of dough left so I’m planning on making even more tomorrow
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Nicely done! Half the fun of making pizza is tossing the dough, so good for you for giving it a go!
Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
You tossed and rolled yourself to pizza perfection Ben:D
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 7:13 am
i would have loved to have seen you tossing Ben! the pizza looks delicious!
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Looks like fun. I’ll be hosting a little pizza night thing soon, too. Better remember to clean my crusty oven:)
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 9:48 am
It looks lovely, and more importantly, it looks like you were all having FUN. And I really think that’s a lot of what pizza’s about.
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
don’t worry… i believe you tossed that pizza dough… lol… great looking pizza you have there… looks yum…
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
This challenge was such a riot – it caused more tossing laughter – oh goodness. You did a great job and looks like you had fun doing it too.
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Great job Ben! Looks like you all were having a great time cooking together. Pizza’s are always fun to make with friends and family. A nice and casual atmospere!
Posted on October 31st, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Muy buena pinta Ben! Yo bien que me comeria un trocito!
Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
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