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.
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Judy
Great job on the challenge Ben!!! Your pizza looks like it turned out great!
Rosa
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
kat
I bet it was so much fun doing this with a group of friends. We had no luck throwing the dough at all
courtney
Yeah! You made your own pizza dough. I believe you attemted the toss. This was a fun one.
Deeba
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!
MyKitchenInHalfCups
Under oath . . .
patsyk
Making pizza is the best excuse to get together with friends! Your pizza turned out fantastic!
Tanya
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!
Natashya
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun, Ben. Great job on your pizzas!
Ivy
Must try this dough. All of this pizza is making me hungry! Yours looks fabulous!
Lori
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.
Madeleine
Se ve rica rica!!!
Saludos!
Teresa
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.
kellypea
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.
Peter G
A great challenge to get together with friends and cook…it looks like the pizzas turned out beautifully!
John
Way to go Ben, looks fantastic!! Toss or no toss looks as if you gave it a good go!!!!
Nicole
Great idea making the pizza with friends! I still have three balls of dough left so I’m planning on making even more tomorrow
Andrea
Nicely done! Half the fun of making pizza is tossing the dough, so good for you for giving it a go!
Bellini Valli
You tossed and rolled yourself to pizza perfection Ben:D
Meeta
i would have loved to have seen you tossing Ben! the pizza looks delicious!
Jude
Looks like fun. I’ll be hosting a little pizza night thing soon, too. Better remember to clean my crusty oven:)
Jen of a2eatwrite
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.
mikky
don’t worry… i believe you tossed that pizza dough… lol… great looking pizza you have there… looks yum…
giz
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.
Marie
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!
clumbsycookie
Muy buena pinta Ben! Yo bien que me comeria un trocito!