The Perfect Sourdough Pizza (Bread Porn)
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters recommend it as a practical, home-bakable sourdough pizza method that gets close to stone-oven quality.
What it is
A short, nearly wordless demonstration of making sourdough pizza at home using a cast iron pan and the oven. It shows a Neapolitan-style result without a pizza steel or stone.
Recommended by 4 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2019 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec cmod · 2020-04 · on “How to make pizza like a Neapolitan master”
This is the best video on making neapolitan style at home with an cast iron pan and oven: [this video] I've used this method a few times to superb results.
Recommends crispyambulance · 2019-01 · on “Pizza Dough”
> what part of the rest of the pizza-making process can you do better than the restaurant? A determined home pizzaiolo can make a perfectly decent pizza. But you are right about the temperature. Household ovens simply can't reach the temperatures used in a proper pizza oven, about 700F. I have had success with heating a large cast iron pan on the stove top to ~700F, dropping the dough in that, adding toppings when it's ready and then finishing it in a broiler or well preheated oven. These guys show how it's done, without words, better than I can describe: [this video] It is pretty damn good technique. They're using 00 flour, high protein (available at Italian markets in any big city). One thing y
Recommends dredmorbius · 2020-04 · on “How to make pizza like a Neapolitan master”
For a practical, home-bakable, sourdough recipe I can vouch for: [this video] Top comment: "There is more drama in this video than in the entire Transformers franchise."
Recommends leoncvlt · 2021-02 · on “The Physics of baking good Pizza [pdf]”
No love for iron skillets? I've had some pretty good results cooking pizzas in a home settings with it. It sounds weird but it gets decently close the the quality of a stone oven, something to do with the heat conductivity of cast iron: [this video] You cook it on the hob for a few minutes to cook the bottom, constantly shuffling the skillet round to get that random charring, then a few more minutes in a pre-heated oven as close to the broiler as possible. Great for deep dish pizza as well, if you're into that.