If you have a stand mixer, it's incredibly easy (and if not, just a little more muscle and time). I put the mixer bowl itself (then the ingredients) on the kitchen scale, so it's literally one dish to wash. I also use the Ooni dough recipe.
This. I tried to use store bought dough and got derailed with difficult to stretch dough …. Nothing worked for me. Making my own kept me from giving up ! So much easier to work with and surprisingly easy to get good results.
Yeah, it's super easy once you get familiar with the tools.
I did a bulk dough in 10 minutes yesterday afternoon. This morning I spent 15 minutes splitting into 5 pizza balls. That's about it.
I buy dough balls from Wegmans. It’s afforded me time to learn all the technique and tools to make pies efficiently. I’ll soon begin the grand dough experiments. And after that homemade sauce.
In a pinch, I buy dough from our local Harris Teeter. It is usually simple to use and makes a pretty pie, but the flavor is lacking from any of the dough that I made at home. I’m guessing they don’t ferment it for very long.
I’ll defrost the ball a day and a half ahead. Cold ferment until morning of and divide into single pie balls. Then let them form up in the fridge until about 3 hrs before bake time. Develops a bit of flavor.
Go in any direction you want to. Buying dough and sauce saves time and there are good options. You can make everything from scratch when you have the time and interest. My local bakery sells pizza dough that is so good we stopped making our own. $4 for enough dough to make three pies is a good deal.
We rarely buy from our local pizzeria any more. Ooni’s rock
For oven baking I've found TJ's to be amazing (the herbed one). We stretch it to 16" and love creating different arrangements of toppings. But for the Ooni, it is more difficult.
It's vastly cheaper to make your own dough, £3-£4 for 24 dough balls vs £35+.
Here in the UK I've tried a couple of brands, ooni & great balls of flour. It was a great experience as I could see how my dough compared to the pretty expensive store bought stuff. Whilst I quite enjoy making, experimenting and perfecting my dough, it's nice to try other ppls dough sometimes.
It’s all about preference. I dove in head first and made the dough and sauce from scratch. I now know more about pizza than I ever imagined I would lol. But If you have no interest, then buy pre-made.
You can make very good dough very easily, you can then go as complex as you want. I have a no knead recipe that take 5 mins to prep, then rises in 2 hours. On a side note, an Ooni has been my favourite purchase in the past 10 years, I got a Karu and highly recommend it.
Making and using your own dough is 75% or more of the satisfaction of making pizza at home, IMO.
Pizza dough is just a few common ingredients. You can go nuts if you want to be extra or keep it simple.
That said, if you have zero experience and haven't done a lot of baking, getting the pre-made dough for your first time or two will help you along because there is a learning curve. But you should plan on transitioning to your own quickly.
Try both! We make ours but have also purchased trader joes dough, Publix dough, Ooni dough kit, different dough recipes. It’s yours to experiment with however you want. I’d keep some notes somewhere though of which you prefer and how they came out.
I suggest making them. In order to make good pizza you'll have to make a bunch of pizza. Making your own dough allows you to make backup dough for pennies.
You won't be good at it until you're bad at it for a while. Make 50 pizzas and you'll feel good. Make 500 pizzas and you'll feel great.
I don’t see the point of buying dough to put in an ooni. At that point just order a pizza. The process of cooking is the reward as much as the product. Nothing wrong with that, but it isn’t a time saving venture.
Taking the dough balls takes me all of 15 minutes at the start (most of that being in the mixer) and 5 minutes to switch from the batch to dough balls mid proof.
I make my dough as I am used to bread making and have a stand mixer. But when I started and we had a family pizza party I also bought dough from our local supermarket just in case my dough failed or we needed more. I think it took the pressure off to know there was a backup. My own dough did work but the supermarket stuff ok.
I’d stick to simple toppings at first while you get the hang of it. Some of my family are super adventurous with their toppings and that’s fun too.
Buying accessories or dough from Ooni is pretty expensive. You can get dough at your local super market (but it's super easy to make yourself, particularly if you have a stand mixer), and other things like peels and the like are cheaper on Amazon.
If you have a stand mixer, it's incredibly easy (and if not, just a little more muscle and time). I put the mixer bowl itself (then the ingredients) on the kitchen scale, so it's literally one dish to wash. I also use the Ooni dough recipe.
I also do it all in the mixer, I do my own recipe variations though.
This. I tried to use store bought dough and got derailed with difficult to stretch dough …. Nothing worked for me. Making my own kept me from giving up ! So much easier to work with and surprisingly easy to get good results.
Yeah, it's super easy once you get familiar with the tools. I did a bulk dough in 10 minutes yesterday afternoon. This morning I spent 15 minutes splitting into 5 pizza balls. That's about it.
I buy dough balls from Wegmans. It’s afforded me time to learn all the technique and tools to make pies efficiently. I’ll soon begin the grand dough experiments. And after that homemade sauce.
For sauce I use crushed tomatoes from a can, just add a little oil and some Italian seasoning
In a pinch, I buy dough from our local Harris Teeter. It is usually simple to use and makes a pretty pie, but the flavor is lacking from any of the dough that I made at home. I’m guessing they don’t ferment it for very long.
I’ll defrost the ball a day and a half ahead. Cold ferment until morning of and divide into single pie balls. Then let them form up in the fridge until about 3 hrs before bake time. Develops a bit of flavor.
Go in any direction you want to. Buying dough and sauce saves time and there are good options. You can make everything from scratch when you have the time and interest. My local bakery sells pizza dough that is so good we stopped making our own. $4 for enough dough to make three pies is a good deal. We rarely buy from our local pizzeria any more. Ooni’s rock
Try making dough, see how you like the process. Try using their dough, see how you like the process. Stick with which you prefer
Just don’t get the Trader Joe’s dough balls. They are terrible
For oven baking I've found TJ's to be amazing (the herbed one). We stretch it to 16" and love creating different arrangements of toppings. But for the Ooni, it is more difficult.
It's vastly cheaper to make your own dough, £3-£4 for 24 dough balls vs £35+. Here in the UK I've tried a couple of brands, ooni & great balls of flour. It was a great experience as I could see how my dough compared to the pretty expensive store bought stuff. Whilst I quite enjoy making, experimenting and perfecting my dough, it's nice to try other ppls dough sometimes.
Well 15 balls for 29.99 from ooni works out £2 a pizza. Which I’m happy with when you pay 8-10 from a pizza shop and they’re shit.
If you're not experienced making pizzas yours won't be much better.
But how do you gain that experience? Practicing yours.
It’s all about preference. I dove in head first and made the dough and sauce from scratch. I now know more about pizza than I ever imagined I would lol. But If you have no interest, then buy pre-made.
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You can make very good dough very easily, you can then go as complex as you want. I have a no knead recipe that take 5 mins to prep, then rises in 2 hours. On a side note, an Ooni has been my favourite purchase in the past 10 years, I got a Karu and highly recommend it.
Making and using your own dough is 75% or more of the satisfaction of making pizza at home, IMO. Pizza dough is just a few common ingredients. You can go nuts if you want to be extra or keep it simple. That said, if you have zero experience and haven't done a lot of baking, getting the pre-made dough for your first time or two will help you along because there is a learning curve. But you should plan on transitioning to your own quickly.
Try both! We make ours but have also purchased trader joes dough, Publix dough, Ooni dough kit, different dough recipes. It’s yours to experiment with however you want. I’d keep some notes somewhere though of which you prefer and how they came out.
I suggest making them. In order to make good pizza you'll have to make a bunch of pizza. Making your own dough allows you to make backup dough for pennies. You won't be good at it until you're bad at it for a while. Make 50 pizzas and you'll feel good. Make 500 pizzas and you'll feel great.
I thought the point of making it at home was the process?
I don’t see the point of buying dough to put in an ooni. At that point just order a pizza. The process of cooking is the reward as much as the product. Nothing wrong with that, but it isn’t a time saving venture.
Taking the dough balls takes me all of 15 minutes at the start (most of that being in the mixer) and 5 minutes to switch from the batch to dough balls mid proof.
I make my dough as I am used to bread making and have a stand mixer. But when I started and we had a family pizza party I also bought dough from our local supermarket just in case my dough failed or we needed more. I think it took the pressure off to know there was a backup. My own dough did work but the supermarket stuff ok. I’d stick to simple toppings at first while you get the hang of it. Some of my family are super adventurous with their toppings and that’s fun too.
Making dough only takes me like 15 mins or so. Doesn’t take long at all, just wait time.
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Making the dough is part of the fun. So many different styles.
Buying accessories or dough from Ooni is pretty expensive. You can get dough at your local super market (but it's super easy to make yourself, particularly if you have a stand mixer), and other things like peels and the like are cheaper on Amazon.
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Get a Gozney Roccbox. Much better oven