Pizza Practice

From acclaimed baker Tara Jensen: The definitive primer on baking pizza dough; with brilliant color photos; illustrations; and easy-to-follow recipe layouts.

Pizza dough is a gateway for many home bread bakers; allowing them to experiment with different tools; toppings; ingredients; timings; and shapes. This companion guides you step by step from the simplest doughs to artisanal bakes. Here are 89 recipes any baker can perfect; with simple cook-along layouts and ways to explore different ingredients; techniques; flours; and heat sources for perfecting pizza; pita; and focaccia.

Bright and visually rich; with more than 60 color photographs; this baking book provides expert guidance on how to:

• Set up your baking space with the right ingredients and tools
  
• Cook over fire or with an outdoor oven; or trick out the oven that came with your apartment to bake an impressive pie
  
• Learn the perfect ratios of toppings to crust
  
• Build classics such as Margherita; Clam; and Pepperoni pizzas; as well as a collection of fancifully delicious takes; including Breakfast pizza; Delicata Squash; Shallot; and Gruyere; and a particularly luscious Pancetta and Brown Butter Pineapple pie
  
• Craft a foolproof focaccia
  
• Discover all you need to know to make pita with kids
  
• And much more!

ISBN 9781797230832

416 pages, 279 x 216 mm