Mozz. Resonance and Harmony
A single pure note in music can hold great significance and is a fascinating concept. While it seems simplistic, a single pure note can evoke various emotions and serve a foundation for music exploration. A single pure note resonates and invokes harmony.
There is celebration in a traditional Meal. Whether it is special occasion or simply enjoying good food. Nancy Silverton took it one step further. Celebrate one ingredient – a single pure note – that becomes the center and foundation around Mozzarella. This is clear cohesive celebration and Mozza recipes are shared. This Resonates.
Nancy’s Pizza dough
in the summary it states that it is not an exact replica of the dough use at the pizzeria.
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 22 ounces warm tap water 2 cups 6 ounces
- 1/2 ounce compressed yeast (one tablespoon) or 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 26 ounces unbleached bread flour plus more as needed
- 1/2 ounce dark rye flour (one tablespoon)
- 1 1/2 teaspoon wheat germ
- 1 1/2 teaspoon barley malt of mild flavored honey
- 1/2 ounce kosher salt 1 tablespoon
- olive oil for greasing the bowl
Instructions
- to make the pizza sponge, put 15 ounces of the wat and the yeast in the bowl and dissolve
- Add 13 ounces of the bread flour, rye flour, and the wheat germ. Stir with a wooden spoon to combine the ingredients. Wrap the bowl tightly with plastic for an hour and a half (90 minutes).
- Add the remaning 7 ounces of water, remaining 13 ounces of bread flowu and the barley malt. Mix on low for 2 minutes. Add salt and mix on low until the dough pulls away from the bowl.
- Turn the dough out onto a greased sheet bowl. it will proof and double in size. set aside for 45 minutes. Wrap with plastic.
- Turn out the dough onto a floured surface. cut into 6 sections and about 7 ounces. Cover with a flour sack dish towel (dry) and let rest for 5 minutes.
- dust your hands with flour and gather each round of dough into taught ball. Cover with the dry flour sack dish towel for one hour.
- Good Rules for for thought:
- choose what pizza you wanna make
- preheat the oven to 500F for an hour
- pull together the mise en place for the station including oil and salt
- have a bowl of flour for dusting the counter top
- have a bowl of semolina for dusting the pizza spatula
- knead the pizza dough into a circle leaving a one inch circle around the edges
- Brush the edge with olive oil and season with salt.
- dress the pizza
- fire in the oven 10 minutes or until it is blistered.
- repeat .. make another pizza.