My first woodfired brick oven pizza party!


At the start of the year my goal was to bake something in the oven before Christmas, it was my 2007 goal as well but this year I made it!  Dec 14th was the day and we made about 29 pizzas on a beautiful calm and sunny evening.  So the oven is not completely finished, but it works!

First pizza coming out.

The first pizza was one for the kids. The crust by the fire gets black pretty quick!

Checking on the pizzas.

Making pizzas at last!

My daughter trying to decide what to put on her pizza.

It was a great day, a little nervewracking at the beginning but once the pizzas started coming out it was all good!

Matthew


Congratulations, Matthew!!

My line has been so slow, I didn't manage to see your pix until today.

Your oven is mighty handsome, and is producing delectible breads. Talk about major envy!!

TP


Oh I really have to get back

Oh I really have to get back to building mine...

I'm green with envy Matthew.

Regards,
Andrew Connell

Thanks

Thanks Andrew and TP

I'm a very happy camper at the moment, and planning the next party and when to build the door so I can load it up with bread.

 

Matthew


Oven brush

congratulations on the oven. I notice you have large brush leaning against the oven. Is it a wire brush? I can only find tiny little barbecue wire brushes here in Malaysia. I do find it quite troublesome to clean out the oven without a nice brush.

regards

Martin Prior

Re: oven brush

Martin,

No it's not a wire brush.  I just bought a large brush with natural bristles and expect to replace it regularly.  I try and move the coals with a metal rake and then use the brush for the ash before scuffling the floor.  I haven't really looked for a large wire brush and just followed the example of a bakery that I visited (albeit a bakery that uses deck ovens and not a wood fired oven).

 

Regards

Matthew


Oven

Love your oven I have a same type of wood fired oven and I love to make pizza in it. One of my friends from Australia gave me a recipe for beer pizza dough it's great, also I have converted the dough from yeast to sourdough beer pizza dough love the flavor and it's easy to work with.

 

One of my pizzas, I also made a banana pizza it was great.

Callling Maedi!

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Cheers
Ross

Thanks Ross, all fixed.

Thanks Ross, all fixed.


WOW

Wow !! Mathew . Even I've been trying to cook some food with my family and have some quality time along with my family . But I've never been able to manage some time . Even I have a  Wood Fired Pizza Oven at my backyard but have never used it once . So , now looking at your devotion and time that you manage time for your family made me try spending ,cooking and spend some quality time with my family . Thanks Mathew you've been a huge inspiration .



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