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Recipes

How To Beat The 550° Limit in a Conventional Oven

by mark on January 26, 2010

Working with a wood fired oven, you can easily get it over 900°F. Slide the pizza in, a minute and a half later, you can slide out a perfectly done, thin crust, Neapolitan masterpiece.
If you’re stuck with a conventional oven that tops out at 500-550°F, you might think you can’t come close to a wood [...]

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Moist and Delicious Whole Wheat Bread

by mark on May 16, 2009

Dad (Gary) made a whole wheat loaf the other day. He and Mom were pretty pleased with it. Very moist and delicious. I think they managed to polish the whole thing off between the two of them in little more than a day.
On baking it a second time, he modified the recipe slightly and [...]

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“Too” Simple San Marzano Tomato Sauce?

by mark on April 14, 2009

This is a simple recipe from A16: Food + Wine. I will paraphrase it here.
One 28 oz can of San Marzano tomatoes
1-2 teaspoons kosher salt

Pour the can of tomatoes into a bowl and break the whole tomatoes apart into
small pieces with your hands. Do not use a food processor as it will mix too
much air into [...]

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