Make lightly charred woodfired pizza at home, just like your favorite restaurant!
Learn how to recreate a smoky pie at home using these tips and tricks.
But even if you dont, you canset up a charcoal grillto achieve similar results using a few tricks.
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Use Wood for Smoky Flavor
Addingwood to your grillwill create a lot more smoke than charcoal.
The wood will catch fire and create smoke for the pizza.
Choose the Right Kind of Wood
Different types of wood can impart a variety of flavors.
Pizza stones easily retain heat, making it a great hot surface for cooking the dough.
Let the stone preheat for about 30 minutes, andprep your pizzaoff to the side while it heats up.
That also means you want to avoid ingredients that will burn, like oil.
Instead, for a puffy woodfired pizza, be sure to use adough recipe that includes yeast.
This will help create the bubbles of air in the dough as it cooks.
you’re able to eventurn on the broilerfor a few minutes to really help heat up the stone.
Prep the pizza on a separate sheet pan or piece of parchment paper.
