Bread & Pastries/Pizza Dough

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Expert: Heinz Henze - 11/20/2008


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What causes pizza fough to turn out tough

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Hi Joe,

There are a couple of things that might make a pizza dough turn out tough after being baked. Without knowing the recipe, how your making the dough and the pizza I can't really tell you for sure.  And by tough do you mean hard, chewy, etc. A couple of things that it could be are that the dough is too dry when you make it so that after baking it turns out kind of like a soft pretzel consistency, or it could be that the dough wasn't left to rest and rise long enough and develop.  Sorry that I couldn't be of more help.

Have a great day,

Heinz

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Heinz Henze

Expertise

I can answer questions about various breads, pastries, doughnuts, cakes, and desserts. I have a good grasp and limited experience in chocolate and sugar work.

Experience

I have 20 years of experience in the Foodservice Industry with about 15 of those years in various bakeries, from all scratch baking to bake off operations. I come from a family of bakers and have been baking since before I could write my own name. I am currently the General Manager of a retail/wholesale bakery that produces 600-800 dozen doughnuts, danish, pastries, and cookies per day.

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I attended Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island where I obtained an A.A.S in international Pastry Arts and a B.S in Foodservice Management.

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