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Clay Pizza Oven: 2. Prepare Ground, Lay Foundation & Build Brick Pedestal
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Saturday, April 9, 2011. 2 Prepare Ground, Lay Foundation and Build Brick Pedestal. I wanted to dig for clay, but figured I should just have confidence that the Earth will provide, and get on with the pedestal. So I dug a hole in the former sandpit/failed herb garden, levelled it out, and laid a single layer of bricks. (This was instead of pouring a slab; a more time consuming and expensive job, given that the bricks were free.). Measuring Up Before Laying the Foundation. I had made a template (cut a pie...
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Clay Pizza Oven: 5. Cut the Doorway
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Saturday, April 16, 2011. 5 Cut the Doorway. About 5 hours after finishing the first layer, I cut out the door. Simon Brookes. Removed the sand and lit his first fire at this point, but I was not that confident, so I left the sand in there. It stayed there until about five days after the final layer was laid. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1 Research, Planning, Design and Initial Materials. 2 Prepare Ground, Lay Foundation and Build Brick Pedestal. 3 Source Clay (First Site). 5 Cut the Doorway.
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Clay Pizza Oven: 6. Source Clay (Second Site)
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Saturday, April 30, 2011. 6 Source Clay (Second Site). The Second Clay Mining Site. Although I had enough clay from my first dig, I was lucky enough to find some more, better clay in another spot. (I was lucky in an 'every cloud has a silver lining' kind of way.). I filled an old-style rubbish bin 1 1/2 times with clay. I used this clay exclusively in the next two laters. Clay from the Second Site (larger so you can see the texture). Geoff the Digger (again). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 14 Simple...
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Clay Pizza Oven: 14. Simple Pizza Base Recipe
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Thursday, June 12, 2014. 14 Simple Pizza Base Recipe. Since posting my original recipe back in 2012. There has been an ongoing process of extensive testing involving seeing 'what I can get away with' in eliminating complexity and effort. (Laziness and distraction are hard taskmasters.) I am down to commencing this process about 90 minutes before pizza cooking time. 1kg box Lighthouse Bread and Pizza Plain Flour. 650ml Warm water (65% hydration). 1/2 tablespoon (15gm) Salt. 1 splash Olive Oil. Make it int...
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Clay Pizza Oven: 13. Pizza Base Recipe
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Saturday, May 12, 2012. 13 Pizza Base Recipe. NOTE: This is a very effective recipe. However, it has been superseded by the simpler recipe posted here. Having undertaken extensive experimentation, testing and possibly some extra pounds around the stomach region, here is the recipe I am now using. It is based on the Forno Bravo 'Authentic Vera Pizza Napoletana Dough Recipe'. 1kg box Lighthouse Bread and Pizza Plain Flour*. 650ml Water (65% hydration). 1/2 tablespoon (15gm) Salt. 1 splash Olive Oil. To for...
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Just another WordPress.com site. Bonus two in one first crops. Tomatoes and Aubergine today, both unexpected. Yes I know its been ages and I have many many pictures to post but putting these up today is important as the new pizza oven has been christened. My parents are out from the UK and we all enjoyed Sarah’s veggie bake which had several home grown ingredients as well. Italian tomato seeds going well. The shape of things to come. A plan, its blocky pizza oven left and braai spot right. We need to mak...
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Clay Pizza Oven: 8. Mix & Lay 3rd Layer
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011. 8 Mix and Lay 3rd Layer. Mixing Thumb-sized Chunks of Clay. After the second batch we were pretty enthusiastic about doing the final batch. I think we got a bit cocky, and as a result we went with a much too liquid-y mix for this layer - but more of that later. The rough quantities for this batch were:. 1/3 bucket of lumpy freshly dug clay. 1/3 full of water. Mixing in the Barrow. 1/4 bucket of broken up clay. 1/2 full of water. More Mixing in the Barrow. 1/2 bucket of water. Like t...
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Clay Pizza Oven: 15. Update - Three Years On
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Saturday, October 18, 2014. 15 Update - Three Years On. The Crack - Ever Growing. Well, it's been a long while since I last posted. It seems a good time to give an update. First, the crack is getting worse, as you can see here. The smoke you can see in the photo is coming out of the mouth of the oven, but last time it was used I saw a vague outline of smoke venting from the main section of the upper-most crack. (Mark II is always coming closer! The Wood Box - Full at the Moment. I don't know how hot the ...
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Clay Pizza Oven: 3. Source Clay (First Site)
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Monday, April 11, 2011. 3 Source Clay (First Site). Well, there was no holding me back now. It was time to source the clay. Clay from the First Site. It was great to have this job done. It had been much harder than I expected. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1 Research, Planning, Design and Initial Materials. 2 Prepare Ground, Lay Foundation and Build Brick Pedestal. 3 Source Clay (First Site). 4 Prepare Dome and Mix and Lay 1st Layer. 5 Cut the Doorway. 6 Source Clay (Second Site). Simon Brookes pro...