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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Be sparing when adding more flour as you can accidentally use too much and throw off the ratio. I’m told that continuing to knead makes it go smooth elastic and become less sticky but maybe a dough scraper would help get it off the surface and back into the dough ball until it reaches that point.

I’m not a hugely experienced baker but hopefully that helps somewhat

[–] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Thanks. I'm going to try make a pizza from scratch next weekend to put in the smoker so trying to figure out ways to avoid the sticky problem. I'll see if I can grab a dough scraper as well :)

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

he says do a lower hydration dough (ratio water to flour). He does a 60% hydration, 3-5 day ferment, allows more gluten to form. Kenji has a "fool proof no knead pizza" recipe online that's easy and a banger apparently. Seriouseats.com

[–] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks! I'll take a look. Might save me a headache.

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