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Man Keeps Pizza Oven Fired Up 24/7, 'Just In Case Friends Stop In'
Thanks for adapting/syndicating this story from www.goodeater.org. Julian has an amazing thing going on, and it is only fair to mention that his line of chilie sauces and tapenades are called "Fynbos Fine" and available in the U.S. He recently got silver at the Fancy Foods show in the best appetizer category.
In producing these products, he has three large greenhouses growing 15 species of peppers, as well as tomatoes, aubergines, herbs, etc. This makes for a pretty unparalleled combination of variety and freshness in creating his pizzas, as well as about a hundred chili sauce options for topping them off. The mozzarella comes from a dairy farmer down the road. He also built a backyard smokehouse which is a great complement.
I think the key final touch, though, is that he built a covered walkway that extends from the house to the pizza oven. You can see in the pic that the oven's chimney cuts through the walkway's roof. So the pizza party is rain or shine.
Man Keeps Pizza Oven Fired Up 24/7, 'Just In Case Friends Stop In'
Regarding earlier comment " It's just that I can't get the pie far enough from the flame and embers"
I use a few pieces of heavy sheet steel , 12 inches long, that I bent into a 90 degree angle, 4 inches to each side. In a tee-pee position, I slide them into place right into the side of the fire that I maintain in the back of the oven.
I use them in both my ovens here at home. It allows me to get my pies, or whatever, a little bit closer to the fire without burning.
Man Keeps Pizza Oven Fired Up 24/7, 'Just In Case Friends Stop In'
Where are the photos Chef Robert? Oven and pies. Any good Naopletana pizza in the Santa Fe or Taos area? I'd love to open a place there some day. It is truely the Land of Enchantment.
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
Man Keeps Pizza Oven Fired Up 24/7, 'Just In Case Friends Stop In'
I just complete my adobe pizza oven and ofcourse a few modifications over the real horno oven used by the indians in Northern New Mexico. Really cooks great and I learn each time I fire up the oven. Have cooked Pizzas of all kinds of topping, old world loafs of bread and lasagna in a dutch oven. I believe it makes better tasting pizze than other gas or electric ovens. I see Julian has his oven raised up on a platform. I did almost the same thing but use a wall of lava rocks and filled in the center for a the base of brick and walled in by the adobe brick and mud. then covered with a layer of mortar which then was cover with stucco. Chef Robert Here in the Land Of Enchantment
Man Keeps Pizza Oven Fired Up 24/7, 'Just In Case Friends Stop In'
@josh My pizza tastings are rain or shine as well, however the ones in the rain require someone to hold an umbrella over my head (and the pie) on the way out to the oven, during baking and on the way back. As a matter of fact I had to do just that this past Saturday. I wasn't happy about it, so I strongly support your opinion about it being a key feature. I certainly wish I had it the night of that recent tropical storm. When it comes to making pizza, I'm like the postman.
Ciao,
Paulie Gee
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Thanks for adapting/syndicating this story from www.goodeater.org. Julian has an amazing thing going on, and it is only fair to mention that his line of chilie sauces and tapenades are called "Fynbos Fine" and available in the U.S. He recently got silver at the Fancy Foods show in the best appetizer category.
In producing these products, he has three large greenhouses growing 15 species of peppers, as well as tomatoes, aubergines, herbs, etc. This makes for a pretty unparalleled combination of variety and freshness in creating his pizzas, as well as about a hundred chili sauce options for topping them off. The mozzarella comes from a dairy farmer down the road. He also built a backyard smokehouse which is a great complement.
I think the key final touch, though, is that he built a covered walkway that extends from the house to the pizza oven. You can see in the pic that the oven's chimney cuts through the walkway's roof. So the pizza party is rain or shine.