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SILVIO CICCHI:Male Age:54 A restaurant-trained Executive Pizza Chef, he is the author of upcoming book of pizza recepy: “PIZZA e FANTASIA“, you can download it for free registering on this site. He currently resides in Spinetoli (ITALY) with his cats and dogs. Specialized in Business start up – Pizza dove – Pizza courses – Art of pizza.
Eliminate Bad Smells While Cooking Broccoli and Cauliflower
Advice

Eliminate Bad Smells While Cooking Broccoli and Cauliflower

Eliminate Bad Smells While Cooking Broccoli and Cauliflower. Broccoli and cauliflower bring countless beneficial properties to our body. Adults and children love them.

Unfortunately they have a little problem (solvable), when we cook them our kitchen is filled with this strong smell. How do? Do not worry, there is the grandmother's remedy which is infallible.

Eliminate Bad Smells While Cooking Broccoli and Cauliflower

With this little trick we will eliminate all the bad smells due to the preparation of these cabbage-like vegetables in one go, cauliflower, broccoli and similar vegetables. Which? Potatoes.

Wash and peel a potato and put it in the pot full of water where we are going to cook our vegetables. The potato as if by magic will capture all bad smells.

How to eliminate bad smells in the kitchen

You were aware of this trick? With this precaution it will no longer be a problem to cook broccoli and cauliflower at home. Keep following our site for more great granny tricks that are very useful.

In our Italian pizza school we often use vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower which are excellent on pizza. If you are a pizza lover this is the site for you. You will find all the information on our professional practical courses to become a pizza maker at this link.

Conclusions

If the pizza is often prepared at home, and you want to improve yourself, I have a great suggestion that will suit you: Here on our site there is a Fantastic Online Pizza Maker Course. You can download it on your PC or mobile phone and follow it from the comfort of your home sofa. You will find all the information about our online pizza chef course at this link.

If you haven't already, I remind you that my latest recipe book called. is already available for download: NOT ONLY PIZZA - What should have all the pizzerias in your menu. More than 150 color illustrations of recipes that are monuments of Italian cuisine. More here.

Greetings

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Use the Microwave Oven Alternatively
Actuality, Advice

Use the Microwave Oven Alternatively

Use the Microwave Oven Alternatively. Did you know that you can use the microwave oven in many different ways? This type of oven has been present in our kitchens for a long time, but it would seem that not everyone knows the potential of this object.

In addition to defrosting food, reheat or cook it, this type of oven can be used in other ways. In this short guide we will see together some alternative ways with which it is possible to use this type of oven.

Use the Microwave Oven Alternatively

Sanitize kitchen sponges: Very easy trick to implement, kitchen sponges often get dirty, therefore they can be sterilized in the microwave oven, after having washed them well, place them in the oven 4/5 minutes at maximum power.

Neck pains: If you suffer from neck pain, put your favorite scarf in your microwave, heat it and wrap it around your neck. Pay attention to the label, as not all types of fabrics can go in your microwave.

Other Suggestions of Alternative Uses

Sterilize Glass Jars: After having washed and dried them well, put them in the microwave for about 30 seconds.

Dry your herbs: And, just so, during the various seasons you will have happened to collect fresh aromatic herbs in abundance, using your microwave oven you can easily dry them and store them in jars. Let's see how to do it: put the herbs in the oven at maximum power for a few minutes and your herbs will lose all their moisture as if by magic, by doing so they can be preserved for a very long time.

Conclusions

Always take great care of your microwave oven, clean it constantly.

This method of drying aromatic herbs is widely used in our "School of Pizza Makers”. During our professional practical courses that we organize weekly, we often use herbs. If you are interested in our professional practical courses to become a pizza chef, follow this link.

For those who do not have the time or resources to come here to school and attend one of our courses in person, I remember that here on our site there is a “Fantastic Online Pizza Maker Course” that you can follow from the comfort of your home, download it on your PC or Mobile. You will find all the information at this link.

Greetings

Before leaving, I wanted to remind you that it is already possible to download my latest recipe book called: NOT ONLY PIZZA. More here.

Visit or subscribe to my youtube channel, you'll find hundreds of video recipes for pizza.

 

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Silvio Cicchi

 

How to calculate how much dough to put in the pan
Advice, Dough

How to calculate how much dough to put in the pan

How to calculate how much dough to put in the pan. There are so many people who regularly prepare pizza at home. The preparation of the dough is not a difficult thing, indeed very easy, on our site in dough section you will find many types of dough to prepare at home next weekend.

However, one of the most frequently asked questions I am asked, is certainly to know how much dough to put in pan when we prepare it.

How to calculate how much dough to put in the pan

It is not easy to answer this question, since we have different tastes, who likes it thin, those who want it thick, so what you will find next is a suitable suggestion for a type of pizza that will be baked in your home oven.

As you well know, the home oven is not an oven suitable for cooking pizza. To prevent it from drying out too much we must prepare it not too thin, that can hold up well a cooking that can sometimes go up to 15/20 minutes.

Let's calculate the amount of dough to put in our pan

The first thing to do will be to calculate the area of ​​the pan and multiply it by 0,60. Here are some practical examples:

Let's take as an example a classic rectangular baking pan, then base by height multiplied 0,60. The classic home oven pan measures 30 cm the base e 20 cm in height, then we will calculate 30 x 20 x 0,60 = 360 grams of dough

Another example of calculation

If you have a square pan of 30 base and 30 height, the calculation of the weight of the dough will be: 30 x 30 x 0,60 = 540 grams of dough that you will have to carefully roll out in your pan.

If, on the other hand, you have the classic round pans, the calculation will be even easier: Radius x Radius x 3,14 x 0,60. If the pan has a diameter of 28 cm, the radius will be 14 cm, then the calculation of the dough to be placed on our round pan will be: 14 x 14 x 3,14 x 0,60 = 370 grams of dough.

Drawing up

After placing the dough on the pan, you will have to carefully spread it over the entire surface, avoiding tearing it. Cover it with a cloth or give it a brush of oil and wait a few hours for it to rise. As soon as it has risen, season and bake in a hot oven.

On our site there is a great Of Pizzaiolo Online Course. You can download it on your mobile and follow it comfortably from the sofa of your home. You'll find all the information at this link.

You have already downloaded my latest cookbook? Do it now, you will find it here.

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Pan-fried Muffins Ready in 10 Minutes
Recipes

Pan-fried Muffins Ready in 10 Minutes

Pan-fried Muffins Ready in 10 Minutes. Today, let's learn how to make an ingenious bread substitute, ready in just 10 minutes. It can happen to everyone to forget to buy bread, so I strongly advise you to learn this quick trick.

Here is the list of ingredients you will need for the preparation of these very simple pan-fried focaccia. With these ingredients you will prepare eight.

Pan-fried Muffins Ready in 10 Minutes

250 grams of flour type 00, 20 grams of extra virgin olive oil, 130 Ml of warm water, a teaspoon of fine salt and half a teaspoon of sugar, Half a sachet of instant yeast for savory preparations.

We quickly prepare the dough by pouring the ingredients into a bowl. After obtaining a smooth and homogeneous mixture, knead it with a rolling pin giving it a thickness of 1,5 cm.

Preparation of the scones

With a cup upside down, cut out the scones, reshuffle the edges and by the end you should have got eight scones.

Ready for cooking in a pan

Use a non-stick pan, put it on the fire, you don't need oil or fat. As soon as the pan is hot enough, place the scones in it over low heat by piercing them with a fork as they swell.

Pan-fried Muffins Ready in 10 Minutes

They are perfect just hot accompanied with cold cuts and cheeses, I let you imagine their flavor with spread Nutella. Make them abundant because they are delicious and you will never stop eating them. They keep perfectly even for the next day.

Perfect even if prepared with the classic pizza dough.

In our pizza school we often prepare them during the course of our professional practical courses. If you are interested in our courses, follow this link.

For the more willing I suggest our Fantastic Online Pizza Chef Course that you can follow from the comfort of your home. Download it to your phone or PC. You will find all the information here.

If you like my recipes, I suggest you my recipe book which is having a great success, is called: NOT ONLY PIZZA, you can find it at this link.

If you have a few free minutes, subscribe to my youtube channel, there are over 300 Video recipes of pizza.

 

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Prepare A Fry Without Leaving Odors
Advice

Prepare A Fry Without Leaving Odors

Prepare A Fry Without Leaving Odors. I know people who do not prepare frying at home so as not to leave the persistent smell of fried in the whole house.

How do I understand them, but fortunately there is an infallible remedy to remedy all this.

Prepare A Fry Without Leaving Odors

And you know grandma's infallible remedy? If you don't know how, this is the article for you. Let's find out together how to break down the heavy smell of fried food from our kitchen.

As you say? Open windows? sure, it helps, but in the middle of winter it is not pleasant, and so let's see how grandmother did to fight the smell of fried food.

How not to leave bad smells

All you need is a simple ingredient: The lemon. Cut it in half, squeeze a few drops of lemon juice into the oil and then add the lemon itself in the oil pan or in the fryer. Caution, do this procedure when the oil is still cold.

By following this advice we will not have the bad smells of fried food, and in addition we will have given a pleasant aroma to our fried food.

Conclusions

In the pizzeria the fryer is widely used, French fries, arancini, fried pizza, panzerotti and many other things that you can find in my recipe book called: NOT ONLY PIZZA - What should have all the pizzerias in your menu. You can download the book at this link.

If you are a pizza lover, surely you will be interested in the professional practical course that we organize weekly in our pizza school. You will find all the information at this link.

For those who do not have the time or resources to come here to our school to personally attend one of our professional practical courses, I remember that here on our site a fantastic Online Pizza Maker Course is available for everyone that you can follow from the comfort of your home sofa, you download it on your pc or phone and it is quickly done. You will find all the information at this link.

Subscribe to my youtube channel, hundreds of pizza video recipes are available.

 

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Silvio Cicchi

 

Prepare the Microwave Potato Chips
Advice, Street Food

Prepare the Microwave Potato Chips

Prepare the Potato Chips to the Microwave. Potato chips are a perfect side dish. Young and old adore them. We can use them as a side dish for meat or fish dishes, or as a fantastic aperitif, maybe adding mayonnaise, ketchup or some hot sauce.

Personally I love them with paprika. Let's see how to prepare them quickly in the microwave with a very easy and quick recipe.

How to prepare them, recipe

The cooking time in the microwave a 800 watt is approx 5 minutes. To 4 people will be enough 3 potatoes and a pinch of salt. Sauces to your liking.

Peel the potatoes, cut them into thin slices and wash them under cold water. Put them in a bowl with cold water and leave them to soak for half an hour.

Cooking in the microwave

Drain them well and dry them. Adjust them on a sheet of parchment paper by spacing them apart. Turn on the microwave oven set to 800 watts per 5 minutes and they will be ready.

Serve them accompanied by your favorite sauce.

Prepare the Microwave Potato Chips
Prepare the Microwave Potato Chips

Conclusions

Keep following my site for valuable tips and recipes. On our youtube channel you will find hundreds of pizza recipes.

 

For pizza lovers, we remind you that in our "School of Pizzaioli" our professional practical courses are always available weekly to become a pizza chef. You'll find all the information here.

For those who already have experience in preparing pizza, I remember that there is a fantastic online pizza chef course that you can follow from the comfort of your home. You can download it on your mobile and follow it from the sofa at home. You will find all the information on course online at this link.

For those who have not already done so, I remember that it is already possible to download my latest recipe book which is called: NOT ONLY PIZZA - What should have all the pizzerias in your menu. It is a collection of precious aperitif and snack recipes that are part of the great Italian cuisine. All the information my book at this link.

Appointment in a few days for other news and recipes.

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Silvio Cicchi

 

How to Store Basil
Advice, Herbs

How to Store Basil

How to Store Basil. I would say that the basil is the king of the kitchen, main ingredient of pesto and decoration on almost all dishes before being presented to the customer.

The aromatic plant par excellence on pizza. Too bad that in contact with heat it blackens immediately. Today we will see how to solve once and for all this problem that worries us every day in the kitchen.

How not to make basil black

There is actually a fantastic way to prevent basil from blackening so quickly. It is a very easy trick, I would call it ... The boiling water trick.

Basil quickly turns black for one simple reason: Its leaves contain enzymes that accelerate the oxidation of plant tissues, so let's see how to deactivate these enzymes.

The boiling water system

Just dip the freshly picked leaves in a saucepan of boiling water for a few seconds (4/5) then immediately in cold water. Doing so will disable the enzyme responsible for blackening the leaves and our beloved basil will remain green for a long time.

This solution is recommended for all those who freeze basil and then reuse it later. After having subjected the basil to heat treatment, remove the leaves and place them on a tray spaced apart. Once frozen, place them in a tightly closed plastic food bag.

Conclusions

During our "Professional practical courses”Which we regularly carry out in our pizza school, basil is the aromatic plant we use the most. You'll find all the information on our practical courses at this link.

If you don't have the time or resources to come to our pizza school, take a look at our fantastic "Online Pizza Chef Course". You download it on your PC or mobile phone and follow it from your home comfortably seated on the sofa. To learn more, please click here.

As you have certainly noticed, it is already possible to download my latest recipe book called: NOT ONLY PIZZA - What should have all the pizzerias in your menu. Get it here.

If you have two free minutes left, visit my youtube channel, hundreds of pizza video recipes are available. Subscribe to this link.

 

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Silvio Cicchi

 

Actuality, Advice, Dough

How To Store Pizza Dough To Have It Always Ready Available

How To Store Pizza Dough To Have It Always Ready Available. I state that these suggestions are suitable for those who often want to prepare pizza at home.

As you can imagine, the whole process of preparing a good pizza is long, often we do not have enough time and many times we give up. Better to go to a pizzeria and buy it ready.

How To Store Pizza Dough To Have It Always Ready Available

With this little tip, you will be able to prepare your own pizza at home in less than you say.

Just follow this little trick to have the dough always ready and available to prepare an excellent pizza at home.

How to store the dough

Once the dough has been prepared, divide it into balls 250 grams, this is the first operation to do.

If you plan to make pizza in the next two or three days, store the dough in an airtight container and place it in the refrigerator. The dough will keep perfectly for two or 3 days at a temperature of 2/3 degrees.

If you want to use the dough for a longer time than 3 days, we just have to freeze it. After forming the balls, spread a little oil on the surface, cover them with plastic wrap and leave them in the freezer.

How to reuse them

When you need it, take them out of the freezer at least 8/10 hours before. Just the time they need to defrost. The dough keeps quite well in the freezer.

As I clearly stated at the beginning of this article, these suggestions are suitable for those who often prepare pizza at home, certainly not for a pizzeria business. There are no pizzerias that freeze the dough before using it, or at least I hope.

Conclusions

If you are a pizza lover, sign up for one of our professional practical courses that we organize weekly in our pizza school. You will find more information about ours courses at this link.

For those who do not have the time or resources to come to our pizza school, I remember that here on our site there is a fantastic "Online Pizzaiolo Course" that you can follow from the comfort of your home, just download it on your mobile. All the information of course pizza maker Online Here.

Greetings

If you have not already done, it is already possible to download my latest recipe book called: NOT ONLY PIZZA - What should have all the pizzerias in your menu. More information at this link.

See you soon

Silvio Cicchi

 

 

The Rising Of Pizza When It's Cold
Advice, Yeast

How to make the dough leaven quickly

Updated the 29 April 2022

How to make the dough leaven quickly. With the arrival of the cold season, one of the biggest problems that haunt all those who have to do with bread-making seems to be that of leavening.

Let's make one thing clear. Leavening in summer is very different from leavening in the cold season. If you are among those who have problems with leavening in winter, this article is just the thing for you.

How to make the dough leaven quickly

Leavening is a very delicate phase of bread making. Without the right precautions, we risk compromising all our work.

For a perfect leavening our dough should be left at a temperature that can vary between 20 e i 28 degrees. Covered, always covered with the classic airtight lid or with a dry cloth.

Where to leave the dough for leavening

Grandma's trick. The grandmother let it rise in the unlit oven. He added a saucepan of boiling water and closed the oven door.

This stratagem is the most used by housewives, the pan of hot water heats the oven sufficiently creating a humid environment that will facilitate the leavening process.

Other useful tips

 As I described at the beginning, the hot season gives exceptional results compared to the cold season, for this another useful suggestion could be to leave your dough in the hottest room in the house.

But how does the baker? I don't know if you've ever been to a bakery or a pizzeria's workshop. The temperature you will find is very high, always around 30 degrees. It's always summer, if you notice, the baker or pizza chef always works short-sleeved.

Create a warm room

Be very careful not to create sudden changes in temperature, this would seriously compromise the leavening.

What kind of yeast do you use? As you well know, yeast also plays an important part in the leavening process. The mother yeast that is beautiful and good, sometimes it does not have the necessary strength to make the dough rise perfectly.

Always add a pinch of good old brewer's yeast, it can be very useful especially during the cold season.

Latest tips

On Amazon you can get some great leavening kits at reasonable prices. Here is one:

LEAVENING KIT

As I repeat in every article, if you are a lover of pizza and bread, you just have to sign up for one of our professional practical courses to become pizza chefs. You will find all the information about ours weekly courses at this link.

For the less fortunate who do not have the time or resources to come to our school, I remember that here on our site there is a fantastic “Online Pizzaiolo Course” available for everyone that you can follow from the comfort of your home. You will find it at this link.

Before saying goodbye, I remind you that it is already possible to download my latest recipe book called: NOT ONLY PIZZA - What should have all the pizzerias in your menu. You can find it here.

See you soon

Silvio Cicchi

 

The Pizza Prosciuttella
Dough, preparation

How To Make A Crunchy Pizza

Article updated on 09/09/2022

How To Make A Crunchy Pizza. Today we will discover the trick or secret to prepare a crunchy and yummy pizza. Let's start with choosing the perfect flour for our dough.

Whether it's the classic homemade pizza, or a plate of pizza in a pizzeria, to get the right crunchiness, or to use an Anglo-Saxon word the right "crunch", we must use a flour of type zero, because it is rich in gluten.

How To Make A Crunchy Pizza

There are many types of flours, but certainly the soft wheat flour type zero is the most suitable. Contains a high amount of gluten.

The high amount of gluten will allow us to obtain a dough with excellent elasticity, this will help us to work it correctly throughout its phase.

Why this type of flour

A dough rich in gluten can stand the long hours of rising without any problem, this will give us not only a good crunchiness, but the dough will be light and perfectly digestible.

So from now on, pay attention to what type of flour you will buy to prepare the pizza, but not only, for all types of leavened products including bread, flour type zero it is perfect for this type of work.

Conclusions

If you like bread making, if you are a pizza lover, do not hesitate. Subscribe to one of our Professional workshops that we carry out regularly in our school pizza Italian. You will find all information at this link.

For the less fortunate who do not have the time or resources to come to our pizza school and attend a practical course, I remember that here on our site a fantastic online pizza chef course is available for everyone. You can easily download it on your pc or mobile phone and follow it from your home during your free time. You'll find all the information on course online at this link.

Before leaving

Let's move on to the greetings, you have already downloaded my latest recipe book which is called: NOT ONLY PIZZA - What should have all the pizzerias in your menu? Fantastic e-book with 150 color illustrations of recipes that are monuments of Italian cuisine. To learn more, please click here.

If you still have a few minutes left, visit my youtube channel, you will find hundreds of classic and light pizza recipes, Sign up.

 

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Silvio Cicchi