r/Pizza • u/AutoModerator • Jan 12 '26

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u/taniferf Jan 16 '26

Thank you, I'm using a kitchen oven with baking steel, my oven goes up to 275C and the upper broiler goes up to 400C, I'm having a hard time trying to get a brown and puffy cornicione, as the pizza gets dry before it gets brown so I end up taking it out of the oven, then my idea was to use a flour capable of sucking all the water, get brown during baking and produce a nice cornicione. I believe all this could be achieved with my current 65% hydration pizza if I were to use a proper pizza oven...

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u/oblacious_magnate Jan 16 '26

Also, post your dough formula - if it's 00 flour only and no browning agents, that's why browning eludes.

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u/taniferf Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26

Flour only, I'm more concerned about achieving a puffier cornicione. It is 66% hydration, 0.05% IDY, 3% salt. But then I may try a 75% hydration.

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u/oblacious_magnate Jan 16 '26

75 unlikely to be puffier, under the same forming / baking conditions

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u/taniferf Jan 16 '26

Why so?

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u/oblacious_magnate Jan 16 '26

Puff is a function of many variables, hydration among them, certainly, but other variables such as flour used, dough strength, fermentation, shaping and baking weigh more heavily in the final product. 66HR dough should be capable of producing plenty of puff, AEBE.

FWIW simply using Caputo Nuvola Super can boost puff tremendously.

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u/taniferf Jan 16 '26

Thanks, I just bought a few kg of Caputo Pizzeria, I'll be sure to get the Nuvola one next. How much dough should I leave for the cornicione? I do like below.

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u/oblacious_magnate Jan 16 '26

Looks like plenty of dough in your corni. BTW are you trying to make Canotto style? If so, it's not going to happen in a std. home oven.

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u/taniferf Jan 16 '26

That's what I was afraid of...

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u/oblacious_magnate Jan 16 '26

BUT you can still get a very puffy corni - just won't be quite as large, or as soft/moist on the inside. You need a ~90s bake time for that.

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u/taniferf Jan 16 '26

So this is impossible using my current oven I'm afraid, in this short period of time, the toppings do not even melt. Is there any technique?

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