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Wood Fired White Pizza Recipe

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Daniel Caliguire

One of my favorite pizza’s to make in my backyard wood fired pizza oven is a traditional white pizza. I started my quest 15 years ago to learn how to make authentic old world style pizza the way it was made in Naples and Sicily.

Authentic Wood Fired White Pizza Recipe

I started The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company so foodies in America could experience the authentic taste of a true old world style pizza. My white pizza recipe is not difficult, however to get the most authentic taste, smell and texture it should be cooked at a very high temperature and made in a wood fired brick oven like the brick pizza ovens sold at The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company. The video below shows one of my White Pizza’s cooked in my outdoor pizza oven. I used a combination of red oak and apple wood for the fire, and the temperature was close to 800 degrees.

White Pizza Recipe

For the dough, please refer to our post on Caputo Flour Pizza Dough.
For the sauce, simply use a high quality imported extra virgin olive oil and fresh garlic. I top the pizza with fresh ricotta, parmagina regiana and the olive oil and garlic. If you want to explore owning an authentic wood fired pizza oven that is inspired by Italy and made in America, please call Daniel Caliguire, President of The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company. 800-256-5534

Chicago Brick Ovens More Than Pizza

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Daniel Caliguire

OK listen up all you pizza fanatics, I am 100% with you when it comes to wood fired pizza but you can cook so many other delicious and simple wood fired dishes in your Chicago Brick Oven. I grabbed a couple of my favorite videos from my good friend and mentor Carmen, the President of Chicago Brick Oven. Carmen shows the versatility of the Chicago Brick Ovens. This video Carmen does a whole roasted Hen, but I usually do a whole roasted chicken. The flavors and heat from the wood fired oven make this a delicious dish that is super simple to make. Just rub the bird with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

This next video displays one of my favorite pizza and sandwich toppings, roasted peppers!

While we are roasting peppers in our Chicago Brick Oven why not roast some garlic for a white pizza

And I am going to end this post with my main man Uncle Carmen and his famous video titled For The Love of A Wood Fired Oven.

Outdoor Wood Burning Brick Oven Salmon

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Daniel Caliguire

Cedar Plank Salmon cooked in a wood burning oven

I get asked almost daily for my favorite dishes to prepare in a wood burning oven and while pizza is my favorite, I absolutely love to cook seafood dishes like this wood fired cedar plank salmon. If you want to venture out and try something other than pizza in your backyard wood fired brick oven, give seafood a try. The best types of wood for seafood are fruit woods like apple, cherry, pecan and maple. I typically let the oven heat up to 400 degrees although I must say, I never use a temperature Gage, I merely feel the inside of the oven to determine if it’s ready to cook in.

When I do wood fired salmon I like to add a Asian style glaze like honey, soy sauce, ginger and garlic. I have found that when you use high quality ingredients like fresh salmon and just a few seasonings, the end result is a simple yet elegant dish that is very organic.

The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company specializes in home outdoor wood fired ovens that are inspired by Italy and made in America. We don’t import ovens from china and we actually own and cook in our ovens, we are foodies who are passionate about old world style cooking that is perfect with friends and family. Give us a call and lets talk food, fire and friends!

800-256-5534

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Isabella Wood Fired Brick Oven

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Daniel Caliguire

The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company, the leader in home wood fired pizza oven’s is extremely proud to introduce the Isabella wood fired brick oven. Inspired by Italy and made in America, the Isabella is our newest home wood fired brick oven.

Isabella Old World Wood Fired brick Oven

My Sicilian Mom and Grandma inspired me to cook old world style pizzas when I was about 12 years old and my memories of those days creating delicious homemade pizza is what started a lifelong quest and passion to cook old world style pizzas that I love to share with my family and friends. We would make fresh tomato sauce using plum style tomato’s, fresh garlic, imported olive oil, sea salt and fresh basil. My Gram loved to use simple high quality ingredients like imported cheese and high quality extra virgin olive oil that we would drizzle on top of the pizza right after it came out of the oven. The picture below is a great example of what the perfect wood fired brick oven pizza should look like! Look at the char of the crust, the fresh cheese and basil.

Wood Fird Brick Oven Pizza

If you want to cook old world style authentic wood fired brick oven pizza at home, check out the Isabella by The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company. We manufacture the oven in America with high quality refractory fire brick inside and the outside is finished with a beautiful stucco giving it that old world look. You an cook 2 pizza’s in about 3 minutes, and the oven can reach a cooking temperature of 900 degrees+ We priced this oven below 3,000 and the quality an performance cant be matched with imported ovens.

Isabella Old World Wood Fired Brick Oven

Call Daniel Caliguire, the President of The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company to learn more about home wood fired brick pizza ovens. 1800-256-5534

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Chicago Brick Oven Cost

Posted on December 31, 2011 by admin

When I started my search for an outdoor pizza oven I had no idea as to what to expect when it comes to cost. I wanted a wood fired brick oven for my patio to fulfill my ultimate quest for the best pizza. I’m a foodie who loves to play with ingredients and equipment to compose the ultimate meal but my quest to find the best wood fired pizza oven was about a primitive cooking method that has been around for hundreds or even thousand of years.

My research lead me to The Chicago Brick Oven Company, an American Manufacture of authentic refractory wood fired pizza ovens specifically made for homeowners. Chicago Brick Oven costs in the range of 2,200 for an outdoor pizza oven kit that would allow you to build a customized brick oven to the 5,000 range for the Mario Batali Amici pizza oven that comes completely assembled ready to cook in.

Chicago Brick Oven Amici

I found several online dealers for Chicago Brick Oven but one specifically dealt exclusively with Chicago Brick Oven and was an entire site dedicated to wood fired pizza ovens, The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company. It was obvious to me that the Outdoor Pizza Oven Company was the most knowledgeable about cooking in a Chicago Brick Oven, the owner actually owns a Chicago brick Oven and explained to me little details that could only come from experience.

I highly recommend a Chicago Brick Oven if you are looking for a high quality Amercian made product.

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Brick Oven Pizza

Posted on November 29, 2011 by admin

Brick oven pizza is the hottest trend in the pizza industry and it’s catching on with homeowners, not just commercial restaurants. The video below is me cooking in my pizza in my brick oven by fired by Chicago Brick Oven, the Amici.

Cooking in brick ovens dates back at least 3,000 years and it was the method to bake bread. The image below is an ancient brick original oven from thousands of years ago.

Ancient Brick Oven for brick oven pizza

What makes brick oven pizza so special? It basically boils down to 3 basic points.

High Heat- You can fire up any good modern brick pizza oven to 100 degrees, this is great because it does not dry out your brick oven pizza.
Wood Fired. Thousands of years ago and still today the best and purest form of cooking anything, especially brick oven pizza is with wood. I love to use fruit wood like apple, maple, pecan and hard woods like red oak. Cooking brick oven pizza with wood gives your pizza pie the authentic smell, taste and texture sought after by pizza purists!
Brick Floor- This gives your brick oven pizza the texture, it can create a almost cracker like yet chewy crust that is simply delicious.

authentic brick oven pizza

The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company has several brick ovens options to bake true old world style pizza, just like they dud thousands of years ago and are still doing today.

The Mario Batali Amici Brick Oven is great as it is perfect for your patio, it comes completely assembled, made from refractory brick and heats fast.

This oven cranks out temperatures at 100 degrees and I personally own and love this brick oven.

You can also get a brick oven that sits on your outdoor counter-top, like the Etna brick pizza oven.

Countertop Brick Oven for pizza

Or you can opt to custom build a pizza oven and purchase a outdoor brick pizza oven kit, this is perfect for a unique one of a kind look and it can be styled any way you like.

Use this kit;

brick pizza oven

And turn it into this!

Custom Brick Pizza Oven

Owning a brick oven was one of the greatest investment I have ever made and i cant even begin to describe how good authentic wood fired brick oven pizza is, not the mention the memories my family and create while cooking in our outdoor pizza oven. Chow!

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Best Homemade Pizza

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Daniel Caliguire

So Pizza Hut, Domino’s or your local pizza shop that is managed by teenagers just isn’t cutting it anymore and you want to make the best homemade pizza, something that crushes any pizza delivery right? My name is Daniel Caliguire and I have been making authentic homemade pizza since I was a little boy with my Sicilian Gram. I’m all grown up and now own the fastest growing home outdoor pizza company online and want to share a few basic tips with you that I always follow. It comes down to 4 critical points for the best homemade pizza.

The dough
The Sauce
The Cheese
The The Cooking method

The internet is flooded with great dough recipes and I will not claim to have the best, the point is to make your dough homemade from scratch using good flour like Caputo flour and you can check out my caputo flour pizza dough recipe here.

http://www.theoutdoorpizzaoven.com/blog/caputo-flour-pizza-dough-recipe/

homemade pizza dough

Caputo pizza dough homemade pizza

Another great homemade pizza tip is to find a local pizza shop that makes a good dough, bring it home and let it site for a couple days, the more it sits the more intense the flavor is.

Next is the sauce, my favorite part of the pizza pie! I like a simple sweet sauce that uses just a few ingredients. I typically will use a San Marzano Tomato, which is a Naples Italy favorite as it is grown in a region next to the volcano that creates a rich soil and makes the tomatoes fresh, but when you get it in a can it cant compete with the real fresh tomatoes. I like to add a good high quality extra virgin olive oil to my sauce, just a drizzle, fresh cut garlic, a little sea salt and either sugar or even some hone to balance out the acidity. I have another post dedicated to a good sauce. You can use fresh ROMA tomatoes, they are close the San Marzano, you can crush them up raw, or even oven roast them with olive oil and garlic, the crush them and put them on your homemade pizza pie, so delicious!

Homemade sauce

Next is the cheese, I love to use two different contracting cheeses. Fresh mozzarella offers a mile creamy texture.

fresh mozzarella cheese

I use that as the base then i top the pie with parmigiano reggiano, a sharp, salty and butter flavor, a perfect contrast.

Finally, and I think the most important and what separates the men from the real pizza makers is the method in which you cook you pizza. I prefer to use a home outdoor wood burning brick pizza oven, like my Mario Batali Amici. High heat with good fruit wood gives the pie the texture and flavor that is truly old world. I finish the pie with w drizzle of good exxtra virgin olive oil and sometimes top the pizza with dried Italian oregano or fresh basil.

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Pizza Food Truck Business

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Daniel Caliguire

If you watch any of the cooking shows on the Food Chanel you probably noticed a surge in gourmet food trucks popping up all across the country. Hot Dog carts are still around but now you can find authentic ethnic food like taco trucks, Korean food trucks and waffle stands, bottom line is that anything goes and the more gourmet or unique the better. Mobile food trucks is big business with huge potential to make money and enjoy working less hours. Social media outlets can be used to build a following, Twitter and Facebook are all free and followers mean customers!

Mobile Pizza Food Truck

The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company has several options to enter the mobile food industry with a killer wood burning pizza oven on a trailer that you can connect to any truck making it extremely mobile. Check out our pizza food trucks or our Mario Batali Etna model, you can pout this on the back of a truck and set up in minutes! Call us 800-256-5534

mobile wood fired pizza

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Outdoor Pizza Oven Insert

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Daniel Caliguire

Outdoor kitchens are the latest homeowner craze and the perfect appliance for your outdoor kitchen is an outdoor pizza oven, it’s the cherry on top! When you decide that an outdoor wood burning brick pizza oven is going in your kitchen, you will need an outdoor pizza oven insert to start the project.

outdoor pizza oven insert

The pizza oven kit insert comes in 2 different sizes with the following points;

Make the cooking surface 29 by 23
Three piece design
17 inch opening
Installation kit includes insulating board, insulating blanket, and mortar
Dome, Hearth, Arch, Decorative Door, Flue Adaptor, and Flue Adaptor Ring included
Pizza Peel and Wire Brush included

You can do 2 nice size pizzas in this oven in 90 seconds, or steaks, fish, chops, or anything else you can imagine.

Cooking surface 41 by 28
Three piece design
17 inch opening
Installation kit includes insulating board, insulating blanket, and mortar
Dome, Hearth, Arch, Decorative Door, Flue Adaptor, and Flue Adaptor Ring included.
Pizza Peel and Wire Brush included

You can take an outdoor pizza oven insert like the picture above and turn it into this!

Custom Wood Fired pizza Oven

Check out some of the beautiful wood fired ovens our customers are doing;

http://www.theoutdoorpizzaoven.com/gallery.html

Whatever you decide to build with your outdoor pizza oven insert, look at what Chicago Brick Oven puts out, we deal exclusively with their ovens due to the quality of the product, and how well they perform. Contact The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company for more information on wood burning outdoor pizza oven kits. 800-256-5534

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Wood Fired Pizza Mobile Food Truck Business

Posted on November 19, 2011 by admin

Mobile food truck businesses are the latest craze for tech savvy entrepreneurs and foodies from all walks of life and Daniel Caliguire C.E.O of The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company says ” I see a huge opportunity for a mobile wood fired pizza oven business. Social media like Facebook and twitter combined with grass roots organic marketing means big business and a mobile wood fired pizza oven truck is inexpensive and brings huge margins.”

If you look online you will see many options to get started in the mobile food truck business but many are extremely expensive and not specifically designed for wood fired pizza. The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company President Daniel Caliguire says “this is going to be huge” referring to his entry into the mobile food truck industry. Daniel currently owns the #1 site on GOOGLE for “outdoor pizza ovens” and his company is the fastest growing company in the home wood fired pizza oven space.

If you are looking to start your own mobile food truck business, here things to consider:

1. Local and Government Regulation. The food carts’ biggest challenge is the myriad (even outdated) government regulations, licenses, permit requirements and zoning rules. The very first thing you must do is investigate all the local, state and federal regulation when operating a mobile food business. take your time on the front end to save yourself money and problems later

2. Make Sure you get the proper license- Depending on where you are located permits will be required and if you operate a business without them, you could face jail time or hefty fines.

3. Marketing-I cant stress how important social media outlets are to the mobile food truck business, it’s basically free and if you get creative your entire marketing can be on social media and free. Start a Facebook, YouTube and twitter account and give incentives or free food to every person who signs up or follows you. This will be direct communication with your customers and you can c0onstantly update them on your menu and specials.

The Outdoor Pizza Oven Company has 2 basic options to enter the mobile wood fired pizza oven business and we are available for start up consulting and will make sure your business is a success.

The Caterer 90 Modena (core)

mobile wood fired pizza food truck

“Core”

Body

56″x56″ trailer

3800 pound single torsion axle with 14″ tires

Removable tongue with quick disconnects lights.

Oven

Pavesi 90 oven heats up in 45 minutes. Cooking floor space 36″.

Rear or Side-facing oven with 42″ high cooking floor

Jacks

Leveling jacks on all 4 corners

3^rd wheel on tongue-mounted swing away jack

Fixtures

Storage

Front storage space with double door, 54″ wide x 22″ high x 30″ deep.

Back storage open for wood storage 54″ wide x 22″ high x 26″ deep

Tables and Umbrella’s Optional(not included in the price)

Two 58″ x 30″ stainless steel side tables with multi-position mounting

Carry tray and anchor points for carrying the tables.

Two 9′ round Italian market umbrella’s that attach to the trailer with lock in

position.

Tables and umbrella’s travel with trailer for quick set up.

Arch

Brick veneer arch

Finish choice

Body finish in Rodda Polycoat 2. Can match any color sample, or any color selected from www.roddapaint.com/colors.asp

Oven finish in Senerlastic stucco. Can match any color sample, or any color selected from www.senergy.cc/pages/colors%20textures/colors1.html

2 year warranty on trailer and oven

Commercial Naples 120 Mobile Unit

“The Machine” product code 30120

Body

5’6″ X 6′ trailer

5200 pound single torsion axle with 14″ tires

Electric Surge Brakes

Removable tongue with quick disconnects for brake line and lights.

The unit is equipped with 4 leveling/stabilizing jacks

3rd wheel on tongue mounted swing away jack

Oven

Commercial Pavesi 120 wood oven (48″ cooking floor)

Oven is side facing with 44″ floor hight

The oven is over insulated to insure consistent temperature control.

design of the oven body is custom to your choice (subject to price change)

Storage

Back storage space 66″W X 36″D X 24″H choice of double door closure or for $300 up charge changed to a SS push up bar/work table (NSF standard)

Front storage space 66″W X 36″D X 24″H choice of double door closure or for $300 up charge changed to a SS push up bar/work table (NSF standard)

Tables (not included in price)

Attachable SS tables 58″ x 30″ do connect to the trailer in minutes and are NSF standard.

Umbrella’s (not included in price)

Italian market umbrella’s spanning 9′ do attach to the trailer for shade cover over the work area’s with battery operated rechargeable lights.

mounting positions are to cover work area and opposite bar area.

Color choices

Body finish in Rhodda Polycoat 2. Can match any color sample or select color from www.roddapaint.com/colors.asp

Oven finish in Senergy Senerlastic stucco. Can match any color sample or select color from http://www.senergy.basf.com/en/colors_and_textures/Pages/color_comparision_page.aspx

Certified DMV paperwork

All trailers are delivered with certified DMV paperwork for easy registration in any State.

Warranty

2 years on trailer under trailer manufactures coverage.

2 year on the refractory oven.

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