Proper cooking in wood oven
The pizza oven for home is selected and is now set up in the garden or on the terrace. Your wood-burning oven not only looks beautiful, but should now be properly heated and used. The recipe collection is probably overflowing and in your head you have even more ideas, what you can cook and bake with the oven all delicious and whom they want to invite.
Of course, it is important to heat the oven properly. Read our instructions for this. But when everything is ready and the first preparations in the kitchen are underway, the question of the right temperature for the respective dishes arises. A few principles will help in any case:
- If the dish is to be crispy and juicy and has many fresh ingredients, the temperature can be higher to preserve the fresh ingredients.
- If you want to cook or bake dishes with many ingredients, such as cakes, desserts or pasta dishes, the temperature should be lower.
- Meat is best cooked at lower temperatures so that it can already braise and become tender.
- Breads or rolls are baked in the second cycle. That is, if the oven was really hot before for pizza, for example, let it cool down to a little over 200 degrees, sweep out the ash residue, put the bread in and close the oven. After two hours, your wood-fired bread should be ready.
We have compiled the exact cooking temperatures for a selection of dishes in a table for you so that you have a good overview.
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The Baby is a classic The Baby from the traditional Italian company Valoriani is a professional wood or gas oven and combines the excellent quality of Valoriani with an extremely attractive design. The traditional Tuscan materials like the refractory firebrick in combination with a visually appealing metal dome in red, ivory, black or with mosaic give the oven Italian flair in no time. Optionally, the Baby can be ordered with an undercarriage. Originally, the Baby was designed by Valoriani for catering businesses as an oven for preparing gluten-free dishes. But the Baby quickly developed into a very popular oven for food trucks at festivals and events as well as for small catering businesses. The Baby 60 also enjoys great popularity among private individuals with ambitious cooking skills. As it is mobile on the undercarriage and can be used both indoors and outdoors, it is a real all-rounder and a great eye-catcher. Whether in ivory, red or black, the Baby attracts attention and convinces with its inner values: fireproof firebricks for even heat and optimal insulation for economical wood consumption. The Baby also cuts a fine figure in the outdoor kitchen, whether as a tabletop or on the trolley. The special thing about the Baby 60cm: The 60cm version of the Valoriani Baby is available with a stainless steel arch. Especially the floor insulation and the dome insulation distinguish this very high-quality wood stove from imitation products. The Valoriani Baby is made of dome materials from the professional sector, i.e. with a high proportion of fireclay. The floor is also made of 100% full fireclay. This is food-safe and suitable for cooking and baking food. The dome is insulated with special ceramic fibre and powder-coated with the best metal and painted, so these ovens can be used outdoors all year round in wind and weather even without a cover. The front arch is also decoupled from the dome to compensate for thermal stresses. The substructures are galvanised and painted, which ensures the highest possible durability with additional sealing. Valoriani has stood for quality and durability for over 100 years. Dimensions: Outer dimensions without base 81/78/56 cm Outer dimensions with base 81/78/143 cm Front opening 36/2 1cm Pizza capacity: 1-2 pieces at a time with a baking time of approx. 90 seconds Heating time to 300-350 degrees is approx. 30 - 40 minutes Door included Firing: Wood and optional gas burner available, DVGW tested and approved, also ideal for indoor use EN203 tested. The Baby Gas can only be ordered including the upper base part or with complete base and the one flamed gas burner from Avanzini installed ex works. Power gas operation: Baby 60cm manual: 12.5 KW natural gas and 13.3 KW LPG; Baby 60cm automatic 12.5 KW natural gas and 13.3 KW LPG.Assembly and delivery: The Valoriani Baby 60cm is delivered completely assembled and is ready for immediate use at your place, the gas burner is already tested and prepared. With the gas burner assembled, 1 part of the base is necessary. Delivery as LPG/propane model incl. DE screw connection, suitable pressure reducer and hose (1m length) for 5/12kg commercially available bottles. It should be noted that the stove heats up slowly under observation over 1-2 days when it is put into operation. In the case of gas models, the minimum flame must be adjusted as necessary when starting up and the operating information must be observed. The flame should be a maximum of 10-20 cm high for burning in. The stove must be protected from wind, especially in the case of gas operation, as otherwise the flame may back up and discolour the burner tube. Optionally, the Baby is also available as a natural gas version for a fixed connection. The parts of the base are also already mounted on the models. Gas output: 12KW available as liquid gas or natural gas version Included in delivery: 100cm stainless steel tube for wood version and 50cm for gas version and stainless steel cover, optional castors and an extension of the front are available under: Accessories Baby When purchasing gas-fired pizza ovens, please always refer to the operating instructions. You can also find tips and tricks on using gas pizza ovens in our magazine. More pictures:
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