How Do You Make A Pizza Peel?
A pizza peel is the professional way to keep the pizza from sticking to the pan while it bakes to perfection. One type of pizza peel is metal. You use it to loosen the bottom of the pizza from the oven tray. The other is a wooden pizza peel that transfers the pizza and it keeps the dough from sticking. You can make this peel at home. Draw a 14 by 15-inch rectangle on paper. On the 14-inch side, find the middle point and mark 1 inch on each side of the point. Use a ruler and make a line that extends 9 inches away from the edge. Do this on both sides. Connect the two lines at the top. Move up the newly formed 9 by 2-inch rectangle 2 inches from the base. Mark the spot on both 9-inch sides. Create a slightly inward curved line to connect the that point to the outside corner of the 14 by 15-inch rectangle. You now have a pattern for a wooden pizza peel. Purchase a 14 by 24 by 1 inch piece of blond alder or sassafrass. Get a piece that hasn’t been chemically treated since the wooden pizza p
