With your organic oil choice, lightly dab the pizza screen with oil evenly across the surface with a paper towel. Make sure to go over both sides and to wipe off any excess oil on the pizza screen. Once set, heat your oven to 375˚-400˚F and place the rack on the oven to bake for about an hour.
What is a pizza mesh?
Pizza screens, which are flat mesh disks, are meant for cooking pizzas with crispy crusts when pizza stones are impossible or impractical to use. Aluminum transfers heat well, and the gaps in the mesh enable airflow to reach the crust, making screens a good fit for cooking pizzas in conveyor and convection ovens.
Do you grease a pizza screen?
Preparation: Prior to using aluminum pizza screens for the first time, a release agent or oil is recommended to prevent sticking. Screens can also be seasoned by wiping oil on the surface of the pan and allowing the oil to soak for 30 minutes. Then bake the screen at regular cooking times and temperatures.
Why did my pizza stick to my pizza screen?
If a pizza sticks to the screen, you need to run the screen through the oven and burn it off. You can brush the screens to clean them, and if you need to wash them for some reason, give them another light coating of spray and run them through the oven again.
How do you use a baking sheet on a pizza stone?
Place a heavy baking (pizza) stone on the low oven rack, then set the baking pan directly on the stone. The stone gives very even heat from the bottom so the batter can start cooking and rising before the heat from the top of the oven sets the batter and crusts the top.