Do You Need a Baking Steel for Pour-in - the-Pan Pizza

Asked Mar 30, 2024 by Carlos D.

Hello! Should a stone or steel be used on the lowest oven rack (i.e place the sheet pan or pizza pans on top of the preheated stone or steel) ? Although this is a step in the Focaccia recipe, the pizza recipe does not mention it. Thank you!

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Gâteau de Ménage (“Household Cake”)

From the Franche-Comté area of France, gâteau de ménage translates as “household cake.” (Is it any wonder we prefer the French name?) With a base of rich, yeasted brioche-like dough that’s shaped into a tart shell and filled with a sweet, eggy cream c

By Lawman JohnsonMay 21, 2026

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Carlos D.
March 31, 2024
Delicious. Incredible. Unique. The recipe might take some time, but the vast majority is not active time. So good! Enough said.

Recipe

Gâteau de Ménage (“Household Cake”)

From the Franche-Comté area of France, gâteau de ménage translates as “household cake.” (Is it any wonder we prefer the French name?) With a base of rich, yeasted brioche-like dough that’s shaped into a tart shell and filled with a sweet, eggy cream c

By Lawman JohnsonMay 21, 2026