The pizza oven has been sitting dormant since end of September. We’ve only had one really good snowfall so far this winter, and it’s been incredibly mild so far.
Tracey was feeling exhausted with the frequency of having people over since I completed construction of the oven, but I figured we were past due for some wood-fired oven pizza, so this past weekend I fired it up just for us 🙂 Used 4 good sized pieces of split birch to start things off, and added just a couple more pieces of birch and along with a couple small branches of seasoned applewood, and in less than an hour, the oven floor was approaching 700*F. The first couple pizzas were finished cooking in under 2 minutes!
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Traybaked Chicken & Cauliflower
Traybaked Chicken & Cauliflower
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Serves: 4 servings
Quick to put together, and tasty!
Ingredients
- 1 lg. onion
- 2 lg. carrots
- 1 sm. cauliflower
- 2 lbs. chicken breast
- 3 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. sweet curry
- 2 tsp. BBQ Belt chicken & Rib rub (from Silk Road Spices)
- 2 tsp. dried thyme
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350″F (I used roast and convection setting)
- Split cauliflower into pieces, and put along one edge of tray. Sprinkle with curry powder.
- Chop onion and carrot into chunks and place alongside cauliflower. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Cut each piece of chicken breast into thirds or quarters, depending on size. Place in tray alongside onions and carrots.
- Season chicken with the Silk Road Spices rub, and thyme.
- Drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar over everything, and give everything a good stir. Make sure no vegetables are covering up the chicken pieces.
- Place tray into oven for about one hour. 15 minutes before hour is up, check things, give it a stir.
- If necessary, add a little bit of water or chicken stock (1/3 cup), and give everything a good stir before returning tray to the oven.
The Roof is Done
Well, surprisingly, it was a lot more difficult to find the corrugated steel that I had initially planned on using as a roof material.
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A roof for the pizza oven
This past weekend I started to build a roof for the pizza oven. I was debating whether to use pressure treated lumber or cedar when Home Depot made up my mind for me putting cedar on sale (15% off) – making it the less expensive option.
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Prime Rib in the Wood-fired Oven
For my sons birthday dinner (14!), we had lots of family over, and I decided to try doing a roast in our new pizza oven. I stopped in at Acme Meat Market, and received some great help in selecting a roast. Ended up coming home with a 5 bone Prime rib, weighing in at just over 11 lbs.