Making Pizza in a Cob Oven

Evan and I had the best time on our field trip Thursday.  We met friends of ours for a pizza cooking class using a cob oven.  I only knew what a cob oven was because we toured this permaculture garden last year and learned all about them.  



The same lady that gave us our garden tour offered to teach the class. We began by making our dough.  






Then one by one we rolled out our dough, added our toppings, and put them into the oven.  It heats up to about 800 degrees so a pizza cooks pretty quickly.





We all made a different variety.  Evan had cheese, I made a savory pear/ cheddar cheese/ balsamic pizza, and my girlfriend made a breakfast pizza with bacon, quail eggs, and chopped green peppers. Most of the ingredients were sourced right from the gardens/farm!





Evan fed the leftover crusts to the chickens and helped with cleaning up all the dishes in their farm sink before we left. 


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Comments

  1. JoesetteSeptember 20, 2020 at 8:15 AM

    What a great opportunity. Your pizza's look so good!

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  2. Kari September 20, 2020 at 10:05 AM

    That is really cool! I love this.

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  3. aspiritofsimplicitySeptember 20, 2020 at 10:46 AM

    That looks like so much fun. It must have smelled delicious.

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    1. Joanne September 21, 2020 at 5:27 AM

      It was a lot of fun and we learned so much more than just how to cook a pizza.

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  4. Amy JohnsonSeptember 20, 2020 at 10:48 AM

    Wow! How fun! I bet it was delicious!

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  5. Shauna CrymbleSeptember 20, 2020 at 11:40 AM

    That sounds great!

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    1. Joanne September 20, 2020 at 4:04 PM

      It was! It was so much better than I expected.

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  6. Aidan BroganSeptember 20, 2020 at 11:42 AM

    Oh great! You must have had a great baking time!

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  7. Linda @ Life and LindaSeptember 21, 2020 at 10:57 AM

    How fun this must have been. We love pizza. I never heard of a cob oven. Very interesting and aI bet delicious. Thanks for sharing at Love Your Creativity.

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    1. Joanne September 21, 2020 at 1:13 PM

      We had never heard of a cob oven before stumbling across this farm either but it is amazing. The pizzas were cooked at 800 degrees but we could easily touch the top and outside of the oven as it was not hot at all.

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  8. Shelbee on the EdgeSeptember 26, 2020 at 9:52 AM

    Oh how fun is that! We used to make homemade pizza on the grill which always came out super delicious. A bit messy, but so worth it! In fact, I just brought up to my kids the other day that we should make pizzas on the grill soon. Thanks for sharing and linking up with me!

    Shelbee
    www.shelbeeontheedge.com

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    1. Joanne September 26, 2020 at 11:42 AM

      I love making pizza on the grill; it is a bit messy but so worth it.

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  9. NatashaSeptember 28, 2020 at 5:53 PM

    Oh, these all look delicious!!!

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    1. Joanne September 29, 2020 at 6:49 PM

      They were! We were absolutely stuffed by the time class ended.

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  10. Linda at Apron Strings & other thingsSeptember 28, 2020 at 10:33 PM

    How delicious - the pizza AND the whole experience!

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  11. Miz HelenSeptember 29, 2020 at 11:06 AM

    Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday,503. Sure hope to see you again soon!
    Miz Helen

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