The Comforts of Fall - Review and Giveaway: Emile Henry Flame Top Pizza Stone

One of my favorite things to do is cook and when the weather turns cooler I cook all the more.
I love to experiment and pizza is a wonderful blank slate for any creative cook.
I was always complaining to the hubby that there was no good pizza here in Montana so he said, "make some"

OK - so I started experimenting. And I have come up with a recipe that the two of us love and is really quite tasty and almost like the pizza we bought in New Jersey. We decided there must be something in the water back thert to make the pizza so good.

One of the most important ingredients to good pizza is a pizza stone. It crisps up the crust just right. You put it in the oven and get it HOT so that when the pizza hits the stone the dough is cooking immediately.

I had a pizza stone but I wasn't really happy with it. It put out a strange odor whenever I heated it. I was very happy when I was given the opportunity to review Emile Henry's new Flame Top Pizza Stone. I have several pieces from Emile Henry and I LOVE them. The quality is excellent and even better - they are super easy to clean.

My pizza stone arrived and I was ready to put it to the test.
Mmmmm, pizza.

I rolled out my dough - I use a dough made with my beloved white whole wheat flour. I topped it with some of my goat's milk chevre mixed with some pesto.

Then comes the secret ingredient (ssshhhhhh) rehydrated tomatoes. I can't tell you how many of these I dehydrate every year but the flavor in these babies is just so intense.

They go on top of the chevre and pesto.

On this pizza I decided to add some roasted eggplant. The eggplants have been very tasty this year.

The hubby always wants anchovies. Ick.
I do not let them touch MY side of the pizza. heh

Then some fresh mozzarella

Then some of my goat's milk parmesean.

It went into a 450* oven. The pizza stone had been in there heating with the oven so it was nice and hot. The pizza hit with a lovely sizzle.
When it came out it looked like this....

It was yummy!
The crust was perfectly crispy just like I wanted it to be.
The Emile Henry Flame Top Pizza Stone was super easy to clean. Even though I chose to hand wash mine it can actually go in the dishwasher! How's that for easy clean up?!

What is also cool is this stone can be used on the stove top and the grill top as well. Talk about versatile. Now all I have to do is get a grill. heh

Here is some information direct from the site:

The Pizza Stone is made of all natural materials and is manufactured using Emile Henry's proprietary Flame® technology. The Pizza Stone can withstand high oven temperatures. The glaze is micro-crazed contributing to crispy well-baked crusts, just like a pizza oven. If the Pizza Stone is used on the stovetop, heat slowly and place on the largest burner. You can cut directly on the glazed pizza stone without damaging or scratching the surface. The Pizza Stone is easy to clean with soap and water and is dishwasher safe.


Designed for use: In ovens - conventional and convection; and can also be used under the broiler. On grills - gas, charcoal and natural wood. The Pizza Stone turns a grill into an outdoor pizza oven.





Now for the exciting news! I have a Flame Top Pizza Stone for one lucky reader!
How do you win? It's easy!
But first some rules:

US and Canada only
No PO Boxes

MANDATORY ENTRY:

Go to the Emile Henry site and tell me another piece you would like to own. Be sure to leave your email address so I can contact you if you win.

EXTRA ENTRIES:

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I have changed my url to www.brokenteepee.com so there are some rule changes. These will be in effect for a little while to encourage everyone to make the changes on their blogs. I really do appreciate the effort involved. Thank you!

1. Follow my blog publicly. If you already follow, just say so. And thank you.
2. Follow me on twitter and tweet about the giveaway(one per day) - @BrokenTeepee and @EquipMyKitchen are giving away a Flame Top Pizza Stone@http://tinyurl.com/2evmtk8 #giveaway

3. Follow @EquipMyKitchen on Twitter
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6. Change the link you have for me on your blogroll to my new url: www.brokenteepee.com - this is worth two entries so comment two times
7. Switch my blog button for the one you currently have on your site - this is worth two entries so leave two comments (it has the new code for my new url)

SEE THE EXTRA ENTRIES PAGE FOR ADDITIONAL WAYS TO ENTER.

All entries must be in by 9PM MDT on October 3rd when I will go to Random.org to choose the winner. He/she will have 48hrs to respond or I will choose a new winner.

Good luck everyone.

Disclosure:  I received a pizza stone gratis. Any opinions expressed are my honest opinions and were not impacted by the receipt of the free pizza stone. I received no monetary compensation for this post.