{"id":22126,"date":"2020-08-24T11:38:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T09:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alfaforni.com\/ricette-in-forno-a-legna-risultati-da-ristorante-a-casa-tua\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T13:03:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T12:03:12","slug":"recipes-for-a-wood-burning-oven-make-restaurant-quality-meals-in-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alfaforni.com\/en\/recipes-for-a-wood-burning-oven-make-restaurant-quality-meals-in-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipes for a wood-burning oven: make restaurant-quality meals in your home."},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people with time on their hands are rediscovering <\/span>the joys of cooking at home doing traditional dishes <\/b>and relying on locally sourced ingredients to organise dinners as a way to spend quality time with family and friends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Passion for cooking can mean drawing on the <\/span>national gastronomic heritage<\/b> or cross-pollinating it with <\/span>exotic cuisines<\/b> to bring non-native ingredients and seasonings to the fore.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To make great dishes, <\/span>different cooking tools would be needed<\/b> but often you have to make do with the plain gas-fired or electric kitchen oven. In a perfect world, everybody and their mother should use <\/span>the wood-burning oven<\/b> that can reach very high temperatures and imparts food that extra smoky flavour. Contrary to popular opinion, it\u2019s not only the best for baking <\/span>bread and pizza<\/b> but also for <\/span>first courses, mains and desserts.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

All you need is to acquire some skills in lighting and managing the fire <\/span>to create an awesome full course meal.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

In this article, we will give you some <\/span>valuable tips to make the most of your wood-fired oven<\/b>, we will explain how to use it according to the dishes you want to cook, <\/span>focusing particularly on the techniques to perfectly bake pizza,<\/b> and finally we will <\/span>suggest some recipes<\/b> through which it can unleash its full power.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to get the most out of recipes cooked in a wood-burning oven.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The wood-fired oven is a <\/span>great cooking machine<\/b> both in terms of versatility and in terms of quality. It harks back to ancient traditions and peasant food, the sight of the fire and its mastery, the preparation of dishes are such powerful magnets for people that smart restaurateurs have embraced the open kitchen trend by installing <\/span>a wood-fired <\/b>pizza oven <\/b>at the forefront. <\/b><\/p>\n

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Characteristics of wood-fired oven cooking<\/span><\/h3>\n

The wood-burning oven has <\/span>thermal and structural features<\/b> that enable it to reach very high and constant temperatures. Furthermore, the use of <\/span>firewood as a fuel imparts a unique aroma to food. <\/b>Here, we highlight some of the <\/span>main advantages of the wood-fired oven:<\/b><\/p>\n