Dear Wood Fired Friend,
Happy holidays! May your mid-winter rest be a time of joy, community, family, traditions, amazing food, and a chance to catch your breath before we plunge ahead into 2022. In this edition of the Wood Fired Newsletter, we welcome you to enjoy a sprinkling of inspiration, education, and entertainment, plus a few Christmas gift ideas to delight those on your list. From our family to yours, we hope all of your holiday celebrations are refreshing and bright!
Merry Christmas,
Forno Bravo
In This Issue
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20 Design Ideas For Your Outdoor Wood Fired Oven Kit
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Dreaming about creating your own outdoor kitchen and pizza oven oasis? Here are 20 beautiful samples and design ideas to get you started and fired up! Start planning now so you can be ready to host your own parties, gatherings, and family meals in the new year. With so many great elements and ideas to choose from, you are sure to find many that fit your space, aesthetic, and budget!
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*Don’t forget, you can order any of our ovens and oven kits before December 30th to lock in 2021 rates before prices go up in the new year, and then set up delivery for a date that best fits your schedule in Q1 of 2022 (lead times apply.) Just contact our SALES TEAM for assistance.
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Plying the Peel - A Primer on Better Techniques
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Ever had your pizza stick to your peel when you are putting it into the oven? Or maybe have it just chuckle at you when you try to get it to turn? Peels are invaluable tools, but there are many choices and they can also be a little tricky to master. Learn all about pizza peels and how to use them in this updated piece from the Forno Bravo archives. It includes information about materials, shapes, sizes of the various peel options, along with common techniques. Plus, you'll get more pro tips than ever and video links for helpful peel demonstrations.
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SHOP FOR PIZZA PEELS
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Rapini and Salami Pizza Recipe from Brigit Binns
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Brigit Binns is a successful cookbook writer, instructor, and B&B host in Sonoma County, CA. She has created a winning combination with her rapini, salami, Meyer lemon, and robiola pizza. (Rapini is similar to a thin, light broccoli and robiola is a soft Italian cheese that melts beautifully in a hot oven.) With the lemon zest for zip, salami for depth, and rapini for crunch, this pizza is a divine blend that will delight you and your guests!
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Wood Fired Cast Iron Seared Shrimp w/ Tomato Sauce & Feta Cheese
While pasta may be the first thing we think of as Italian food, always remember that Italy is surrounded by water on 3 sides, so seafood is a primary staple of the cuisine in many of its regions. Chef Anthony Iannone brings us another classic dish from Italy. It features shrimp, hand-crushed tomatoes, garlic, chunks of feta cheese, and a touch of basil. This one-pan dish comes together quickly in just a few steps and makes a fine appetizer or a full meal in itself. Enjoy the video and give the recipe a try to truly get a taste of the pure, clean flavors it offers. It will become a new go-to dish in your entertaining arsenal.
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Whole Sea Bream al Forno
Sea Bream is commonly found in the temperate waters around Europe and exported to grocery stores around the world. It has a satisfying meaty texture, a clean taste, and a delicate flavor that is wonderful for roasting in a wood fired oven. It is also sometimes also called Red Snapper in the US and New Zealand, but Sea Bream is becoming the more common term for this delicious piscis. Get the simple steps for preparing this fish and accenting it with artichoke hearts, olives, potatoes, tomatoes, and more. It will yield a wonderful, healthy meal you can make any time.
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Bella Steel Ovens and Modular Pizza Kits for the Holiday Season
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Looking for a great pizza oven with a short lead time for delivery? Our portable steel Bella pizza ovens and modular pizza oven kits fit the ticket exactly. Currently, our kits are ready to ship in 3-5 business days, and the Bellas can be out of the factory and on the truck headed your way within 10 business days. Transform your cooking, entertaining, and family time this winter with these quality ovens that are designed to fit your budget, style, and timetable. You can purchase through our web store or give the Sales Teams a call at 1.800.407.5119 for quotes, questions, specific lead times, and orders.
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Chef John O'Neil - King of the Bella
Currently a resident of Texas, chef and head culinary instructor, John O’Neil uses his well-loved Bella Grande32 steel pizza oven at least once a week. He loves to make pizza, but he also loves to push the limits of wood fired cooking to make just about anything! Some of his recent highlights include stuffed waffles, wood fired peach caprese salad, fire-roasted Spanish figs, date-stuffed peppadew peppers, and boy, does he love BBQ! He’s frequently posting new stories and trying out dishes on his Instagram and Youtube channels @dudefoodfire. Thanks for being a regular user and a great supporter of the Bella, Chef John. We love your food and philosophy! |
Hun Lee – Building his Casa2G90 Kit
Hun Lee, our customer from Alabama built a beautiful all-brick façade oven with a CASA90 kit, one of our most popular outdoor pizza oven kits. Organized, and super motivated, it only took him three days to assemble his oven compared to the several weeks required to build a traditional brick oven from scratch. He loves the Casa’s baking performance, and really, the whole process of pizza making. You can check out his build below.
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Mark Todd - The Cheese Dude (A Master Class on Artisan Cheese)
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Peter Reinhart loves interviewing knowledgeable, interesting people for his series, Pizza Talk. Mark Todd is one of those people. Affectionately known as the “Cheese Dude,” Mark guides Peter (and us) through the journey of fermentation and especially, through the class of cheeses known as pasta filata, which includes the favorite of pizza lovers everywhere, mozzarella. So tune into this informal masters class on cheese and learn a bit more about this prized ingredient for so many pies. You are in for a treat!
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Answer to November's Question:
What inspired you to buy or build a wood fired oven?
In November, we asked our customers and owners for their inspiration. What inspired you to buy or build your wood fired pizza oven? We received several responses from previous customers and have included other responses we've received from our social media inputs, testimonials, and contests over the past few years. The overall sense of what we heard was ‘Don’t be afraid to dream big,’ and that ‘love of food’ and ‘Italy’ have been the sources of many fun and crazy building projects over the years.
Enjoy the stories below and let us know if we can help you fulfill your wood fired imagination.
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Follow Us on Instagram
Instagram is a fun social media platform for finding photos and stories of beautiful ovens and exciting builds. We would love you to follow us there to be entertained, inspired, and uplifted with new content every week. Simply click here to find our page, and then click the FOLLOW button in the upper right corner of your phone or screen to join in the fun.
Big Milestone: We are almost up to 10,000 followers on Instagram! Help us reach this important milestone this month, and we’ll give away 5 Forno Bravo Tee Shirts to 5 lucky followers in a random drawing. Don’t miss out – we’re less than 440 people away from reaching our goal! |
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