作者近來比較少煮其他特別的菜式，因為大多數時間在研究新的工具 – 意大利薄餅火爐。 讀者們都知道，作者很喜歡煮意大利🇮🇹菜式，而意大利🇮🇹菜式中最經典莫過於薄餅吧，所以作者一直渴望擁有一個意大利薄餅爐；在香港的生活，有一個有瓦遮頭的地方，作者已經是幸運了，當然擁有薄餅爐只是高不可攀的夢想吧。
Recently, I have less time for cooking in the kitchen, because I have to try my new toy – Wood Fired pizza oven. As you all know when you followed my page, I really really fanatic in Italian cuisine, however, one of the most authentic food of Italian cuisine is PIZZA. Therefore, I wanna to have a pizza oven since I’m in Hong Kong, but there’s an unattainable dream in my life if I’m in Hong Kong, I’m already lucky enough that still have a little living area to live with.
雖然作者在怡保的家在馬來西亞來說不算得是大屋，只是一般小型家庭面積的排屋，但也有一個少少的後園空間，一般馬來西亞華人會改建成為濕廚房用作煮食用，但作者只是租住，所以作者用作戶外煮食的地方，終於把遙不可及的夢想實現了。
After moved to Malaysia, although my house is not a big one, it’s only a small size of attached house, but still have one tiny back garden; for local family, they will extend this area as wet kitchen for cooking purpose; however, I’m just rent this house, so I planned to use it as outdoor kitchen, and finally my dream comes true now.
作者在這篇文章中就介紹一下什麼是薄餅火爐，以及其原理，給各位讀者了解一下。只可惜大部份讀者只可以了解而不能擁有，因為這火爐只可以用於室外的。
Thus, I wanna briefly talk about basic knowledge of wood fired pizza oven to let you know about it. I understand that, most of the readers here who are in Hong Kong cannot have this oven, because it’s only can be used outdoor.
首先，傳統薄餅爐用耐高溫磚以圓拱形狀做成，這可以令到火焰從燒木頭一邊以拱形伸延到火爐的另一端，以及保持爐內的溫度，不容易降溫。一般傳統的薄餅火爐最高可達500度高溫，而烤製薄餅最理想的溫度則以300度-350度，60秒至1分鐘為最佳。
First, traditional wood fired pizza oven built by bricks in dome shape, this dome shape can let the fire extend from wood fired side to another easily and also can maintain heat longer. Wood fired oven can be reached maximum temperature to 500 degree celsius. The best ideal pizza should be cooked in 300-350 degree celsius for about 60 seconds to 1 minute only.
薄餅爐所用的木頭隨個人喜好及地方有所不同，在外國大多數用橡木，而作者在馬來西亞最容易找到就是橡膠木，有些地方還可以找到紅木吧。 現代有很多薄餅爐已經用燃氣的，雖然一樣可以高溫做出理想的薄餅，但是卻沒有了木頭燒出來的那份香味，並因為用氣體直接烤薄餅，反而有著一股氣體的臭味吧。 香港也有不少用燃氣式的薄餅爐的薄餅店，那是因為食環署已經沒有發出了火爐牌照，所以只可用燃氣式的吧。
Wood fired oven using wood chunks as fire media, but wood kind depends on personal and place preferences. In most of western countries, they would like to use oak wood, but me, in Malaysia, using rubber tree wood, and some can find red wood as well. However, pizza oven also using gas as fire media nowadays, although it’s still can cook the same result as wood fired one, but there’s no wood fragrance smell and may be have some gas smell too. In Hong Kong, all those using pizza oven to cook pizza, they can only use gas one because there’s no more wood fired licence nowadays.
作者所擁有的只是小型的攜帶式意大利薄餅爐，但功能與傳統大型薄餅爐一樣，只是不能一次做好幾個薄餅而已。
Although I’m using a mobile wood fired oven, the function still the same as traditional one, but can make one at a time only.
薄餅爐除了可以做薄餅外，也是一個傳統烤焗爐及燒烤爐；所以作者也用它來做其他不同的菜式，以下附上一些菜式圖片。
Wood fired pizza oven, not only for cooking pizza, it also a traditional oven and bbq oven as well. So, I use it for cooking other food as shown some pictures below :
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