How to Cook with Your Wood Burning Oven

If you are new to working in a wood fired oven, the prospect of cooking for the first time can seem daunting. Cooking in a wood burning oven, however, is much easier than it may seem. The first thing you should probably do is watch a few of the videos that Dolce Vita offers on its site going through the parts and process of cooking in a Forno wood burning oven. Once you know the basics of how the oven works and how it is prepared, it’s time to start cooking.

The type of wood you choose to burn when cooking is very important. It is essential to use hard dry wood so that the oven doesn’t crack and so that you don’t get the foul taste of smoke that tends to come off more wet woods. Good choices for hard dry woods are oak, almond, fruitwood, walnut and pecan. The type of wood you select will impact the flavor of whatever you are cooking. Once your wood is burning in the oven, you can adjust the temperature by dampening or increasing the flame. This be can accomplished by adding more wood, closing and opening certain vents and other actions.