Can You Bake On Marble Slab

There was a discussion on dan lepards forum about this apparently granite is fine.

Can you bake on marble slab.

Marble would not be all that different from the clay like slabs for baking pizza or cookies or whatever if its clean. Make offer marble slab vintage salvaged from mansion large 10 x 35 3pieces slab piece of portuguese marble measures 52 inches long by 21 inches wide x 3 4 220 00. And you can get one for around 30. That is obviously not me.

Do not use soap since marble is porous. When chilled a marble surface is ideal for keeping dough from sticking particularly when you re not keen on adding too much extra flour. The art of cooking on natural stone like granite dates back to prehistoric times a la the flintstones but we guarantee won t be needing any extra large slabs to take advantage of this ancient method of cooking and baking. A relaxed messy cook who wanted the look of natural stone but is chill enough in the end to live with the etches and marks and let it flow into a wabi sabi approach to the kitchen.

Roll out dough or pie crust on your marble baking stone or on a separate slab of marble if you prefer. The marble s cool smooth surface helps to prevent sticking. We carry a selection of baking slabs so you can choose from options such as a wooden pastry board a bread kneading board or a marble pastry slab. If you re an avid baker it s an essential tool to have in your kitchen.

In fact the size you choose can be directly influenced by what you intend to make using the stone. And usually one side is polished and one side is dull those clay type slabs actually cook things awesomly. You can keep marble nearly pristine if you work really hard at it. I am the second type.

Just give a 1 slab plenty of time to warm up. I found a broken and discarded real marble tabletop that we were able to cut to the proper dimensions for a baking stone for my oven. It is one inch thick and weighs a whopping 22 pounds. Don t make the mistake that i do at least twice a year don t put a cold stone into a hot oven.

Step 2 clean the marble stone with a damp cloth to prepare it for baking use. Cooks who work on marble countertops already know that marble is great for working with pastry and chocolate. The soap will give your baked goods a soapy taste. Other than allowing it lots of time to heat up are there any other considerations.

My oven is gas and i will be baking for the first time to sell at.