Pizza making class

[onawhim]

My long time dream is to one day have my own entire wheel of Parmesan 

[RioG]

You can keep parmesan for a year??  I would totally pay $40 if it would last that long!

[diablita]

yes, I want to know how you store that parm for a year!

[caribougrrl]

yes, I want to know how you store that parm for a year!

I wrap it in parchment paper, then put it in a ziploc with a bit of air left in (to prevent sweating).  Parmesan will keep in the fridge for about a year, you might get some crystallization in the cheese, but it's not dangerous.  I cut off a hunk and store that in tupperware, use that until it's gone, then when I take the big block out to hack off another section, I change the parchment paper. 

Parmesan is a fairly well-aged dry cheese, so it doesn't go off nearly so quickly as moist cheese. 

[caribougrrl]

this one says air tight
http://www.stilltasty.com/fooditems/index/17873

but chowhound says wax paper then aluminium foil so that it isn't airtight...

[witchypoo]

i store parmesan for very long periods of time, also.

[Run Amok]

i store parmesan for very long periods of time, also.

Me too. It dries out if you don't keep it covered... but I've never seen it mold.

[Courtney]

That pear pizza sounds good, but I would try adding a little arugula to it. It sounds a little sweet to me without something peppery like arugula to balance it out.

My current favorite home pizza is BBQ sauce with chicken, red onion, and cilantro.

I want to learn how to make it on the grill.

I love BBQ chicken pizza.  I love to add goat cheese to mine.  It's god damned delicious. 

[diablita]

I've had grated/shredded parmesan in store containers go moldy on the edges.  Is that because they're grated and exposed to air on more edges?

[witchypoo]

it's more likely it's because you touched them with your bare hands.

[diablita]

so no green thumb in the garden but I ruin my cheese?  not fair.