Another post on pizza? You bet. This one has real tips, great links and more. Bet you a pocket full of pesos you love pizza, too.
I adore homemade pizza and good restaurant pizza, sometimes even a mediocre slice on the fly will do.....and I know I'm not alone. As I noted earlier, pizza provokes passions. See my Pizza for Pesos post or That's Amore earlier...(especially the discussion!)
Our Healthy Eating writer shares her favorite Homemade Pizza recipe this week.
I'm on the road a few days but stay tuned for my homemade pizza dough recipe. It's worth a try and a good recipe to get small hands involved in if you want to cook with kids.
I adapted my recipe from my hero, Julia Child. Check out Prime Cuts on PBS' website. This site has clips of Julia in action with several well-known chefs in action. Chef Robert Dona makes pizza with her in one of them.
A real pizza stone makes a huge difference. I've been through two of the high-end volcanic or some such model at W-S. The first one cracked and the second shows signs of going that way. Next one I going to try will be one of these ceramic jobs from an online catalog or a restaurant supply store.
While USAirways was losing my luggage, somewhere along the North East US - I, blissfully unaware - picked up a couple of magazines in the airport news shop. One of them announced homemade pizza recipes for any night. I'll let you know if I find anything useful there.
Tips:
- Making pizza at home allows you to control the quality of the ingredients.
- Use a pizza stone - check Cooks Illustrated, Cooking.com, or Williams-Sonoma. Better yet, check your local restaurant supply store.
- Try different recipes for your perfect crust.
- Several F&D writers have weighed in on pizza, check out Devy Stone's wild BBQ Rainbow Pizza; Stephanie Gallagher's
- See my original piece on New Haven, Boston and even Chicago pizza...herePizza - That's Amore.
- Good oregano is key. Throw out that plastic shaker bottle of gray-green stuff that's been in the spice cabinet for ages. Get some Divine Sonoran Desert Oregano.
