| Authentic pizzeria-style pizza making at home is easier | | | | the dough becomes a crust. |
| now with new equipment and tools; new ingredients | | | | High gluten flour is the professional flour of choice. |
| and ingredient suppliers; and better recipes becoming | | | | Available in commercial quantities of 25, 50 and 100 |
| available to the home pizza maker. The challenge of | | | | pound bags, the flour simply cannot be bested for |
| crafting pizzeria-style dough and homemade sauce is | | | | creating the perfect pizza dough. Bread flour or |
| well worth the effort. Finding, procuring, and trying new | | | | all-purpose flour simply cannot match the taste, texture |
| and exciting toppings such as artisan meats, imported | | | | and appearance of high gluten flour. Gluten is the |
| cheeses, and locally grown vegetables is now possible | | | | protein in the flour that provides toughness and |
| thanks to the internet and local specialized vendors | | | | elasticity, necessary for stretching dough and creating |
| and farmers markets. | | | | small air pockets in the crust as it bakes. |
| A decided edge goes to the professional when | | | | As a home pizza maker seeking to achieve pizzeria |
| making pizza, as your favorite pizzeria enjoys the use | | | | quality pizza, you have to have the right guidance, |
| of professional tools such as brick and wood fired | | | | recipes and equipment. A pizza stone is |
| ovens, dough kneading machines, commercial baking | | | | recommended. The stone should be placed on the |
| pans, pizza stones, baking screens, and proof boxes. | | | | bottom of a very hot oven, and preheated for 15-20 |
| They enjoy ovens that achieve temperatures 2 to 3 | | | | minutes. This insures the stone has the heat necessary |
| times that of conventional home ovens, an | | | | to properly begin cooking dough to create the perfect |
| environment that is perfect for pizza dough ingredients | | | | crust. Find and buy high gluten flour. You will not be |
| as the high heat forces them to immediately begin to | | | | disappointed. The flour can be used in a variety of |
| work together to create an ideal crust texture. Large | | | | pizza dough recipes, allowing you to create thin or thick |
| kneading machines create tender pizza dough that | | | | crust pies like the professionals bake. Preparing classic, |
| bakes evenly and consistently. Heavy duty, | | | | authentic pizzas like thin crust New York, deep-dish |
| commercial bakeware, pizza stones, and pizza | | | | Chicago, or the original Neapolitan-style found in the |
| screens allow for consistent high heat and moisture | | | | heart of Italy at home is possible with some work and |
| removal that is essential during the baking process, as | | | | practice. |