Home style pizza

[dgaddis]

FWIW those of you cooking in a real pizza oven that can hit those 900+ degree temps - if you want to do a true Neapolitan pizza, there's actually an official recipe for the dough. There's even an Italian government organization that certifies pizzerias as making 'true' Neapolitan pizza, and they set the recipe.

The value of such an organization, and whether following their guidelines actually makes the best pie is certainly up for debate. But if you want to nerd out, here's the US site :: VPN AMERICAS - Vera Pizza Napoletana

And here's a PDF with the official guidelines :: https://americas.pizzanapoletana.org...sciplinare.pdf

^^Someone do it and report back!

For the rest of us, with the heat limitations of a home oven you can't get the same results. Ken Forkish's Elements of Pizza has some good recipes adapted for use at home. It's also got some good historical background on pizza.

Lastly, I highly recommend checking out the Pizza episode of the Netflix show Ugly Delicious. It's fun times! The whole show is great actually. Trailer here ::