Hand tossed dough is the "secret". If you have a good base to work with your pizza will turn out 10x better no matter what you put on it. (I'm an anchovies kinda girl!).
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Mirandgl said:It is obvious in just a few short responses that PIZZA has a large variety of toppings and opinions.
I make my own dough and I also make my own sauce from home grown San Marzano tomatoes and our garden herbs. So I guess I would say the most important part is the crust and the sauce followed by the cheese. I can be happy with those three ingredients but I use a variety of toppings depending on my mood and what is in the fridge. I don’t make pizza a garbage dump for leftovers but some things I create a large portion with the anticipation of using on a pizza later. Meatballs would be a good example.
Bridgett said:To all those people out there saying that the sauce is the key - some of the best authentic pizzas i had in italy were "pizza bianco" (i.e. white pizza - no tomato sauce!)
Caine said:Al contrario, mio amica, the secrect to great pizza is a flavorful sauce!
Many pizza joints have come and gone because, althought their crust was just the right thickness, with just the right crustiness, and just the right internal texture, the sauce was troppo mezzo mezzo, which will not appeal to the true pizza aficionado.
Andy M. said:Pizza is one of those thing that people get passionate about. as this thread attests.
The secret to great pizza is not the crust. It's not the sauce. It's not the cheese or the toppings. The truth is, there is no secret.
If you want a great pizza, you need good quality ingredients, good recipes and some technique to bring it all together. If that technique includes getting a "feel" for the dough, great. If not, measure in grams or ounces and read and use someone else's experience to get it right.
Some folks like a thick crust or a lot of toppings. Some like a thin crust. Some like their sauce sweet while others don't. Some like their pizza cooked on a stone and some like it cooked in a pan.
They are all right. These are opinions about the best pizza, not statements of fact. There are no wrong opinions.
CasperImproved said:I thought dissert pizzas were pretty good (after I tried a few).