If you’ve tried making pizza at home, odds are good that you’ve turned out some pretty mediocre pies. Not disgusting pizza…just very meh pizza.
To make great pizza, you need
To make great pizza, you need
– a 500°+ oven – a thoroughly preheated pizza stone – King Arthur bread flour – a block of semi-soft mozzarella cheese – a good sauce
You need a hot, hot, hot oven for good pizza. 350°F is not going to cut it; your pizza will be pale and flabby.
Your oven is not hot enough.
Your oven is not hot enough.
Your pizza stone needs to be piping hot by the time your pizza dough hits it.
You didn’t preheat your pizza stone.
You didn’t preheat your pizza stone.
You’re using the wrong flour.
You’re using the wrong flour.
King Arthur bread flour is 100% the way to go for pizza dough. This flour seriously improves the flavor and the texture of the finished pizza crust.
Pizza is pretty minimalist when you get down to it, and as with any such dish, the quality of the ingredients really matters.
You’re using the wrong cheese.
You’re using the wrong cheese.
