Perfect Ten-Minute New York Street Pizza

With help, I cracked the New York street pizza code. And I have a recipe that will give you great results with just ten minutes of actual work. I made this video to promote my Citadel Press book, Eat What You Want and Die Like a Man - The World's Unhealthiest Cookbook. I'll talk about it on Nowlive on Sunday, December 16, at 9 Eastern. Here is the URL:

http://www.nowlive.com/member.asp?id=100223443

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[1952kid]

i did it! its very good ,almost as good as brooklyn style thin crust pizza. I substituded the sause with ragu pizza sause and cut in half with water and olive oil, and leaving out the oregeno and garlic ,cause its in the sause already. To my surprise i started to smell real pizza, then i took a peek in the oven ,and it looked like real pizza, then it tasted like real pizzaria pizza, and not that dreaded frozen pizza taste., THanks

[HogOnIce]

You'll find you get better results with Stanislaus sauce. Just add water, garlic powder, oregano, a tiny bit of white vinegar, a splash of light (not green) olive oil, salt, and sugar.

[slashnumberonefan]

Grande cheese is made right by my house in Wisconsin, I can tell you it is NOT the best mozz. Not even close. Look to smaller dairy companies.

[HogOnIce]

It's extremely reliable and will not disappoint. It's very hard to find a cheese that will give a good cheese pizza, so telling people to use Grande is very solid advice. I get fantastic pizza with Costco cheese, so I don't bother with Grande.

[AmyLeesPetWookiee]

@HogOnIce Do you happen to have any advice on obtaining Grande cheese, or other cheeses that pizzerias use? Thanks for the video, gave some useful info - especially the quarry tile.

[HogOnIce]

@AmyLeesPetWookiee Costco cheese gives me much better results, but you can order Grande online from a company called Vern's. Like I said in the video, if you can get whole-milk, low-moisture mozzarella from the deli counter at your local grocery, it will probably work well.

I started making pizza on a big scale in my church's kitchen, and Grande gave me free samples. I refused to switch to it, because Costco cheese tasted so much better and had a better texture.

[logictrigger]

Your crust is way too thick. That looks more like papa johns and dominoes "pizza"

It's a simple fact that people cannot make good pizza using a home oven.

You can try all the tricks like putting it on cleaning cycle for an hour and using s stone but it will still taste like trash.

You must use a wood fired oven or commercial stainless pizza over that can reach 1000 degrees F to get a good result.

Your technique and ingredient selection is spot on. Have you been reading pizzamaking forums?

[Ibringthetruth1]

High gluten flour sold at restuarant supply store is the best flour. Same stuff as chain pizza joints use.

Costco used to sell big bags of it.

[HogOnIce]

I'm sure you're right. Pizza sauce isn't really like pasta sauce. I always say it should be a little more like salad dressing, so your advice makes sense. I have considered making a pizza with mozzarella and Italian dressing and no sauce, but I'm too lazy.

[HogOnIce]

If you keep fooling with it, you'll get a perfect pizza eventually. Add your skill to mine. I'm sure you can improve on it if you're careful.

[1952kid]

remember when pizza had those big burnt bubbles and burnt parts on the crust ? It was like that in the 1960's, and i wondered why pizza didnt taste the same. Well done has a differant taste , my wife said '' this tastes like pizza when we were kids. The bottom has a brownish grey look with a few almost black patches just starting. its amazing how the taste changes. When you would fold the slice to eat it , the bottom crust would split but still hold togeather.