There's nothing quite like a perfectly cooked pizza. It is the ultimate marriage of textures, flavors, economy, and speed: In just a few minutes, with just a few ingredients, you can have a dish that's bursting with flavor and is crunchy, soft, squidgy, and stretchy. Unfortunately, though, if you've ever tried to make one at home, you'll know how difficult it can be.
Suddenly, a dish that on its surface is no more than bread, sauce, and a few toppings becomes boring and flat-tasting. The reason for this is that while pizza might be simple, the art of making it is something that takes years to perfect. While working in a Neapolitan pizza joint for years, I learned first-hand what goes into making incredible pizza.
While some elements of pizza-making might require more specialized ingredients or equipment, a lot of these tips can be incorporated into your homemade pizzas. Ready to make the best 'za of your life? I'm here to lay out exactly how the pros do it. They use the best ingredients possible If you've ever eaten authentically-made pizza, you'll know how dynamite it is — and yet, the best pizzas always seem to be simple.
So how do pizzerias extract so much flavor from such few elements? Well, every ingredient they use is usually the best-quality they can source. You can tell a good pizzeria from a bad one by the ingredients they use, and when they're made with rigorously-sourced, artisan-made items, they're pretty much bursting with flavor and quality. In my experience, .