Step one- The Dough
He makes his pizza dough from scratch. He uses organic bread flour, water, sea salt, fresh cake yeast, sugar and extra virgin olive oil. Let the dough come at room temperature and flour anything that touches the dough. For example your hands and the counter.
Step two- Cheese
He uses two types of mozzarella cheese. He dots the stretched dough with half thumb sized mozzarella pieces then tops the rest with low moisture shredded mozzarella. It's all about the coverage for him.
step three- When to top
Some toppings are best cooked from the start and some are best topped after cooking.
Things to cook with the pizza- thinly sliced asparagus, boiled (crumbled) potatoes, sauteed mushrooms, or fresh baby spinach.
things to top after cooking- chopped chives, paper-thin slices of cured meat, fresh basil leaves, or anchor fillets.
Step four- Sauce
The trick for his red sauce is good tomatoes and sauce. To make white sauce he uses heavy cream add stuff like herbs to it and whip it in the food processor until it's pretty thick.
Step five- pizza stone
The dough requires a hot surface to cook on. Otherwise, it will dry out. The pizza won't be crispy or and delicious.
Step six- Treat it like pasta
Finish your pizza with aged cheese and olive oil.
Step seven- Meat
Use really thin cured meat. They melt a little bit
Step eight- Pickled Chiles
Add fresh pickled chiles to finished pies.
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