There are days when we smell homemade pizza. We prepare it with love, put it in the oven and, while waiting for the oven to chime, we 'pray' to put a delicious piece on the plate that looks like it came straight from an Italian pizzeria. But we get a pizza that tastes like it was heated in a microwave. What did we do wrong?
Prepare a good piece of pizza it's not easy, but here are tips by New York chef Frank Pinello, which is best known for prepare delicious pizzas in the restaurant Best pizza. The secret is in five things, which you should pay attention to if you want get the most delicious pizza.
Dough
It's best to prepare standard pizza size, which you cut into eight slices, he says Pinello.
Sauce
For a while, everyone used San Marzano tomatoes from Italy. Pinello he says yes they try to stay close to the 'pizza culture', so they use Italian tomatoes, but they make American pizza. You can try to prepare white sauce without tomatoes, namely you need ricotta, caramelized onions and sesame seeds. It is especially good if you love cheese, he says Pinello.
Cheese
Good mozzarella will always make pizza better, he says Pinello. He prepares homemade mozzarella, which is difficult to make, but it is easier to "manage" it, because he homemade preparation allows control over salinity and moisture. An important thing to remember about proportions when placing things on pizza, is that they must feel all the flavors, he continues. The sauce and crust are key because you don't want to which of these components predominates. Many pizzerias use too much of cheese, but if you like it, you can always add it, so there is no need to overdo it.
Accessories
Pinello it is a traditionalist, because he likes well-known additions such as pepperoni, mushrooms, sardines... Chefs today decorate pizzas with various ingredients, which he also likes to try, but he prefers to stick to proven ingredients and flavors. A few years ago, spicy honey was popular, which he was not at all interested in, but then it became real to him like it. He seems to be at the moment pineapple the most controversial addition, and he also opened a pizzeria in Miami and it's pineapple pizza best seller.
Experience
Pinello he says he likes that pizza is for young, old, rich, poor. It is accessible to absolutely everyone. But, as he says, it is also important experience. He likes to go to the local pizzeria, where he orders a slice, sits down somewhere on the way, and only spends five dollars in the process. What he loves most about pizza is the simple experience, because it can be eaten anywhere, any way and anytime.
