The extremely hot wood fired clay oven can cook a thin pizza in 3 minutes, but the more usual 500° + oven and a stone takes about 7 minutes for a nicely loaded pizza - timing being less critical, the results just as good.
The only relation we have to Italy is that my wife grew up in a semi Italian neighborhood in Philly. She has developed a very good sense of what tastes good together, and we both like lots of flavor. I'm still looking for the recipe, though I think it might be only in her head now. On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 11:58 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Dec 2019 14:03:25 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Actually, the secret to good pizza is in the dough, sauce, and toppings. > > I recall much talk when it was discussed last about an exceedingly hot > oven and stone and very attentive, well-trained operators, with the > difference between an ideal pizza and a burnt mess being a matter of > only seconds. > > > > Good dough (to use anyway) is made from whole grain spelt flour, the > > sauce is my wife's won recipe, though she uses several, and the > > toppings are chopped up finely and mixed together, add thinly sliced > > garlic on top of that, then sprinkle Italian seasoning over the whole > > thing. Oh yes, the mozzarella goes on top of the dough, and the grated > > Parmesan is the last thing added. > > Interesting. Does your family, like Max's, have an Italian cohort? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
