The Pizza Bible: The World's Favorite Pizza Styles, from Neapolitan, Deep-Dish, Wood-Fired, Sicilian, Calzones and Focaccia to New York, New Haven, Detroit, and More
A comprehensive guide to making pizza, covering nine different regional styles--including Neapolitan, Roman, Chicago, and Californian--from 12-time world Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani.
Everyone loves pizza! From fluffy Sicilian pan pizza to classic Neapolitan margherita with authentic charred edges, and from Chicago deep-dish to cracker-thin, the pizza spectrum is wide and wonderful, with something to suit every mood and occasion. And with so many fabulous types of pie, why commit to just one style? The Pizza Bible is a complete master class in making delicious, perfect, pizzeria-style pizza at home, with more than seventy-five recipes covering every style you know and love, as well as those you’ve yet to fall in love with. Pizzaiolo and twelve-time world pizza champion Tony Gemignani shares all his insider secrets for making amazing pizza in home kitchens.
With The Pizza Bible , you’ll learn the ins and outs of starters, making dough, assembly, toppings, and baking, how to rig your home oven to make pizza like the pros, and all the tips and tricks that elevate home pizza-making into a craft.
Oh I can't believe I never wrote a review on this one. I dug this one out over the weekend and read it again cover to cover. You see....I'm a certified pizza junkie. Yes, my husband I recently went to NYC to go on a pizza eating tour. Yes, we hired a designer to put in a pizza oven in our back yard (we changed our mind when we saw the price tag and we live in a snowy environment). And yes, since I met my husband, we have had homemade pizza every single Friday evening. A traditional that we both adore and look forward to. So why now....because our outdoor grill top pizza oven arrived this weekend and we had to break it in. :-)
I have read a lot of books on pizza and the techniques. I grabbed this one when I saw a review for it, getting it blindly really. (I got it for free which is even better.) So many wonderful details on everything from different types of doughs, different sauces, pizzas from different regions, and yes, different types of pizzas and toppings. It can be a bit overwhelming too. A lot of technical information, tips on how the pro's do it. But a wonderful tomb for pizza lovers. It's filled with lots of pictures. Sometimes pictures on how to perform certain techniques. I can't say I have used this one as much as I would have liked. Doughs that seemed a bit overly complicated to me (they really are not, I was just being lazy) Over the years, I have perfected my own dough and sauce. But now with a pizza oven, this brings it to a whole new level. I have already identified a new dough to try and obviously some outrageous pizzas to try in our new oven.
If you are a pizza fan, seriously, grab this book. If you don't make your own pizza, that's ok, it's still a great book to pick up and read. There are some mouthwatering gorgeous photos in here. And good food porn always makes a book. :-)
Having been born in Pennsylvania, and raised in NJ near the NY area, of course it stands to reason that I would LOVE NY style pizza. All my adult life, I tried over and over to make a good NY pizza, and couldn't...until now. I read The Pizza Bible by Tony Gemignani and followed his instructions. AWESOME pizza! I will never make a bad pizza again, thanks to Mr. Gemignani. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for writing this book! If anyone wants to learn to make real pizza, they MUST get this book!
(Full disclosure: I received a free copy of this book for review through Blogging for Books.)
I went vegetarian in 1996, vegan in the mid-aughts, and have been allergic to milk my entire life. And I love pizza! (Yes, vegan pizza exists. And it is glorious!) Whether it's a quick pita or French bread pizza, or a complicated, labor-intensive original gourmet dealio (mac & cheese pizza, anyone?), my husband and I enjoy pizza at least once a week. I have a tumblr dedicated to vegan pizza (along with my other favorite, vegan ice cream), and Vegan Pizza Day is a legit holiday in my house. Some of my coziest childhood memories involve making pizza from scratch with my mom, a routine we revisit every time I return home.
I picked up a copy of Tony Gemignani's The Pizza Bible in hopes of upping my pizza game. While I didn't have any illusions that the recipes would be vegan-friendly (although, in a book dubbed the Bible, I don't think it's altogether unreasonable to expect the author to at least mention alternative pizzas, whether they be vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, or raw; "Bible" implies exhaustivity, no?), I thought that perhaps some of the dough recipes might be accidentally vegan. I'm happy to report that I was not disappointed on this front!
The Pizza Bible contains thirteen dough recipes, all of them either accidentally vegan or easily veganized: Master Dough; Chicago Deep Dish Dough; Chicago Stuffed Dough; Multigrain Dough; Sprouted Wheat Dough; Cracker Thin Dough; Sicilian Dough; Romana Dough; Napoletana Dough; Organic Dough; Einkorn Dough; Khorasan Dough; and Dough for Grilling. Apparently Gemignani and I belong to the same school of thought re: making anything into a pizza, because he also includes recipes for other carby potential pizza bases, like focaccia, ciabatta, and focaccina.
This isn't the sort of cookbook you can just jump into, on a weeknight or when pressed for time, and expect wild and immediate success. I rarely read the introductory materials in a cookbook, but "The Master Class" chapter is a must. Nearly all of the dough recipes require a starter, which must be made a day in advance; factor in another day for the dough itself, and a pizza dinner quickly becomes a weekend project. Gemignani includes variations for the Master and Sicilian Doughs that don't include a starter, but even these doughs must sit for a full day before use. Once you get the hang of it, it's not so bad; but these pizzas do require some planning and foresight. (Unless you make the dough ahead of time and freeze it - and yes, Gemignani offers tips for this too!)
As far as ingredients go, the doughs almost all contain diastatic malt, which I had trouble finding in a brick and mortar store and eventually ordered online. It's 1000% worth it, though - diastatic malt promotes a strong rise and results in a lovely brown crust with a slightly sweet taste. Furthermore, each recipes requires a specific flour, usually with a given protein content; Gemignani frequently includes recommended brands/products, so you know what to shop for. The "alternative" crusts - most notably Einkorn and Khorasan - require specialty flours that you may have to order online.
The required equipment is a little trickier. While many of these pizzas can be made in a regular old home oven, some are intended for use on a grill or in a wood-fired oven.
So far we've experimented with the Master Dough, With and Without the Starter. The results were rather astounding: the Master Dough Without the Starter resulted in a crust that was airier, fluffier, and lighter than our usual go-to crust. Additionally, the diastatic malt lent it a rich, layered taste.
The Master Dough With the Starter kind of threw us for a loop; while it was every bit as light and airy as the Master Dough Without the Starter, it resulted in a pizza that was surprisingly thin.
Of course, this might have been a one-time anomaly. Baked goods are nothing if not temperamental, and pizza dough is no exception. I wish I had more time to play around with this cookbook before writing a review - but I'm already two months into my three-month deadline, and I'm afraid another month (during the holidays, no less) won't make a huge difference. I can only eat so much pizza, no matter how hard I try!
While it's true that I primarily requested The Pizza Bible for the dough recipes, Gemignani goes well beyond the dough, looking at various styles of pizza 'round the world: Regional American, Chicago, Sicilian, California Style, Napoletana, Regional Italian, Global (Barcelona, Muchen, Dubliner, Parisian, and Greco), Grilled, and Wrapped and Rolled. Some of these recipes are easily veganizable, while I may use others as a jumping-off point for creating my own vegan versions.
That said, some of the pictures (of which there are many) are likely to turn off fellow ethical vegans; the New Haven with Clams, which strongly resembles a clam graveyard, is especially gross. (Even younger, meat-eating me would have been repulsed, so.) And the recipes for meats, including sausages and casings, are particularly useless for vegans and vegetarians. But if you can overlook the animal parts and excretions, the crust recipes are worth a try.
Klar, wer nicht? 😉 Ich liebe Pizza in sämtlichen Formen und mit vielfältigen Belägen. Für jeden Geschmack haben wir unterschiedliche Stamm-Italiener, die wir besuchen, aber wir backen auch sehr gerne zuhause selbst Pizza – und das schon seit Jahren.
Ich weiß nicht, ob die Affinität und Vorliebe für Pizza aus unserer Liebe für italienisches Essen resultiert oder ob wir einfach eine Vorliebe für „simples“ Essen haben.
Simpel mit Absicht in „“. Denn ehrlich gesagt, ist gute Pizza alles andere als simpel. Viele kaufen vielleicht den Fertigteig aus der Kühlabteilung und backen damit zuhause Pizza – schmeckt okay, aber selbst gemachter Teig ist so viel besser! Dass man aber auch zuhause noch mehr aus den Backzutaten rausholen kann, das konnte ich dank der „Pizza-Bibel – Von der Kunst, perfekte Pizza zu backen“ von Tony Gemignani erfahren.
Ich hatte das Glück, dass mir Lovelybooks bzw. der Ulmer Verlag im Rahmen einer Leserunde ein Exemplar zur Verfügung gestellt hat.
Die Texte, die Tony zur Einleitung unterschiedlicher Kapitel geschrieben hat, fand ich sehr angenehm zu lesen und sie bieten eine schöne Auflockerung. Er erzählt Geschichten über Kulinarik, die Herkunft und Traditionen von Pizzarezepten und Geschichten von seinen Erfahrungen.
Auch die fachlichen Texte, die Tony am Anfang des Buches und auch zwischendurch geschrieben hat, waren einfach und angenehm zu lesen.
Allerdings habe ich einen Minuspunkt bezüglich der Texte: Die Begriffe
Ich hätte mir in dem Buch definitiv eine Begriffsanpassung gewünscht. Natürlich ist hier zu beachten, dass Tony Amerikaner ist und das Kochbuch dementsprechend übersetzt wurde. Begriffe wie „Poolish“ für den Vorteig oder bestimmte Mehlbezeichnungen sind bei ihm gang und gäbe, während diese Bezeichnungen in Europa, aber speziell im Deutschen eigentlich so nicht vorzufinden sind. Für mich war das etwas unangenehm und vor allem bei Details wie eben Mehlsorten auch sehr unpraktisch.
Fazit zum Schreibstil: Angenehm zu lesen, aber gerne mehr Originalität bzw. Anpassung
Die Gestaltung ist überwiegend einfach in Rot und Weiß gehalten, die meisten Fotos und Bilder sind bis auf einige Ausnahmen in manchen Rezepten größtenteils Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien.
Atmosphärisch passen die Schwarz-Weiß-Bilder sehr gut und auch die farbigen Bilder sehen sehr ansprechend auf. Ich persönlich hätte allerdings gerne mehr Bildmaterial vorgefunden, vor allem bei den Rezepten. Man könnte natürlich argumentieren, dass Pizza immer Pizza ist und sich trotz unterschiedlicher Beläge meist ähnlich sieht, aber für trifft das nicht zu.
Bei Kochbüchern bin ich grundsätzlich der Typ, der gerne viele Bilder und Eindrücke bei Rezepten hat, um Vorstellung und Vorfreude zu bekommen. So eben auch bei diesem Pizza-Backbuch, bei dem mir definitiv zu wenig Bildmaterial vorhanden ist.
Fazit zur Gestaltung: Schöne, atmosphärische Bilder, aber insgesamt zu wenig Bildmaterial für ein Kochbuch.
Fazit zum Teigrezept: Der zeitliche Aufwand hat sich tatsächlich gelohnt. Allerdings sollte man entweder keine Probleme mit langer Vorbereitung für kurze Essenszeit mögen oder den Aufwand erst für größere Mengen auf sich nehmen.
Pizza Margherita ist vom Belag her grundsätzlich nicht wirklich kompliziert. Sie ist mit geringer Zutatenmenge geschmacklich lecker und optisch vertretend für Italien (Rot, weiß und grün für die italienischen Farben).
Um es möglichst „originalgetreu“ zu halten, habe ich mich auch beim Soßenrezept und der Anordnung bzw. Reihenfolge und Menge des Belages an das Rezept gehalten.
Ich für mich persönlich kann eindeutig sagen: Definitiv zählen diese Pizzen zu den besten, die ich je selbst gemacht habe. Optisch wie geschmacklich. Wir waren absolute Fans der Pizzen und jede Pizza schmeckte fantastisch!
Wir haben – wie ihr auf den Bildern teils sehen könnt – mit einem Pizzastein gearbeitet, der innerhalb kürzester Zeit eine knusprige und heiße Pizza entstehen lassen hat. Die Rezepte sind meist auf gut ausgestattete Küchen ausgelegt – Holzofen, Pizzasteine, Pizzaschuber, etc. Tony arbeitet auch mit zwei Pizzasteinen (einen über, einen unter der Pizza), jedoch haben wir nur einen Pizzastein. Ich fand es gut, dass er auch Backzeit und Rezept an normale Backöfen angeglichen hat, allerdings weiß ich nicht, wie die Backzeiten ohne Pizzastein aussähen. Ich schätze, das müsste man dann nach Augenmaß auf dem Blech backen.
Fazit zur finalen Pizza: Seht euch die Fotos an – für uns waren sie perfekt.
Gesamtes Fazit
Die Rezepte bieten eine tolle Inspiration, aber für den spontanen Gebrauch ist das Buch – meiner Meinung nach – eher ungeeignet. Ich bin froh, dass wir schon viel Pizza gebacken haben und auch, dass wir einen Teil der „Ausrüstung“ Zuhause haben – so war für uns das Buch ein Glücksfall. Jedoch werden wir aufgrund des zeitlichen Aufwands vermutlich eher selten explizit danach greifen. Für Familienfeiern oder Geburtstage hingegen kann ich mir die Verwendung und den Aufwand durchaus gut vorstellen, denn qualitativ lohnt es sich definitiv!
Einsteigern oder spontan veranlagten Pizzafans würde ich das Buch allerdings nicht empfehlen.
This book is certainly well named. It has everything you could ever want to know about making all sorts of beautiful and delicious pizzas. And who better to learn from than a world pizza champion, pizza acrobat, and restaurateur, Tony Gemignani.
The book starts with what Tony calls the master class. Pizza is an art form to Tony and he asks that you respect it as such. What follows is a thorough introduction to all things pizza, from ingredients, tools of the trade and techniques. Tony here offers his basic pizza base, which takes 3 days to make. This is not just any old pizza we have come to expect from pizza chains or supermarket factories, but pizza that is lovingly created over longer time periods with the finest ingredients. The book then follows with a huge range of pizza styles with recipes for bases, toppings, accompaniments, as well as recipes for dough-based meals or using leftover dough. Each section has a comprehensive introduction, a range of tips and interesting information, divided by pizza style. History of pizza styles and traditions, as well as personal anecdotes bring life to these sections. Each recipe also has a small introduction, ingredient list and comprehensive set of step-by-step instructions. Tony also introduces the reader to professional tricks and methods. Beautiful photographs compliment the fantastic recipes and technique instructions. This book truly is the ultimate guide to pizza.
The publishers provided a complimentary copy of this book for reviewing purposes.
"The Pizza Bible" is the model for what any cookbook should aspire to be. It is clear, informative, comprehensive, organized, and true to the cuisine. From the delicate Neapolitan to the substantive Chicago deep dish, Toni Gemignani has mastered and sold every major pizza style, and in this volume he spares no effort in trying to communicate what he has learned. Each chapter begins with an introduction to the history and philosophy of a given style, followed by its techniques, ingredients, and variations. Then come a few specific recipes complete with step-by-step instructions and voluptuous photographs. If you want to make pizza in less than an hour, buy a DiGiorno. If you actually want to make pizza, buy this book.
*This book was provided by Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.* This book is awesome! It starts off with a master class and it tells you everything you need and how to make the pizza dough. Then it goes into all of these different kinds of pizza that look absolutely delicious! Whenever I get some free time, I will be making the stuffed pizza. I love the pictures in this book and how everything is explained so well. Definitely earns 5 stars from me! :)
Tony is fantastic. However, the ingredients are very specific. Since cooking is subjective, I think this book should've taught on how to cook pizzas using local ingredients. I had a real hard time finding the right stuff here in India. Ultimately, I had to shift to what is available here with lots of trial and error.
However, the method of Tony is incredible and flavour profiles of his pizzas are amazing!
This author is very particular about ingredients, which makes total sense, but I'm just not the kind of girl that will make pizza dough three days in advance with gourmet flour.
This is not a book you are going to find on the remainder pile at Barnes and Noble. It's consequential and should be around longer than we are. The book will make you think about why things are done when you construct pizza. It will show you why other attempts haven't worked for you. Bread has always been difficult for me and pizza even more so. I was measuring wrong. 3 cups of flour seems pretty straightforward but you don't want to rely on the measuring cup and guess how many air pockets are beneath the top. Weigh everything in grams, even your 9 grams of salt.
And then get the right ingredients. All purpose flour is no good for pizza. The glutton percentage is too low and you'll get tears trying to shape and flatten the dough into pie size. He recommends several high gluten options and you'll find examples at specialty markets or on Amazon. There is another ingredient I have never used or thought of using, malt. I got mine from Bezos.
Did I say his technique is methodical? Yes, it is. I'm not methodical so it was tough on me to create the dough just right only to see it have to sit in the refrigerator for two days to ferment. It was worth it though. It's probably the first quality pizza dough I have created. No, it's the first. I stopped trying to make my own pizza dough several years ago. I'm better now with the Tony technique. Good enough that I could serve pizza to friends now without embarrassment.
And speaking of ingredients, don't skimp. There is nowhere in this vast town to buy Grande Cheese retail, although I'm sure people working in the restaurant business can get it for their pies. I made due with a block of Galbani Mozzarella and it turned out great. Don't buy shredded cheese. The quality is iffy and what they add to it is not made for human consumption. I also cheated on this recipe and used a jar of Mezzetta Pizza Sauce. I'm going to be good and comfortable with other ingredients before I try to outdo professional sauce. The crust is the part I could never get before. That alone changed everything. The book is worth reading just to understand how pizza works and why I was doing it wrong.
These methods are going to take some time and planning yes. But it's fun if you like to accomplish hard tasks. And soon it won't even be difficult although it will always be methodical. You can make much better pizza yourself for the cost of the chain pizzas. And why not. As you get older pizza is more of a treat, so make a ritual without it. There may be other good pizza books. I know I had read a few others in the distant past, but this one changed everything for me. Give it go.
Achtung vor dem Handwerk. So lautet Tony Gemignanis Leitspruch. Er ist ihm heilig. So sehr, dass er ihn sich in die Hände hat tätowieren lassen. Und das möchte er auch uns, den Lesern seines Buches „Die Pizza-Bibel“ unbedingt an die Hand geben. Sein Anliegen ist es, uns so gut in das Handwerk des Pizzamachens einzuweisen, dass wir ebenfalls – wie er – in der Lage sind, eine perfekte Pizza zuzubereiten. Wie das geht, stellt uns Tony Gemignani in einem 35-seitigen Meisterkurs dar. Er beginnt beim Handwerkszeug, geht über zur Warenkunde und endet bei der Teigherstellung und Zubereitung. Am Ende des Kurses weiß man tatsächlich alles, was es über Pizzateig zu wissen gibt.
Nun möchte man aber nicht jeden Tag eine einfache Margherita backen. Um die unterschiedlichsten Pizzatypen und -varianten kennenzulernen, lohnt es sich demnach weiterzublättern. Wir landen zunächst im Pizzaland Amerika. Dort lernen wir die allseits beliebte Pizza mit weder zu dünnem noch zu dickem Boden kennen. Wir belegen sie im beliebten New-Yorker-Style, das heißt zuerst kommt der Käse und dann die Tomatensauce. Auch die Detroit Red Top, Pizza New Jersey und Pizza St. Louis sind mit von der Partie.
Der Pizza im Chicago-Style wird ein seperates Kapitel gewidmet. Wen wundert das, ist dort doch die berühmte Deep-Dish Pizza entstanden. Auch hier verführen viele – sehr reichhaltige – Rezepte zum Nachbacken ein. Auch ein paar Cocktail-Rezepte befinden sich passenderweise in diesem Kapitel.
Nachdem wir diesen Teil passiert haben, landen wir bei der Siciliana. Diese Pizza entstand in den Teilen Amerikas, wo sich besonders viele Auswanderer aus Sizilien niedergelassen haben. Sie hat einen dicken, aber leichten und luftigen Boden. Auch hier finden sich die unterschiedlichsten Kreationen für jeden Geschmack, so zum Beispiel auch die Burratina di Margerita, mit der Tony auf einer internationalen Pizza-Meisterschaft in Lecce den ersten Platz gewann.
Auf die Siciliana folgt die Pizza im California Style. Da Tony Gemignani in Kalifornien geboren wurde, finden wir hier viele verschiedene Rezepte, die ihm ganz besonders nah sind und aus regionalen Zutaten bestehen wie zum Beispiel die Pizza mit Feigen, Mandeln und Monterey Jack.
Wer sich auf ernsthafte Weise mit der Pizza beschäftigt, kommt an der echten neapolitanischen Pizza, die in einem Holzofen gebacken wird, nicht vorbei. „Sie ist der Goldstandard“, schreibt Tony Gemignani. „Ähnlich wie der Champagner für die moussierenden Weine. Und wie der Champagner ist sie geradezu ein Nationalheiligtum.“ Die beiden berühmtesten Variationen sind die Pizza Marinara und die Margherita. „Da Michele, eine der ältesten und bekanntesten Pizzerien Neapels, serviert seit 1870 ausschließlich diese beiden Sorten und bezeichnet alle anderen Beläge als papocchie („verlogene Tricks“).“ Tony Gemignani nahm 2007 am Pizza World Cup in Neapel teil und gewann als erster Amerikaner den ersten Preis in der Kategorie ,Napoletana’. Wie er diese zubereitet, möchte Tony uns natürlich nicht vorenthalten – im Gegenteil, er weist uns auch noch in die Herstellung von Mozzarella an.
Nachdem wir uns an dem Nonplusultra gemessen haben, dürfen wir mit dem Autor des Buches weitere Regionen Italiens bereisen und die jeweiligen Spezialitäten kennenlernen. Nachdem wir auch diese passiert haben, ziehen wir einen größeren Radius und lassen noch einige namhafte europäische Städte wie Barcelona, Athen und Paris unsere Pizza inspirieren.
In den letzten drei Kapiteln zeigt uns Tony Gemignani wie man eine Pizza auf dem Grill backen kann; wie man gefüllte, gerollte und gewickelte Kreationen herstellt; und last but not least wie man eine Focaccina, Ciabatta und eine Blitz-Pizza herstellt.
Der Autor hat mich mit seiner sympathischen Art direkt eingenommen. Allerhöchster Respekt gebührt diesem Mann und seinem Handwerk! Ich habe sehr gerne von ihm gelernt und empfehle „Die Pizza-Bibel“ sehr gerne weiter – sowohl Anfängern im Handwerk „Pizzabacken“ als auch erfahrenen Pizzabäckern.
Es muss nicht immer Tiefkühlpizza sein! Der 13-fache Pizza-Weltmeister Tony Gemignani präsentiert mit „Die Pizza - Bibel: Von der Kunst, perfekte Pizza zu backen“ ein Kochbuch der Extraklasse, in welchem auf 310 Seiten mehr als 75 Rezepte enthalten sind. Erschienen ist das hochwertige Hardcover im Ulmer Verlag. Das Buch wurde aus dem Amerikanischen übersetzt, daher ist die Sicht auf das Sujet eine (italo)amerikanische, dies fand ich als Europäerin besonders spannend. Gemignani liefert einen kleinen kulturgeschichtlichen Überblick der Pizzaherstellung in den USA. Wusstet ihr, dass 1905 die erste US-Pizzeria eröffnet wurde? Er geht auch auf Unterschiede der Esskultur ein – in Italien ist es normal, eine Pizza nebst Besteck serviert zu bekommen, während in Amerika die Pizza vorgeschnitten (portioniert) serviert wird. Das Buch beginnt mit dem Meisterkurs zur perfekten Herstellung, auch das richtige Zubehör spielt eine Rolle. Der Autor schwört auf Pizzasteine, die vielleicht nicht jeder Hobbykoch (m/f) besitzt. Andererseits betont Gemignani, dass eine Küchenmaschine kein Muss ist. Ob Margherita oder Pizza Seafood – es gibt keine Pizzavariante, die im Buch nicht enthalten ist. Klassisch, exotisch, gerollt oder gewickelt – es bleiben keine Wünsche offen, es gibt auch Rezepte für Focaccia und sogar Cocktails können nach Tonys Anleitung gemixt werden! Ein Rezept für glutenfreien Teig ist jedoch nicht enthalten, und man sollte unter anderem Backmalz parat halten und diverse Mehlsorten kaufen, außerdem genügend Zeit einplanen, im Schnellverfahren lässt sich kein guter Teig zaubern. „Achtung vor dem Handwerk“ ist für Tony Gemignani eine Selbstverständlichkeit. Daher erklärt er alles bis ins kleinste Detail. Allerlei Tipps und Tricks sind in der „Pizza-Bibel“ enthalten, man kann sogar „Holzofenpizza“ aus dem Küchenofen backen, und es gibt Vorschläge zur cleveren Verwertung von Resten. Dies gefiel mir besonders gut. Die Gliederung des Buches ist äußerst gelungen, die Fotos sind ansprechend und appetitanregend!
If you want to up your pizza game this book is a must in your library. The 2 steel option in the bake is genius. The recipes are on game and if you follow his instructions you will excel.
My oven can be set to 550 convect bake and I set the steel to about 8" below the broiler units. I preheat 1hr then set to broil for 15min; bake 1 1/2 min, turn 180 degrees then bake an additional 1 1/2 min; then, as I don't have a second steel but I do have fire place brick that I position in the bottom third of the oven I finish the pie on the tiles. It generally takes less than 2 min - keep an eye. Amazing results. Thank you Mr. Gemignani for your wonderful pizza tome.
I grew up in New Haven and am pizza snob enjoying Pepe's Pizza when ever I get home; so, I am so excited to try your New Haven Clam pie!!!
(one addenda, for those that use rapid rise yeast: 9g active dry yeast = 7g rapid rise; use the rapid rise with your dry ingredients and with the proofing water simply add that to your water in the recipe; it's almost 1:1 but this is a better equivalent.)
Nice book, lots of recipes worth trying and covers a diversity of pizza types and cooking methods. Only criticism is that the hyperlinks are so dense, it's an easy book to lose your place in because a single touch can take you too quickly to another ( earlier or later) section. But a great book to dip into and it covers not just pizzas but wood fired oven cooking and the side recipes are as interesting as the main items. I am looking forward to making the Italian sausage recipes because that's something I miss from my USA stays and British sausage is not the same thing at all. Worth a read and a great reference
Okay, I admit it. I enjoy making pizza at home and I hate every single chain pizza I've ever had. Using this guy's method to make pizza dough, I can knock out a pizza as good as I remember from my youth in Connecticut where there were genuine Italian pizzerias in every city. I can also knock out a Sicilian style pizza that'll feed a family of 6 for 2 days. Some of the recipes are off-the-wall and I don't need to know how to make a sandwich, but the pizza dough recipe is worth the price of this book 10 times over.
I liked this book. I like that it has a guide to get started, tools needed, etc. With the most basic dough recipe (master dough) it also has detailed instructions for how to make the dough, and the technique needed to shape the dough balls and finally how to flatten the ball into a pizza shape. It covers many different kinds of pizza and bread which I found inspiring once I had covered the basics. The only downside is that the suggested topping is usually pretty complex, I can rarely find the ingredients in my local supermarket.
As a new owner of a Pizza Oven, this book was recommended on various social media sites. An excellent purchase and it is written in a superb format, ensuring that you understand the basics before experimenting with different styles from a mix of countries. If you want to break away from the Jamie Oliver recipes (although these are brilliant too), I suggest that you purchase your own copy and enjoy the honest review of the equipment you really need, and not just the expensive, over hyped gear.
I’ve tried a lot of pizza recipes in the past, and the one that is the most consistent and flavorful is Tony’s. I don’t even need the rest of the recipes in the book. There’s enough of a story and theory for you to understand why certain steps matter (the cold bulk ferment, how to shape , how to get off the paddle…). I use King Arthur flour high gluten flour as the base for mine and they turn out simply beautiful.
Tony is an award winning pizzaiolo with multiple restaurants showing that he is a master of the pizza craft. The book is full of recipes and photos. More importantly, he explains why certain ingredients and techniques make the pizza better. He has also adjusted most of the recipes to work in home ovens (always an issue with homemade pizza).
While I respect Toni's dedication, I love how he have expressed his passion toward pizza and on plentiful food of Italian Cuisine, this indeed is the PIZZA BIBLE ! His ways are simple and subtle and easy to follow. i am already making pizza at home but this enlightened me ! Thank you Toni ! Bravo !
Fantastic book for those who want to specialize in pizza making from all the regions in America to Italy and beyond. Straightforward, practical, and easy to follow, this is definitely a cookbook for those who have time to prepare starters and patience to wait 48-72 hours to make their pizzas. I really like the master class at the beginning of the book--super helpful!
A lovely compendium on all things pizza but geared toward serious pizza aficionados. The layout and photos are aesthetically pleasing yet be forewarned, viewing will leave you hungering for a slice. The master class at the start of the book prepares you for the well written recipes that follow. If you are expecting quick and easy pizza recipes, this is not that book.
This booked transformed me from someone pretending to make pizza into someone who makes really good pizza. I've been teaching my 14 year old son to make the dough and once he gets that down I'll move on to the other ingrediants then to making an excellent pie.
We eat pizza all the time but rarely go behind the scenes into classic and neo pizza science and tradition. This book is literally a pizza course, a how to, for a wide array of regional pizzas. I learned a lot.
I'm a pizza lover from eating it to making it. I had my own place for 7 years and miss it dearly. I would have loved to have this back then to experiment.
Great book on pizza and its different styles. The only thing that I'm bothered with is that there's no non-US edition where the quantities would be *metric only* (much easier to weigh 500g of flour rather than 1lbs [453g]).
I'm sure the pizza turns out amazing but 3 days for a pizza is a lot of planning and tracking. There is also quite a bit of equipment and specialty ingredients called for. These recipes would probably only be practical for special occasions.
Gemignani is very opinionated about his dough procedures, but, this might lead to better results. I've learned over time that longer fermentation times for doughs yields more flavorful pizza. I haven't tried the recipes from this book yet, but I noted a few that piqued my curiousity.