You will learn how to make an authentic Neapolitan pizza by a Neapolitan pizza chef. I will show you how to make the dough, the secrets for a perfect raising and fermentation with yeast or sourdough, how to stretch a pizza base by hand, how to select best toppings and how to cook pizza in 100 seconds in a regular home oven!
In this lecture I quickly go through the history of pizza, the origin of margherita and marinara pizzas
In this lecture I go through the pizza recipe. Different recipes provided, depending on the available time (24hrs or 12 hours) and the room temperature. Quantities are shown in both grams and ounces
In this lecture I go through the magic of yeast, the most fundamental elements of the recipe
In this lecture I go through different flour categories, each of them to be used in different context (e. g. short vs long fermentation)
In this lecture I go though the dough making, step by step, real time, until the first 20 minutes rest.
In this lecture I go though the dough making, step by step, real time, until the 10 minutes rest.
In this lecture I go though the dough making, step by step, real time, until the final 5 minutes rest.
In this lecture I go through the ball making and I explain how to correctly separate the dough and how to make the pizza balls
In this quick lecture I show how the pizza balls look like after 24 hours. They have to look flat since the low quantity of yeast used
In this lecture I introduce the toppings and how to balance them
In this lecture I show how to make a tomato passata with few simple tools
In this lecture I show how to manage and chop mozzarella properly
In this lecture I show how to manage a basil plant
In this lecture I show the importance of grated cheese: Parmesan or alternatively Grana Padano
In this lecture I quickly talk about olive oil
In this lecture I go through the famous Combo Technique, the method I created to cook a pizza by using a frying pan and a regular home oven.
In this lecture I show how to make a margherita pizza and cooking it by keeping the oven door closed
In this lecture I show how to make a margherita pizza and cooking it by keeping the oven door opened and highlighting the differences with the previous way
In this lecture I show how to make a marinara pizza and cooking it by keeping the oven door closed
