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How to Make Pizza

How to Make Pizza

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  • howieneon Flag

    Is it really that easy?
    Hi Ruth! I hope that you will read this comment. Well.. my wife thinks I have offically lost it. The only thing I know how to make is RESERVATIONS! Believe it or not, I am actually going to try to make this pizza. When I came home from the grocery story the other day I exclaimed that I bought something for my wife. It actully was for me... a packet of yeast! How funny! Anyhow, I am going to try this perhaps today. I also am actually going to one of the Bed, Bath and other stuff plac howieneon

  • howieneon Flag

    Is it really that easy? Cont'd
    places to pick up my first pizza stone and peel. How fun! Anyhow.. Wish me luck! Howie Cohen, aka The King of Neon www.justneon.com

  • pizzatherapy Flag

    Fantastic Pizza!
    Hey Ruth, on behalf of pizza lovers everywhere, I want to thank you for your great pizza videos. You give simple step by step instructions which are very clear. These pizza recipe is easy to replicate in any home kitchen. The "well" technique is one I have used to make pasta dough but not pizza dough. It works great. Please keep on spreading the word about pizza. Hey can I get a slice? pizza on earth, albert grande pizzatherapy.com

  • Ruth Gresser

    Pizzeria Paradiso Georgetown

    www.eatyourpizza.com  
     

    Owner and chef Ruth Gresser grew up cooking with her mother, who owned a catering business in Baltimore, Md. Ms. Gresser cooked her way through Grinnell College in Iowa before moving to San Francisco, where she cooked for several years at Friends a Cafe and at Le Trou Robert. In 1987, she graduated summa cum laude from Madeleine Kamman's Classical and Modern French Cooking School in Glen, NH. She then moved to Washington, DC, where she has helped open four popular restaurants: Pizzeria Paradiso Dupont Circle, Pizzeria Paradiso Georgetown, Blue Plate and Obelisk. Ms. Gresser has been the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions, including the Women's Chefs and Restaurateurs Madeleine Kamman Scholarship and a guest chef appearance at Alice Waters' renowned Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA. She has also been profiled in The Washington Post Magazine, The Washington Business Journal and by Georgetown University Television. Ms. Gresser has been a chef demonstrator, contributor and panelist for The Smithsonian Institution and for FreshFarm Markets in Washington, DC. She is a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier and Women Chefs and Restaurateurs.

  • How to Make Pizza

    This video series will show how to make pizza. Appropriate for both beginning and experienced cooks, this video includes detailed step by step instruction of the pizza making process from flour to finished. Ruth Gresser, owner and chef of Pizzeria Paradiso, will teach you to make pizza as she discusses all aspects of pizza making including the dough, sauce and toppings. Ruth demonstrates both white and whole wheat flour pizza crusts, as well as how to make dough by hand or using an electric mixer. Two tomato sauce recipes are demonstrated, and a variety of toppings and finished pizzas are demonstrated or discussed. Learn also how to shape your pizza crust by tossing the dough in the air like a professional.

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    Hi, I am Ruth Gresser from Pizzeria Paradiso in Washington D.C. Here at Pizzeria Paradiso we make Neapolitan-style pizza in a wood burning oven. We have become known over the years for making the best pizza in Washington D.C. and some say the best pizza this side of Naples.

    Today I am going to teach you to make pizza. For me, the most important thing about pizza is its crust. I like to think of pizza basically as bread, a flat bread, and you put other foods on top of the bread to garnish the bread and then its cooked together, but the crust should always come through. I think pizza is just a great food. It combines starch, protein and vegetables altogether, so its a meal in itself. The best part about pizza is you can pick it up and eat it with your fingers.

    So, today since the pizza crust is so important to me, I'm going to actually make two kinds of crusts for you; a white crust and a whole wheat crust. I'm going to make a couple of tomato sauces for you, and also put a few pies together so you will have a large array of different kinds of pizza to choose from. In order to this, on the simple side, all you will need is a pan, a knife, a pizza peel, a dough cutter, a stainless steel bowl, and a cutting board. So, let's get started, the first thing we will make is the pizza dough by hand.

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