#104 The Lazy Genius Makes Pizza (Part 1)
The only thing that comes close to Change Your Life Chicken in emails and DMs on Instagram is Pizza Fridays. Anytime I post my meal plan for #ItsMealPlanMonday and it says Pizza Friday, I get a ton of DMs asking for my favorite pizza recipe, my favorite pizza stone, my favorite sauce. . .you get the point. Well guys, I’ve done my research, compiled the facts, and now, I’m ready to share everything I know about pizza with you! This week, we’ll talk all things pizza dough. Next week, we’ll talk about sauce and toppings and cooking techniques and everything else.
Helpful Companion Links
First things first, don’t let your pizza (or any of your food related plans) suffer from House Hunters Syndrome.
My favorite book to learn all the pizza things from is The Elements of Pizza by Ken Forkish.
I’ve linked my go to recipes for each dough I mention in this episode here: Neapolitan (crispy and chewy), New York (thicker and more common), Sicilian (thickest, square, and deep dish).
Once you get to the kneading and rolling out phase, you may want to consider using a bench scraper to make clean up a breeze.
But if you only want to add one new thing to your kitchen and you don’t have a digital scale, get yourself a digital scale. It’s really the only way to go when it comes to weighing ingredients like flour.
Grab a copy of my book The Lazy Genius Kitchen or The Lazy Genius Way! (Affiliate links)