Pizza sauce is an element that acts as a complement, an enhancer if you will, to the rest of a pie's ingredients. The ideal pizza sauce has substantial flavor yet doesn’t overpower the rest of the ingredients on a pizza. Purists insist simple is best, using only the best tomatoes, a pinch of salt, and maybe some fresh basil. Others say the best sauce starts by simmering onions with herbs and needs hours to cook down on the kitchen stove. In this blog we’ll take a look at the different types of pizza sauce and how to prepare one.
Winter is here, and in California we’ve already been seeing signs of the massive El Niño that’s coming our way. Winds are whipping, the temperatures have dropped and pounding rain is on its way. In spite of all this rough weather some of us still have pizza cravings that just won’t quit. Winter brings us a new selection of delicious seasonal vegetables to put on pizza, so we’ve brought you two new recipes to welcome it. Since a piping hot pizza can really hit the spot in this chilly season, these recipes are perfect for a cold winter’s night.
It’s true: pizzas do bear some resemblance to pies. It makes sense that "pie" became another slang word for a pizza. But what about creating a true “pizza pie”? I’m talking about going all out and putting another piece of dough on top of the toppings! Can it be done? It can, and let me tell you it tastes delicious. A double decker of flavor, this behemoth puts an interesting spin on a classic, and also makes enough food to feed a small army. Let’s take a look at a how to make a stuffed pizza.
Where did all the garlic knots go? So many of us grew up on these delicious treats, but unfortunately they're pretty hard to find these days. Are they hiding somewhere, conspiring to take down pizza? No matter why they started to fade, we're determined to bring them back! To make the process even more convenient, you can cook them in the Pizzeria Pronto so you can take them on the road wherever you go!
It may be hard to believe, but it’s already spring time again! It's time for another round of tasty spring pizza ideas to test out in your home kitchen. Here at the Pizzacraft headquarters, we've been busy testing and tasting and we've got two new pizza recipes to prove it. We based these recipes around a few seasonal ingredients: pears, spinach, artichokes, and mushrooms. Grab your best dough recipe, your favorite sauce, a little bit of cheese and we’ll meet you in the kitchen!
Ever since its appearance, the cheese stuffed crust has been overwhelmingly popular – and for good reason. You remember it like it was yesterday, you were watching your favorite TV show and next thing you knew a delicious looking pizza appeared on screen. A slice was cut and pulled from the pie only to reveal a secret cache of perfectly melted glistening cheese spilling from the crust. Next thing you knew you were drooling on the remote control and your stomach was rumbling louder than a freight train. You knew at that point there was only one possible outcome: you had to have one! Normally, this is where you’d pick up the phone and order, but today we’re going to do the cheese crust justice and show you how to make it yourself.
Some pizza purists will tell you there’s only one way to do pizza dough: make it yourself. Others argue it’s an art best left to the professionals and that you’re better off just buying it. Whatever your skill level or culinary opinion, it certainly can’t hurt to throw out another recipe to help keep your crust skills crispy. Maybe you’ve tried whole wheat or an herb infused dough recipe, but you haven’t lived until you’ve tried sourdough pizza crust. Making sourdough is a bit different than making traditional pizza dough, so we're going to break down the process for you, step by step.
