Professional chef and culinary instructor, Frank Proto, teaches viewers how to make the perfect pizza at home. He emphasizes the importance of a good crust and suggests using low-moisture mozzarella to prevent sogginess. The process involves making a simple tomato sauce and stretching the dough to desired thinness before adding toppings and baking in a hot oven. Proto recommends purchasing dough from a local pizzeria and suggests adding toppings with less moisture to prevent the crust from becoming soggy. Finally, he stresses the importance of using fresh basil and encourages experimentation with topping combinations.
1. The speaker is a professional chef and color instructor.
2. The speaker is demonstrating how to make pizza at home.
3. The speaker recommends buying dough from a local pizzeria.
4. The oven needs to be preheated to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. The dough needs to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature.
6. The speaker makes a tomato sauce with canned crushed peeled tomatoes, basil, garlic, chili flakes, extra virgin olive oil, salt, and black pepper.
7. The speaker uses low moisture mozzarella cheese to avoid making the pizza soggy.
8. Toppings should be cooked beforehand if they have a lot of moisture.
9. The pizza is cooked in the oven for about 20 minutes.
10. The finished pizza has a great crust, bubbles, and a balance of flavors.