The Best Homemade Pizza

Nothing beats a homemade pizza.You can decide what's going into both the crust and the topping.Best of all you can make it as healthy or as decadent as you want.All you need is a simple crust recipe and you're good to go. Sam Sifton, former editor of the New York Times Dining section goes back to his old section( he now handles the national news section of the newspaper)and finds the best homemade pizza recipe.Not surprisingly it's one of the easiest dishes to make yet no one troubles to make it.People tend to order out or buy the frozen kind,Yet why would you with a snap to make recipe.Before you even start,Mr Sifton recommends, is buy a pizza stone.This is a sheet on which the pie is cooked.It costs at most forty dollars for a stainless steel one. You can also get a cheaper one simply by getting 6 inch by 6 inch unglazed quarry tiles at your local building supply store.Just buy six which will work perfectly for a large sized pizza.Another handy device is a pizza peel .This helps in transferring the pie to the oven however you can use your everyday cutting board or baking sheet. Once you have these then it's time to make the dough .It should be pliant and chewy.The flour should be the Italian made graded 00. You should also add water and olive oil, the last for body.It should be lightly kneaded and gently stretched.Don't manhandle it.The sauce should also be made the same way.The best recipe for it is from the famed Brooklyn pizzeria , Roberta's. Drain cannned tomatoes and blend with olive oil and a dash of salt.Finish with basil and big chunks of mozzarella for a Margherita style.There is also a recipe for the Green and White, a cheese pizza with just arugula on top.Also try experimenting ,with such interesting and unusual toppings suc. As tuna, caviar, if you wantvto impress guests, shredded pork, and a variety of differentvtomatoes, from grapecto plum to beefsteak.Baking time for all is just 6 minutes. APizza for lunch or dinner is a treat.Homemade with a tasty crust, even more so.Try this one with whatever topping you want and enjoy it.