Homemade pizza

Step 10 Bake your pizza

It's time to bake your pizza. Put the stone back in the oven. It should take about ten minutes. The cheese will start to bubble. It will be fine as long as it doesn't start to burn. If it burns too quickly try a lower rack next time.

Keep an eye on the crust. When it gets brown, its ready to take out. You can also take a peek under the pizza to see how the bottom looks. All ovens are different, so you can play around with cooking times.

Take your pizza out of the oven with the pizza peel. If you don't have one, you can usually slide the pizza out if the crust isn't too soft. I like my crust to be crispy on the bottom.

Let the pizza cool.

Remember: Hot cheese + Roof of mouth = Ouch

Comments

[taz2020]

There goes new york people saying its the best, newport is haha jk there both good and i love new york pizza its the best

[Shiftlock]

Try giving the cheese a generous drizzle of olive oil before baking.  I'm from Brooklyn, and I can tell you from working in many pizza places as a teenager that this is something all the good ones do.  It changes the flavor, and makes it "right".  My uncle, who was known for good pizza, used to call this a "necessity". The pre-bake olive oil drizzle is what causes the oil to drip off of the back fold of real piece of NY pizza when you fold it over to eat (which, of course, is the proper way to eat a piece of NY pizza). 

[gypsygina]

Thanks so much for the olive oil hint!  When I read it, I knew that is the exact ingredient that I have been missing in my homemade pizza all these years!  I was born and raised on Long Island but moved to the southwest about 25 years ago.  I am telling you folks, there is nothing, absolutely nothing like New York pizza and I have been trying to recreate it all these years.  The bagels too, New York bagels are just so much better than any I have bought and even better than the ones I tried to make.  I love you and miss you NEW YORK:)