Neapolitan Pizza

Pizza Napoletana

Preparation info
  • Two

    round pizzas, each about 12 inches in diameter
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
How to Bake

By Nick Malgieri

Published 1995

  • About

I always linger at pizzerias to watch the pizza maker stretching the dough. The more theatrical toss the dough above their heads or twirl it on a fingertip and generally make the process look a lot more difficult than it is. All that is necessary is to pull and stretch the dough into an evenly thin disk with a slightly thicker half-inch border. The process described below may sound long, but it only takes a minute or two to accomplish.