New York–Style Pizzas

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No Gluten, No Problem Pizza: 75+ Recipes for Every Craving--From Thin Crust to Deep Dish, New York to Naples
No Gluten, No Problem Pizza

By Kelli Bronski and Peter Bronski

Published 2021

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New York City is to American pizza what Naples is to Italian pizza: a historic epicenter. The region’s rich Italian American heritage has given rise to a pizza culture with Italian roots and an American twist.

The classic New York–style thin-crust pizza is big and round, with a firm, chewy crust. It uses a sweet tomato sauce and shredded low-moisture mozzarella cheese. But above all else, it’s defined by the pizza slice. A proper New York pizza allows you to hold and fold a slice in your hand, without that slice fracturing in half like a cracker or drooping like a soggy noodle.