I think the whole thing about what’s ok on a pizza etc started out as a bit of fun but has been taken beyond extreme to being plain moronic now. Completely agree with you, let’s all just enjoy our pizzas, the finest food there is!!!
This video shows how passionate and enlightened Dan Richer is, he answered all those questions lively and enthuastically without condescending any type of styles and weird ideas, and we can see how happy he is when he made those pizza dough although he already doing it for years! great video and great source person choice!
This guy did a really good job of breaking it down, answering in a simple, informative, way without being a snob or condescending. But at the same time respecting the basics, traditions of different styles, ecc. Good information and great delivery.
My Italian uncle once told me that the dough in a pizza is everything. Good dough can save bad topping, but good topping can never save a bad dough on a pizza.
Dan owns Razza in Jersey City! He's just as passionate in person if you decide to pick his brain about the process. Some of the best pizza (and especially dough,) I've ever had. 🍕 🍕
@@Dayvit78 dominos consistency is unmatched so you gotta give them that. Local pizzerias all depend on which day and time of the week you buy. You either get fresh ingredients made by the better pizza maker or you buy on a slow day where the ingredients are a day or 2 old made by the new pizza guy in training.
I don't know mate. My mum made some pretty dreadful pizza when I was growing up. She's a pretty amazing cook, but her pizza was just not. Pizza night was my least favourite night.
If you ever want to know how much cheese is too much, visit the Minnesota/Wisconsin area. It's almost, but not quite, it's own style and "too much cheese" is a typical amount. We also tend to add more spicy pepper in the sauce, in addition to the additional cheese, than a lot of "tavern pies." One of the reasons we cut it in squares or "party cut" is because full slices don't have enough structure to hold up to that much weight.
5:38 A stone can make even frozen pizza better. 16:06 "If you can dream it, it should go on a pizza" This! Every pizza is an experience and should be enjoyed in whatever way you like. Except for with a fork! (I kid, mostly)
I worked at a pizza place for eight years and my boss explain to me like how different flat how the four water ratio works but I learned a lot of new stuff and even sent this video to him. Maybe I’ll post a link to a blog post about that water, flour ratio.
Pizza in italy is the best. Food in general is best in Italy. Every dish they serve is just perfect. Even making food yourself in Italy is better. I even have an Italian chilli-carlic spice on my popcorn rn.
such a positive and encouraging guy. There is no wrong topping or regional pizza. Any pizza oven is fine; then he goes to tell how great his oven is... hahaha...
I actually do use the microwave for pizza reheating, but only to warm it up for a little bit, and then finish it on the pan to crisp it up again. This helps me avoid burning the pizza on the bottom, yet not have it be hot.
I do use it as well, to reheat dough-based thingies (pizza, cinnamon rolls, ...), but I put it always with a small glass of water in microwave. The dough doesn't dry out. Since I found out about it, been using this "method" always. Highly recommend.
Pineapples on pizza is something I just recently started getting as my usual. It goes great with hot red peppers. It balances out the heat perfectly and if you have a crispy slice it’s just amazing all combined
I am convinced that there are two types of people- the ones that just "get it" when it comes to pineapple pizza and the ones who think it is a food crime.
@@RPKD88 I'm sorry your sense of taste can't differentiate between sweet and tart. Pineapple has a culinary history of being served with savory things especially pork for a reason. Even if pineapple was just pure sweet, it's very silly to just say why not this other thing that tastes completely different. Why not oranges? Because oranges don't taste like pineapples. That shouldn't need to be explained.
Just to add onto it, yeah it wasn't named because of where it was made, its called Hawaiian because pork and pineapple is a notable combination in Hawaiian cooking.
If you are going to do the dough recipe show in this video, keep in mind that is going to have a 75% of hydration which is considered a high level and is going to be quite sticky to maneuver if you are not very expirience, also the type of flour should be meant for this task ( in my experience the amount of protein in the flour has to be at leats 13% per 100gr of product, and also the mill has to be super fine) I like high hidration too, you can get a more fluffly and crispy bite out of it, the kind of crispy that is'nt hard to bite
You can find good pizza anywhere in the country, not just new york. The best detroit style i have ever had was in boise idaho of all places. Spitfire pizza was the restaurant.
Love this video! I'm not a huge deep dish fan, but in Chicago, Pequod's is my favorite. The deep dish with caramelized crust is amazing, but we usually got pan with meats, veg and always, always, their giardiniera.
My first "fancy" pizza had Feta (I had absolutely no idea what Feta was at the time) with some spicy sausage chunks. It's still a fun topping IMO, but only as a topping rather than the base cheese.
@@BeTReZeN1 Ok, hear me out. Gyro meat. It's an AMAZING meat topping for a pizza and feta + mozz is so, so good on top. There are basically 3 downsides and a million upsides to my latest relocation and "gyro pizza takeout" is one of the 3. Google "Ansari's Eagan Ali Baba Pizza" If I'm ever in the area again I'll definitely use your black olive suggestion. That sounds so good. Sometimes I just toss kalamata olives and feta chunks in a ramekin as a snack.
I like pizza with lots and lots and lots of ingredients. Usually, Pepperoni, ham, ground beef, green pepper, red peppers, mushrooms x2, olives, and one more meat and vegetable (broccoli or cauliflower) at least (plus the cheese and sauce). This is why pizza needs to be eaten with a knife and fork.
A microwave doesn’t transfer any heatwaves anywhere… it works by sending microwaves through the air at specific frequencies which heat food by specifically exciting the water molecules found within… if the food doesn’t contain water molecules, you don’t get cellular excitation and you don’t have heat… it’s why plastic doesn’t get hot in a microwave by itself… it’s the food in the container that heats up
As someone who works in a roman style pizzeria i never knew about the water tip. Im going to try it tomorrow with my next batch of dough. Tbh it edplains why sometimes (seemingly randomly) the batch turns out bad. But for someone just getting into pizza this might be too complicated to worry about. But for me, this is perfect.
I lined up 5 different tomatoes at my local supermarket and tasted them to see which I like the most. I got kicked out before I could even finish! Thanks for nothing 🙄
1:03 you can't just tell people to cook anchovies in oil for 45 minutes "until they're melted" 😅 i've made big mistakes early on because of vague instructions, and this one may take the cake
I got really good at throwing and spinning the pizza. Only ever did it when I was joking around but if anyone asks you tell them its a vital part of the process
Detroit style looks the best, love love LOVE it when there's crunchy golden cheese, delish 🤤🤤 Also if you want the gold standard and the most incredible pizza, the Mediterranean countries are the best. I've had wood fired pizza in Portugal, Spain and Italy. It is the absolute best pizza I've ever had. My favourite used to be Pepperoni, until I had the absolute banger that is Ham and Mushrooms, and my god I've never looked back. If you want a pizza that is not oily, has flavour that doesn't feel heavy and absolutely crushable in one sitting without much effort, ham and mushroom is the way.
In my area there's a pizzeria that serves "pizza al padellino". It's your usual pizza coming with all kind of toppings, but instead of being baked in an oven it's cooked inside a small pan (the "padellino"), kinda like the Chicago deep pizza. We tried it once, but it turned out to be too greasy for our own taste (they probably used more oil so that the pizza wouldn't stick to the sides of the pan), even the simplest "pizza margherita" was literally dripping oil.
Sounds a lot like detroit style. You really grease the pan up so the dough and cheese on the sides crisps and doesn't stick. It's almost like fried bread with pizza toppings than crust.
How long to we let it sit? Or second rise? I so excited to try making dough this way. Have always found recipes that want you to mix the yeast in water with a bit of sugar let it sit for 5 minutes. Then add the flour. I don’t recommend this method as most of my crusts have been miserable
Actually pepperoni curls mostly because the middle keeps in the contact with moisture in the sauce while the edges, dried with heat and lighter, can rise.
Regarding the question of replicating NY style pizza around the 12 minute mark, it was Frank Sinatra who sang of NY pizza: if I can make it there I can make it anywhere.
"What should never go on a pizza?"
"If you can dream it, it should go on a pizza"
Man just Bob Rossed us
I'm dreaming of ice cream
He actually have made a book titled "The Joy of Pizza", so he actually is the Bob Ross of pizza
Mmm pizza with sand
Those tide pods pizza, going to be famous again.
Soup.
Glad to see someone who isn't a snob about pizza! Just enjoy it how you like and let others do the same, it's not a battle people.
I was thinking the same! Pizza snobs are silly. There's SO many varieties - no one pizza is correct.
Agreed :)
I think the whole thing about what’s ok on a pizza etc started out as a bit of fun but has been taken beyond extreme to being plain moronic now. Completely agree with you, let’s all just enjoy our pizzas, the finest food there is!!!
Scott weiner rn😭🤡
@@MattSwain1 That's why I always roll my eyes at the "Chill out, it's just a joke!" argument. It ALWAYS becomes serious later. A L W A Y S.
I like how enthusiastic he is about the questions and helping people improve their pizza game.
No joke! The whole time, I was like, "I wish I could be this excited about LITERALLY ANYTHING!"
This video shows how passionate and enlightened Dan Richer is, he answered all those questions lively and enthuastically without condescending any type of styles and weird ideas, and we can see how happy he is when he made those pizza dough although he already doing it for years! great video and great source person choice!
This dude is insanely passionate about pizza. Respect.
I thought I loved pizza. This man challenged me to love it more.
he just follows the mob dough.
This guy did a really good job of breaking it down, answering in a simple, informative, way without being a snob or condescending. But at the same time respecting the basics, traditions of different styles, ecc. Good information and great delivery.
It's pizza time
Spider Man Reference
I missed the part where That's my Problem
I'm gonna put some dough in your eye
Pizza pizza 🍕
Hey everyone, he said the thing!
What I like about professionals are their humbleness. This guy is literally a pizza professor!
My Italian uncle once told me that the dough in a pizza is everything. Good dough can save bad topping, but good topping can never save a bad dough on a pizza.
The more pizza information he gave me, the more I understood.
It's sort of a domino's effect.
jajajajajaja
😢 I guess someone was going to do that..... 🙄😉✌️
dont eat dominos if u have access to a good independent local joint that has good dough and tomato pizza sauce!
I love the topic already, even before watching the video. I can’t imagine life without pizza
Life without pizza is not life, it's merely existing.
Try watching the video too.
Asking a pizza chef if he knows how to cook a pizza is the best question ever.
I thought he was going to say no. I am surprised that he knows how.
[challenge accepted]
I wish I loved basically anything in life as much as this guy loves pizza.
With that said, what's the nacho and chicken wing version of this guy? Asking for science.
Dan owns Razza in Jersey City! He's just as passionate in person if you decide to pick his brain about the process. Some of the best pizza (and especially dough,) I've ever had. 🍕 🍕
Pizza is one of those foods that even when it is bad it is still pretty good.
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@@Dayvit78 dominos consistency is unmatched so you gotta give them that. Local pizzerias all depend on which day and time of the week you buy. You either get fresh ingredients made by the better pizza maker or you buy on a slow day where the ingredients are a day or 2 old made by the new pizza guy in training.
Celeste pizzas in the microwave are legitimately bad
I don't know mate. My mum made some pretty dreadful pizza when I was growing up. She's a pretty amazing cook, but her pizza was just not. Pizza night was my least favourite night.
I have unfortunately had some awful pizza. It was a disappointing day.
i watched every minute with no intention of ever making pizza
That smile at 8:30 is everything. You can see how excited he is that someone asked such a basic yet vital question.
This is honestly such a good youtube channel. The videos are insanely high quality, both with the staffed personell and the video editing
Even better is to grow your own tomatoes and basil. There is nothing like literally the freshest ingredients possible on a pizza.
you know the pizza is gonna be good when the Chef uses physics, AND HE DIDN'T IGNORE FRICTION!
His overwhelming insight is totally admirable. I appreciate the chemistry part a lot 😊🎉
This man is a pure madness. He speaks about pizza like a poem. Briliancy
"absolutely don't microwave the pizza" he says as I am eating my microwaved pizza
Always a pleasure to see someone who loves what they do!
If you ever want to know how much cheese is too much, visit the Minnesota/Wisconsin area. It's almost, but not quite, it's own style and "too much cheese" is a typical amount. We also tend to add more spicy pepper in the sauce, in addition to the additional cheese, than a lot of "tavern pies." One of the reasons we cut it in squares or "party cut" is because full slices don't have enough structure to hold up to that much weight.
What I learned is, there is a LOT more science to making a pizza than I ever imagined.
5:38 A stone can make even frozen pizza better.
16:06 "If you can dream it, it should go on a pizza"
This! Every pizza is an experience and should be enjoyed in whatever way you like. Except for with a fork! (I kid, mostly)
Love, passion, knowledge... It shows, he even gave a chemistry lesson to it, never knew you can calculate the optimum water temp for the dough
Crust makes the pizza, 100%. Best sauce or cheese in the world can’t save a poor crust.
That is a HARDCORE fact. The sauce and cheese could be amazing but if the crust taste like cardboard, I don’t want it.
I've yet to have a frozen pizza with crust that is remotely as good as even mediocre pizzeria pizza's crust.
@@jbk2466 try a Giordanos deep dish frozen.
The pizza dough water temperature calculations are mind-blowing. My pizza game is definitely going to level up
I worked at a pizza place for eight years and my boss explain to me like how different flat how the four water ratio works but I learned a lot of new stuff and even sent this video to him. Maybe I’ll post a link to a blog post about that water, flour ratio.
His enthusiasm is contagious
i fell in love with this man, he talks of everything i belive in about pizza in a single video, is just beautiful
Always a great thing when people have the opinion of "enjoy it whatever way you want"
Pizza in italy is the best. Food in general is best in Italy. Every dish they serve is just perfect. Even making food yourself in Italy is better. I even have an Italian chilli-carlic spice on my popcorn rn.
such a positive and encouraging guy. There is no wrong topping or regional pizza.
Any pizza oven is fine; then he goes to tell how great his oven is... hahaha...
I love pizza but this video has made me realize that I can and should love it much, much more.
I actually do use the microwave for pizza reheating, but only to warm it up for a little bit, and then finish it on the pan to crisp it up again. This helps me avoid burning the pizza on the bottom, yet not have it be hot.
I do use it as well, to reheat dough-based thingies (pizza, cinnamon rolls, ...), but I put it always with a small glass of water in microwave. The dough doesn't dry out. Since I found out about it, been using this "method" always. Highly recommend.
Same. I use the microwave on half power 🍕✨
Huh. I never actually thought about cooking the mushrooms I put on my pizza. That must be why my pizza always comes out a little bit soggy.
Pineapples on pizza is something I just recently started getting as my usual. It goes great with hot red peppers. It balances out the heat perfectly and if you have a crispy slice it’s just amazing all combined
Yessir!!
Tomatoes and peppers are fruits therefore all pizzas are fruit pizzas, not just pineapple; Heck blueberry sauce pizzas are valid fruit pizzas as well
I am convinced that there are two types of people- the ones that just "get it" when it comes to pineapple pizza and the ones who think it is a food crime.
It's not a food crime but it makes it sweet which is odd if you want a savouy pizza. Like why not just add oranges as well?
@@RPKD88 I'm sorry your sense of taste can't differentiate between sweet and tart. Pineapple has a culinary history of being served with savory things especially pork for a reason.
Even if pineapple was just pure sweet, it's very silly to just say why not this other thing that tastes completely different. Why not oranges? Because oranges don't taste like pineapples. That shouldn't need to be explained.
I never thoght about pre-cooking mushrooms to remove their moisture before putting them on pizza, thank you!
Just to add onto it, yeah it wasn't named because of where it was made, its called Hawaiian because pork and pineapple is a notable combination in Hawaiian cooking.
If you are going to do the dough recipe show in this video, keep in mind that is going to have a 75% of hydration which is considered a high level and is going to be quite sticky to
maneuver if you are not very expirience, also the type of flour should be meant for this task ( in my experience the amount of protein in the flour has to be at leats 13% per 100gr of product, and also the mill has to be super fine)
I like high hidration too, you can get a more fluffly and crispy bite out of it, the kind of crispy that is'nt hard to bite
This is the best tech support yet. I want to be friends with Dan.
Reuben pizza, honey mustard sauce, corned beef, cooked saurkraute, mix of Swiss and mozza cheese. Yum
Mouthwatering TedTalk. Thank you so much! I'm having pizza today for sure.
10:15 I don't mind microwave reheating but I also cover it (while having a watered papertowel under) to help steam the crust.
There was some genuine gold in there. I had no idea about controlling temperatures of the dough!
You can find good pizza anywhere in the country, not just new york. The best detroit style i have ever had was in boise idaho of all places. Spitfire pizza was the restaurant.
Pepperoni temperature differential is my favourite new obscure consideration.
Love this video! I'm not a huge deep dish fan, but in Chicago, Pequod's is my favorite. The deep dish with caramelized crust is amazing, but we usually got pan with meats, veg and always, always, their giardiniera.
For the New York water thing, there is a difference, it has a lot less chlorine in the water Watch Food Theory and Mat Pat has a whole video about it
caramelization isn't the browning of just anything, it's very specifically about sugars
his detail to pizza is just extraordinary.
I love that you said of New York pizza, essentially, "If I can make it here, I'll make it anywhere."
My first "fancy" pizza had Feta (I had absolutely no idea what Feta was at the time) with some spicy sausage chunks. It's still a fun topping IMO, but only as a topping rather than the base cheese.
Try also mix black olives with cheese layer on top. One of my favourite combinations with feta.
@@BeTReZeN1 Ok, hear me out. Gyro meat.
It's an AMAZING meat topping for a pizza and feta + mozz is so, so good on top. There are basically 3 downsides and a million upsides to my latest relocation and "gyro pizza takeout" is one of the 3. Google "Ansari's Eagan Ali Baba Pizza"
If I'm ever in the area again I'll definitely use your black olive suggestion. That sounds so good. Sometimes I just toss kalamata olives and feta chunks in a ramekin as a snack.
did not realize that's the reason pepperoni curls, fascinating
Whatever curls your pepperoni
My Sim unlocked the outdoor brick pizza oven and she's burning them all!! It's so frustrating!
This is awesome. Just straight up knowledge. Thanks Chef Richer and Wired. Save video to my favorites.
Amazing how passionate he is about pizza
This should have come out on Pi day!
I like pizza with lots and lots and lots of ingredients. Usually, Pepperoni, ham, ground beef, green pepper, red peppers, mushrooms x2, olives, and one more meat and vegetable (broccoli or cauliflower) at least (plus the cheese and sauce). This is why pizza needs to be eaten with a knife and fork.
It's easy to act smart until the real expert pulls out the bostwick consistometer
A microwave doesn’t transfer any heatwaves anywhere… it works by sending microwaves through the air at specific frequencies which heat food by specifically exciting the water molecules found within… if the food doesn’t contain water molecules, you don’t get cellular excitation and you don’t have heat… it’s why plastic doesn’t get hot in a microwave by itself… it’s the food in the container that heats up
Tip for reheating in the microwave - use the cardboard box under it - it absorbs the water that comes out, leaving it fairly (but not perfectly) dry.
As someone who works in a roman style pizzeria i never knew about the water tip. Im going to try it tomorrow with my next batch of dough.
Tbh it edplains why sometimes (seemingly randomly) the batch turns out bad.
But for someone just getting into pizza this might be too complicated to worry about.
But for me, this is perfect.
Air fryer for reheating pizza is the best
I lined up 5 different tomatoes at my local supermarket and tasted them to see which I like the most. I got kicked out before I could even finish! Thanks for nothing 🙄
I could listen to this guy talk about Pizza for hours
We need part 2.
I've never seen someone so passionate about pizza. I love it.
Had Roma pizza once in san fran and it blew my mind. It was SO thin but SO tasty!!
1:03 you can't just tell people to cook anchovies in oil for 45 minutes "until they're melted" 😅
i've made big mistakes early on because of vague instructions, and this one may take the cake
I got really good at throwing and spinning the pizza. Only ever did it when I was joking around but if anyone asks you tell them its a vital part of the process
bro 75% hydration pizza dough is amazing, but i wouldnt recommend such high hydration to anyone who isnt experienced with handling dough.
This is the best pizza video 😀
Detroit style looks the best, love love LOVE it when there's crunchy golden cheese, delish 🤤🤤
Also if you want the gold standard and the most incredible pizza, the Mediterranean countries are the best. I've had wood fired pizza in Portugal, Spain and Italy. It is the absolute best pizza I've ever had.
My favourite used to be Pepperoni, until I had the absolute banger that is Ham and Mushrooms, and my god I've never looked back. If you want a pizza that is not oily, has flavour that doesn't feel heavy and absolutely crushable in one sitting without much effort, ham and mushroom is the way.
This guy is great, would really like to see him do more!
Recent eat the best pizza I've tasted in a very long time. Glad I came across this video 😊
In my area there's a pizzeria that serves "pizza al padellino". It's your usual pizza coming with all kind of toppings, but instead of being baked in an oven it's cooked inside a small pan (the "padellino"), kinda like the Chicago deep pizza. We tried it once, but it turned out to be too greasy for our own taste (they probably used more oil so that the pizza wouldn't stick to the sides of the pan), even the simplest "pizza margherita" was literally dripping oil.
Sounds a lot like detroit style. You really grease the pan up so the dough and cheese on the sides crisps and doesn't stick. It's almost like fried bread with pizza toppings than crust.
How long to we let it sit? Or second rise?
I so excited to try making dough this way. Have always found recipes that want you to mix the yeast in water with a bit of sugar let it sit for 5 minutes. Then add the flour. I don’t recommend this method as most of my crusts have been miserable
This guy is the James Hoffmann of pizza, minus glasses.
I would love to take a cooking class run by him, that was so excellent! 🤓
I had an Elote Pizza and it was AMAZING! Corn is definitely an underrated pizza topping.
I had some local sweet corn on a pizza when I was traveling in Peru and it changed my life.
Him rattling off the math behind the ideal temperature of fermentation really sold me on his authority on pizza
Scamorza (unsmoked) is the best pizza cheese I've found. It melts beautifully and has a nicer flavor than mozzarella imo.
I find it funny when people talk about Chicago or NYC having the best pizza because it just shows they haven't had pizza in Rochester, NY.
🍕 Wow, thanks! Going to try to memorize that pizza formula! 😎✌️
Most underrated topping is artichoke hearts. Sounds weird, but it's pretty good!
The support I didn't know I needed! 😂
Actually pepperoni curls mostly because the middle keeps in the contact with moisture in the sauce while the edges, dried with heat and lighter, can rise.
regular cheese pizza with cinammon sugar ontop is DELICIOUS. invented it as a kid
after watching this video I can say I am now very knowledgeable about pizza. Thank you
His passion really comes through!
Dan!!! Still the best pizza teacher out there.
I appreciate the enthusiasm about yummy pizza
i went to his restaurant and it was literally one of the best pizzas I ever had. so so good!
Regarding the question of replicating NY style pizza around the 12 minute mark, it was Frank Sinatra who sang of NY pizza: if I can make it there I can make it anywhere.
Chicago deep dish!! my fav. I also love NYC style if done right. Here in Boston we have some good pies. I'm hungry!