Pizza

Pizza

A popular dish of Italian origin made from flattened bread dough baked with a topping mixture of tomato sauce, cheese, and other toppings such as meat and vegetables.

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Every pizza oven has a number of pieces that can be constructed using arches, including the dome itself, which is a circular, arched vault, the opening into the oven chamber, which can use either a ...

cracker style pizza

Food (other); Pizza

A pizza crust made with under-mixed dough so bits of flour are still visible. The dough is fermented for several hours and Pizza Hut were famed for cracker crust pizzas in the 1950s.

concrete

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Concrete can be used for the stand and hearth, and possibly the trim and finish, but should never be used in any core oven components, including the Vent -- which gets too hot for standard concrete. ...

oven firing

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The fire inside the oven chamber that heats the refractory material that comprises the oven.

pan style pizza

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The pan used to cook this pizza has oil in it which fries the base of the crust, making it crispy and the dough is allowed to rise in the pan before baking, making it thick and deep.

pepperoni

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Pepperoni, which is a descendant of spicy Italian salamis, is the most commonly requested pizza topping in the United States and appears on one in three pizzas.

marinara

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Also called Napoletana, this is another classic Neapolitan pizza with tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and oregano but no cheese. Anchovies often feature on marinara pizzas.