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6 HD Video Lessons
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Peter Reinhart
A baking instructor at Johnson & Wales University and TED Talks speaker, Peter is also the author of five bread baking books, including The Bread Baker's Apprentice. View profile »
Perfect Pizza at Home
with Peter Reinhart
Learn how to make pizza in this fresh, flavorful, FREE mini-class with baking guru Peter Reinhart!
Stretch your dough and your imagination as Peter guides you through each step of making a pizza. You'll make pizza sauces, consider cheese options and bake five types of dough in your conventional home oven.
Impress Italian purists with a slice of your Sicilian-style homemade pies, cook creative flavor combinations for more adventurous palates and even provide gluten-free pizza lovers with mouth-watering meals.
Peter, the instructor of Artisan Bread Making, will fill your head with professional pizza-making tips so you can fill your table.
Sign up today for Perfect Pizza at Home to learn the secrets of building and baking “the perfect flavor delivery system”!
What You’ll Learn
- To make five types of pizza dough: Sicilian (pan), country-style, American Neopolitan, Classic Napoletana, and gluten-free
- Four fresh sauce recipes: Tomato, basil pesto, herb oil, and spicy garlic oil
- Sophisticated and simple cheese choices
- Baking decisions that result in golden brown, bubbling crust
What You'll Need:
- A conventional oven
- A baking (pizza) stone or baking sheets
- Plastic bowl scraper
- Metal pastry or bench blade (also called a bencher)
- Pizza peel, wooden and/or metal (both, if possible)
- Pizza knife (roller knife)
- Cheese grater
- Plastic wrap
- Spray oil
- Baking parchment paper
- Cake and sheet pans
- Bread flour and/or all purpose flour, unbleached if possible
- Whole wheat and/or rye flour
- Instant yeast
- Salt
- Sugar or honey
- Cheeses, toppings and dried herbs and spices of your choice
- Canned tomato products
- Olive and/or vegetable oil
Lesson Plan
| 1 | Welcome to Your Free Mini-Class | 0:51 |
| 2 | Introduction | 4:29 |
| 3 | Making the Dough | 17:38 |
| 4 | Sauce & Cheese | 20:06 |
| 5 | Making & Baking Pizzas | 37:20 |
| 6 | Bonus Lesson: Gluten-Free Pizza | 12:12 |
Recent 5 star reviews of this class
Average Review:
Yummmmmm!
This class has made me look at pizza in a whole new light! The instructor is delightful, both informative and makes it look so easy. I can't wait to finish up the class, go out and get the ingredients, and make something wonderful. Thank you, Chef Reinhart, and Craftsy!
Wow! This is an AWESOME class!
I've been making 'good' and 'very good' pizza for years, but this class has taught me to step up my game - and now I'm making 'great' pizza consistently - to rave reviews from the family.
Thanks to Craftsy and to Peter for making this available to everyone as a free class - what a generous gift you have given to pizza lovers everywhere!
Great Class!
Loved it!
Loved it!
I knew nothing about making pizza. I can see it's a fun way to feed the family. Thank you for the easy to follow instructions and all the side tips!
Best Free Class so far!
GREAT class! learned so much. Glad the have the gluten-free lesson; great addition to the course. I watched the whole class in two sitting, not something I've been able to do with some of the other classes; Peter is a great instructor. Love Peter's The Joy of Gluten-free and Sugar-free Baking; so many great recipes.
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