Secrets of Pizza
Guides
Short technical pages on dough, ingredients, the home oven and starting small. Read the method first. Buy the full system when you want every ratio and photo.
Ingredients
Neapolitan Pizza Ingredients
Flour, water, salt, yeast, tomatoes, cheese and oil — what to buy and what to avoid.
9 min readRead guide
Dough
How to Make Neapolitan Pizza Dough
Step-by-step mixing, fermentation, balling and the cues that tell you the dough is ready.
12 min readRead guide
Style
What Is Neapolitan Pizza?
The real definition, official rules, and how it differs from other pizza styles.
8 min readRead guide
Home oven
Neapolitan Pizza in a Home Oven
Steel, stone, broiler and dough adjustments when you do not have 450°C.
10 min readRead guide
Business
How to Start a Pizza Business
Format, costs, food margin, equipment and a launch sequence for beginners.
12 min readRead guide
Dough
Biga Pizza Dough
What biga is, the 16–24 hour window, biga vs poolish and the cues that it is ready.
9 min readRead guide
Ingredients
00 Flour for Pizza
What 00 means, the protein to look for and how it compares with bread and all-purpose flour.
8 min readRead guide
Dough
Pizza Dough Hydration
60%, 65% and 70% in plain language, and how to adjust water for your oven.
8 min readRead guide
Dough
Cold Ferment Pizza Dough
24, 48 or 72 hours, when to ball and the signs of ready vs overfermented dough.
8 min readRead guide
Home oven
Pizza Steel vs Stone
Steel, stone and broiler compared, with preheat, launch and dough adjustments.
8 min readRead guide
Business
Pizza Pop-Up Costs
Format, cost buckets, food margin and a first-week launch sequence.
9 min readRead guide
Recipe
Authentic Margherita Pizza
Fior di latte, San Marzano, basil — plus dough and bake cues.
8 min readRead guide
Recipe
Marinara Pizza Napoletana
The classic tomato, garlic and oregano pizza and a modern take on it.
7 min readRead guide
FAQ
Neapolitan Pizza FAQ
Quick answers on dough, ovens, business and how the eBook works.
4 min readRead guide
Technique
How to Stretch Pizza Dough
The fingertip press, the gravity stretch and the fixes for dough that tears or springs back.
7 min readRead guide
Tool
Pizza Dough Calculator
Exact grams of flour, water, salt and yeast for your batch — with the biga split worked out.
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