[ugotme]

Originally Posted by applesoffh

If you're originally from New York (as we are - Queens) the answer is NO!

HA HA - I was wondering about that!
I am originally from Brooklyn - then Long Island. Not trying to put anyplace down - everyone has their own tastes - but hard to find "MY" kind of pizza down here!

[JoeC1947]

Make your own dough, get a pizza stone and a wooden pizza peel, heat the stone to 450 on your grill, pound out the dough nice and thin and put the dough on the peel with a little corn meal to help it slide off, put a little EVVO on the dough, add your sauce, cheese and any toppings you want and slide it onto the stone. Cook it until bubbly and the crust is crisp, crack open a beer and enjoy.

It takes a knack but with a little persistence you will be rewarded and never buy pizza again! One pie should cost you less than 5 bucks to make.

Tips

If your stone if round place it on your peel and trace it with a sharpie that way then pound out the dough to fit the circle on the peel and it will fit the stone perfectly.

After you put the dough on the peel give the peel a little shake to make sure it slides. DON'T GET ANYTHING WET ON THE PEEL OR THE DOUGH WILL STICK AND YOU'LL HAVE A BIG MESS.

Don't go crazy with the toppings.

Keep the peel as flat as possible when sliding the pizza onto the stone so the toppings don't slide off. To slide the pizza off the peel use a quick back and forth motion.

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by JoeC1947

Make your own dough, get a pizza stone and a wooden pizza peel, heat the stone to 450 on your grill, pound out the dough nice and thin and put the dough on the peel with a little corn meal to help it slide off, put a little EVVO on the dough, add your sauce, cheese and any toppings you want and slide it onto the stone. Cook it until bubbly and the crust is crisp, crack open a beer and enjoy.

It takes a knack but with a little persistence you will be rewarded and never buy pizza again! One pie should cost you less than 5 bucks to make.

Tips

If your stone if round place it on your peel and trace it with a sharpie that way then pound out the dough to fit the circle on the peel and it will fit the stone perfectly.

After you put the dough on the peel give the peel a little shake to make sure it slides. DON'T GET ANYTHING WET ON THE PEEL OR THE DOUGH WILL STICK AND YOU'LL HAVE A BIG MESS.

Don't go crazy with the toppings.

Keep the peel as flat as possible when sliding the pizza onto the stone so the toppings don't slide off. To slide the pizza off the peel use a quick back and forth motion.

I give away my secret technique and no one cares

[eweissenbach]

Originally Posted by JoeC1947

I give away my secret technique and no one cares

Too busy making pizza!

[graciegirl]

What is a peel?

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

What is a peel?

A peel is the giant spatula used to place and remove the pizza from the stone. The classic wooden one is the one I use. I started making pizzas professionally in NY when I was 13yo.

[Skip2MySue]

Originally Posted by ugotme

Forgive me for the title of this thread!
Moved down to Ft. Lauderdale area 7 years ago. Out of roughly 20-25 "pizza" places (most of which say NY style) I have finally found 1 that is good - by my taste obviously.

Are there ANY good pizza places in TV ?

I'm scared to death to even mention a favorite pizza place but did you ever see the TV show that had the dolphin????
Skip 2

[perrjojo]

Originally Posted by JoeC1947

Make your own dough, get a pizza stone and a wooden pizza peel, heat the stone to 450 on your grill, pound out the dough nice and thin and put the dough on the peel with a little corn meal to help it slide off, put a little EVVO on the dough, add your sauce, cheese and any toppings you want and slide it onto the stone. Cook it until bubbly and the crust is crisp, crack open a beer and enjoy.

It takes a knack but with a little persistence you will be rewarded and never buy pizza again! One pie should cost you less than 5 bucks to make.

Tips

If your stone if round place it on your peel and trace it with a sharpie that way then pound out the dough to fit the circle on the peel and it will fit the stone perfectly.

After you put the dough on the peel give the peel a little shake to make sure it slides. DON'T GET ANYTHING WET ON THE PEEL OR THE DOUGH WILL STICK AND YOU'LL HAVE A BIG MESS.

Don't go crazy with the toppings.

Keep the peel as flat as possible when sliding the pizza onto the stone so the toppings don't slide off. To slide the pizza off the peel use a quick back and forth motion.

Publix makes a great crust too....just take it out of the frig and let it rise. My husband actually puts the crust directly on the grill. Oh, and he uses grits instead of corn meal. Guess who is from the South? We don't have a peel but he improvises with a cookie sheet. We need to get you two together and have a great pizza party. Pizza on the grill is the BEST.

had pizza at belleview last nite, thin and crispy---sooooo good. reminds me of the old rays on 6th ave

[JoeC1947]

Originally Posted by perrjojo

Publix makes a great crust too....just take it out of the frig and let it rise. My husband actually puts the crust directly on the grill. Oh, and he uses grits instead of corn meal. Guess who is from the South? We don't have a peel but he improvises with a cookie sheet. We need to get you two together and have a great pizza party. Pizza on the grill is the BEST.

Yes and so does Sweetbay, The cost is $1.99, I can make three for about 1 dollar and it's better. I use my bread machine to make it so that makes it easy. The cookie tray is a good idea.

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

No.

The good ones are back in everyone's home town.

Obviously, the best are in Cincinnati.

Pizza is a highly personal taste, I have found.

I am so homesick for La Rosa's.

A good pizza makes the moon hit your eye, your tummy say howdy and your feet feel like a sock hop.

You are 100% right. Why do people move 1000+ miles and then expect everything to be the same as "back home?" I was born in Pittsburgh (McKeesport Pa.) and have lived in S. Florida for 59 years and have to say after 3 or 4 visits to NY that I'm not impressed with their pizza. The best pizza I ever had was in S. Miami near Coral Gables. Jmho.

[RichieLion]

I was born and raised in Manhattan and I don't think you're going to find a pizza that matches your memory of the slice you received through the little window of your fave pizza joint as you were hanging with your friends. My favorite was on 2nd Ave in Spanish Harlem where I lived. That slice and an ice cold 7oz. bottle of Coke......man oh man.....be careful not to burn the roof of your mouth.

Saying that, if you go to Bravo's Pizza in LSL and make sure they give you a cheese pizza "well done"; you'll be satisfied.

[Shimpy]

Originally Posted by RichieLion

Saying that, if you go to Bravo's Pizza in LSL and make sure they give you a cheese pizza "well done"; you'll be satisfied.

The best test I know of is if the mozzarella cheese stretches way out as you are trying to bite off a piece.