Making your own pizza is one of the ultimate cooking experiences. No matter how misshapen, over-sauced or charred it comes out, it will always be in a different league to what you can pick up from a takeout pizza chain.
Why? Your hands have been in the dough. They’ve stretched it, torn it, and reworked it. They’ve spread the sauce, torn the mozzarella, and they slid it all into the oven. It almost doesn’t matter how it comes out!
There are, however, a few simple secrets that will help you turn your humble homemade pizza into something that’ll make your guests gasp, and Jamie’s chef director across his specialist restaurants, Steve Pooley, is here to spill the beans. He’s worked at Jamie’s Fifteen, opened and headed up both Union Jacks and Barbecoa, as well as numerous Jamie’s Italian sites. We invited him into the office to take us through the process behind the perfect homemade pizza.
Combine these tips with Jamie’s basic pizza recipe and what you pull out of the oven will be perfect every time.