American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza

332 Pages·2003·2.5 MB·English

by  Peter Reinhart

© 2003 by Peter Reinhart
Except as otherwise noted, photography © 2003 by Maren Caruso. Shot on location at Pizzetta
211, San Francisco.
Photos on 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6 by Peter Reinhart.
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Publishing Group, a division of Random House Inc., New York.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reinhart, Peter.
American pie : my search for the perfect pizza / Peter Reinhart.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-60774090-2
1. Pizza. 2. Italy—Description and travel. 3. United States—Description and travel. I. Title.
TX770.P58.R45 2003
641.8’248—dc22
2003019597
Book design by Nancy Austin
v3.1

Contents
INTRODUCTION
Part I: The Hunt
Liguria ** Florence ** Rome ** Naples ** New York City ** New
Haven ** San Francisco Bay Area ** Los Angeles ** Sardinia in
Dallas and Croatia in Bellevue ** Providence ** Chicago ** Pizzeria
Bianco ** Philadelphia and Mama’s ** Postscript
Part II: The Recipes
THE FAMILY OF DOUGHS
Napoletana Pizza Dough ** Roman Pizza Dough ** Neo-Neapolitan
Pizza Dough ** New York–Style Pizza Dough ** Pizza Americana
Dough ** Prebaked Freezer Dough ** Sourdough Pizza Dough **
Grilled Pizza Dough ** Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza Dough ** Sardinian
Carta di Musica Dough ** Focaccia Dough ** Focaccia col Formaggio
and Greek Pita Dough
SAUCES AND SPECIALTY TOPPINGS

TOMATO SAUCES
Crushed Tomato Sauce ** All-Purpose Marinara Pizza Sauce

PESTO
Pesto alla Genovese

SPECIALTY TOPPINGS
Balsamic Syrup ** Herb Oil ** Spicy Oil ** Caramelized Garlic
Purée and Whole Cloves and Garlic Oil ** White Sauce ** Smoked
Eggplant Purée ** Sweet-and-Sour Onion Marmalade ** Sautéed
Mushrooms ** Butternut Squash Purée ** Dill and Chive Sauce **
Crab and Cream Cheese Topping ** Tapenade ** Roasted Eggplant,
Tomato, and Lemon Topping
THE PIZZAS

NAPOLETANA-STYLE PIZZAS
Pizza Margherita ** Pizza alla Marinara ** Pizza Quattro Stagioni **
Pizza alla Pugliese ** Pizza con Acciughe ** Pizza Quattro Formaggi **
Pizza Vesuvio ** Pizza con Rucola ** Pizza Rosa al Bianco

FIRST GENERATION NEO-NEAPOLITAN PIZZAS
Sauce and Mutz Pizza ** White Clam Pizza

SECOND GENERATION NEO-NEAPOLITAN PIZZAS
New York–Style Sauce and Cheese Pizza ** New York–Style White
Pizza ** Pepperoni Pizza Americana ** Three Cheese Pizza with
Roasted Eggplant, Tomato, and Lemon

THIRD GENERATION NEO-NEAPOLITAN PIZZAS
Candied Figs, Pecans, Andouille, and Goat Cheese Pizza ** Onion
Marmalade, Walnuts, and Blue Cheese Pizza ** Smoked Eggplant
Pizza ** Cream Cheese and Crab Pizza ** Smoked Salmon, Dill
Sauce, and Onion Pizza ** Folded Greek Salad Pizza
ROMAN-STYLE PIZZA
Pizza alla Romana con Salumi ** Pizza al Taglio, Rosa e Bianca
GRILLED PIZZA
CHICAGO-STYLE DEEP-DISH PIZZA
Classic Deep-Dish Pizza
SARDINIAN CARTA DI MUSICA PIZZA
Pizza alla Pescatora ** Pizza con le Sarde
FOCACCIA
Focaccia alla Genovese ** Potato Rosemary Focaccia ** Focaccia
with Onion Marmalade, Blue Cheese, and Walnuts ** Raisin
Focaccia ** Grape Focaccia ** Focaccia col Formaggio di Recco
PITA
Prasopita
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX