Learn How to Make the Best Homemade Pizza with Gennaro Contaldo | Citalia
Pizza is arguably Italy's most famous dish and can now be found all over the world. We're most familiar with takeaway and even frozen pizza but once you've made your very own pizza from scratch, there really is no going back.
In this video, Italian chef, Gennaro Contaldo shows you how to make homemade pizza at home - don't worry, you don't need a wood oven to follow this recipe. Here you'll learn how to make, knead and shape the dough before topping with delicious Parma ham and fresh rocket for a simple yet delicious meal!
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Ingredients
(makes 2 x large pizzas)
For the dough
500g strong flour
5g salt
10g fresh yeast
325ml lukewarm water
Topping for Margherita
150g tinned chopped tomatoes or tomato passata
Salt & pepper
1 x tablespoons extra virgin olive oil & extra for drizzling
1 x tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
1 x ball mozzarella
A few fresh basil leaves
Topping for Prosciutto & Rocket
Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling
1 x ball mozzarella
1 x tablespoon grated parmesan
4 x slices of Parma ham
Handful of rocket
Juice of ½ lemon
Method
First make the dough. Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm water. Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Gradually add the yeast mixture, mixing well until you obtain a dough. Place dough on a lightly floured work surface and knead for about 10 minutes. Cover with a cloth or cling film and leave to rest in a warm place for at least 30 minutes until the dough has doubled in size.
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees centigrade.
Take the dough, knock it back, then divide into two pieces, cover each with a cloth and leave to rest in a warm place for a further 30 minutes.
Meanwhile prepare the toppings. For the Margherita, place tomatoes or passata in a small bowl, season with salt & pepper and stir in 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. Roughly chop the mozzarella.
Sprinkle some flour onto a clean work surface and with your fingers spread each piece of dough into a roughly round shape with a border, make the dough as thin as you can but be careful not to tear it. Sprinkle some semolina or flour onto 2 large flat baking trays and place the pizza bases on them.
Drizzle a little extra virgin olive oil over each base. On one, spread the tomato mixture evenly over, sprinkle with parmesan, scatter a few basil leaves over and top with mozzarella.
On the other base, arrange mozzarella and parmesan all over, top with Parma ham.
Place both pizzas into the hot oven and bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
In the meantime, toss the rocket in a little extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice.
Remove the pizzas from the oven, top the Parma ham pizza with rocket and serve immediately.
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I trust this man on his cooking skills because of his accent
He’s the only cook Iv’e EVER seen put a little bit of Olive Oil on when they say “Just a little bit”
this dude: "hi lovely people"
I have been baking this pizza for more than 5 years, and all my friends who ate it told me that they had never eaten such good pizza in their life. And I just always tell them, it's not me, I just made the pizza exactly according to a recipe from KZread. And that was exactly this video. Thanks for the recipe Gennaro and I wish you much happiness and health in your life.
This is the type of person you accept missions like in gta
I wish I was as excited about life as this guy is about pizza
It's a combination of his accent, his attitude, the classic pots and bowls he uses, the recipe, the imperfect shape of the pizza, the hand chopped mozzarella, the traditional oven, and some other minor details that make his video the best pizza recipe in the entire wide world :D
Oh man, because of Gennaro I gained 10kg of body weight during Covid19 this year because I cooked so much of his very delicous receipts.
I want to sit with this man in a pizza place and just listen to his stories and eat some good fucking pizza. What a nice guy.
Not gonna lie this ain’t my first time watching this..
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This guy switches between an Italian, British English, and Scottish accent every few seconds lol
Unbuttoned business shirt and gold necklace gave away he is Italian.
i could eat pizza every day for the rest of my life. and even after all that i'd be sorry when i have to die because i couldn't have any more pizza.
This recipe is gold! I've been trying different pizza recipes for years, and this is the first case the outcome was exactly as expected! The only thing I did differently was that I baked it on a pizza grate, at 300 Celsius degrees for 6 minutes. The result was gorgeous!
I credit Gennaro and this video for starting my pizza making journey years ago. Today it's a passion I pursue making pizza every Friday for my family, and it still feels like the first time a made a pie because of this video. Cheers!
he's switching from a British to Italian accent literally every other word
A little tip to everyone:
After eight years of following Gennaro's recipe, I've made some personal changes to my pizza recipe, but the foundation remains the same. My wife refuses to eat any other pizza and over the years, my friends are surprised at the quality of the pizza I've been making. The single biggest improvement was using a pizza oven, one of the best Christmas gifts I've received from my wife. Makes you wonder who the gift was for at times, but nevertheless, I'm grateful for this video. Pizza seems simple to make, but in simplicity there are details you refine over the years and the preparation process itself is my zen moment in the kitchen. Grazie!
For any users of the customary system and/or people with a regular oven instead a wood burning oven I tested this recipe out twice in the same night, however here are some measurement adjustments: