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Pizza night is always a great night. While ordering from Stamford, CT’s Hope Pizza Restaurant is always a tasty treat, making your own delicious dinner can be fun for the whole family. Their chefs offer a few tips on how to make the perfect homemade pizza:

10 Tips For Making The Best-Tasting Pizza

1. Weigh Ingredients 

The tastiest pizza should be made entirely from scratch — that includes the dough. Use a scale to weigh your flour accurately.

2. Think In Baker’s Percentages

If you’re interested in making more than one pizza or scaling the recipe down, learning how to read and think in baker’s percentages can help you quickly find the right proportions.

3. Use Correct Flour 

Because the dough is such an essential part of the pizza, you should think carefully about the type of flour you use. All-purpose flour will suffice, but if you want chewier dough, chefs recommend using high-protein bread flour.

pizza4. Know Your Style

Not all pizza is created equal. A New York-style pizza will require a different process and ingredients than a Neapolitan-style pizza will.

5. Knead Dough Properly

Kneading your dough will give you the gluten needed to provide structure to the crust. Kneading by hand can get tiring, however, so consider using a stand mixer or even a food processor to speed things up.

6. Chill Dough 

After you’ve made your pizza dough, placing it in the refrigerator will make it more flavorful. Pizza connoisseurs say three days is the perfect amount of time to keep it chilled before baking.

7. It’s Okay To Buy

If you don’t have time to whip up fresh pizza dough, the store-bought stuff will work just fine. Sometimes, you might even be able to find a local pizzeria to sell you raw dough.

8. Use A Rolling Pin 

You may not be able to stretch your dough like the pros right off the bat. Use a rolling pin until you master it.

9. Top Wisely 

Just like careful thought should go into the flour used in your dough, so too should it go into the toppings of your pizza. Don’t skimp on the quality of your toppings and try to keep them to a minimum to avoid going overboard.

10. Crank The Heat 

In general, the hotter the oven, the crispier and tastier the pizza. Warming your oven to 550 degrees will create the best environment.

For those nights when the gang is coming over and you want something a little quicker, give Hope Pizza Restaurant a call at (203) 325-0660 to place an order. Visit them online to get a look at their menu. 

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