With the market rates getting higher and the quality worsening, people are looking for cheap ways to sustain their taste buds. Pizza is another continental dish which is famous for its mouth-watering molten cheese, the right quantity and type of vegetable, the punch of pizza sauce and last but most importantly a fluffy pizza base. These are the simple ingredients for making a delicious pizza. We tend to make pizza delivery from various restaurants, but only some have a good taste while others don’t though they all use the same ingredients.

Though it looks simple while making it at home, we tend to make silly yet substantial mistakes that spoil the taste of the pizza. It can occur due to various factors like the pizza base not getting evenly heated, or the cheese becoming solid and lots of others.

Let us have a look at how we can make this dish a lot more delicious than we can imagine:

Dough

While making the dough for the crust, the mistake that you can make is that you would not allow it enough time to hydrate properly. For the same reason, the crust becomes harder and is not at all soft. Buying pizza base from vendors is not recommended because the base should be made fresh and theirs is not. The yeast should be allowed to ferment the base thoroughly so that you can get the perfect taste. Kneading will let air mix with your pizza dough mixture. You should knead the pizza dough only until it reaches the proper consistency; which is to say the dough shouldn’t stick to the container, and individual portions can be stretched without breaking. Using a dough hook to mix it, will make the crust softer and yummy. Use a pizza peel to transfer the dough to the heating oven. This will keep it even.

Crust

Bake your pizza crust separately and beforehand, because everything on the pizza does not require same heating. The crust requires more heating and the vegetables less as compared to the crust. Another thing you can do is apply olive oil on the sides of the crust; this will keep the edges fluffy. Three types of crust can be obtained from the following methods:

To make a thin pizza crust

Use less dough for your pizza, or you can just stretch the dough more into the pan. Doing this will automatically reduce the crust thickness.

To get a thick pizza crust

Use a pizza pan with a medium circumference, use more pizza dough in the pan or accumulate the dough more. The result would be increased crust thickness.

For a soft and gooey crust

To get a soft and chewy crust, you should add more water to your dough mixture or better yet use less flour. A moist pizza dough means softer pizza crust. To achieve better results, use flour with low gluten content.

Usage of sauce

You may go wrong when you use manufactured pasta sauce to dress the pizza. You can also cook our own tomato sauces trying to give it a thick and pizza sauce look. This is why the pizza does not taste so well as you get in any restaurant. To improve this, you should use uncooked tomato sauce. This is done by draining the tomato through a colander and then blending the remains of the tomato with some addition of sugar. The blended material is your pizza sauce, and it is a tried and tested technique according to various experts. Apart from adding this sauce on the base, also add a bit on the toppings when heating the pizza. This will prevent your toppings to burn. Remember, the thicker the sauce, the better the pizza. Just try it once.

Toppings

These are another very important aspect of making a pizza. When adding toppings, just remember to add some essence of cornmeal. Take care of the moisture content of each of the topping before adding. If there is more moisture, the pizza will surely become soggy. For the same reason, use lower-moisture cheese and add pizza sauce in a limited quantity. Top the cheese with some oregano to get a punchy taste. Crush the dry herbs before topping them on the pizza. This will give a better taste and a nice fragrance to the pizza. You can use toppings like bacon, ham, minced chicken, etc. for your pizza. Capsicum and olives have a great taste combination when used on a pizza. Actually, use whatever is easily available. Keep it simple.

These are all the components in a pizza. If you execute each step properly, you will get the most delicious pizza that you’ve ever had even better than any pizzeria. Call it pizza specials!