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How to make fabulous pizza using slow science

By Sam Wong

10 March 2021

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PIZZA is the ultimate fast food, and the speed of cooking is vital to achieving perfection: brown and crispy on the bottom, but still tender and chewy on the inside, with a light, airy crust. This is easy to attain in a traditional pizza oven, which can reach temperatures of around 500°C and cook a pizza in under 2 minutes. At home, it is more challenging, but there are some tricks to making satisfying pizzas.

Paradoxically, it helps to think of pizza as slow food and start the process a few days early – difficult, I know, if you…

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