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Tips & Tricks: Pre-Toast Flour for Pro Pizza
Season 2016
Episode 37
"At that trendy pizzeria where you order your favorite wood-fired pies, any extra dusting flour toasts to perfection in a blazing-hot pizza oven. At home, however, our ovens are considerably less hot. So how can you get that pro look in your own kitchen? Simple: toast up your dusting flour before you roll out the dough, and you’ll get all the roasty, browned goodness of professional pizza crust.
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