Here I will teach you how to make authentic Neapolitan pizza dough, fresh pasta, and many other dishes that I make. My main focus will be Italian but I will also add other recipes that I like or that I find interesting from other parts of the world as we travel, and of course from here at home.

These are authentic Italian dishes. This is what you’ll find in Italy when you go out to eat. You won’t find Italian Wedding Soup, Meatballs, or any chicken with pasta dishes as you won’t find that in Italy. I will add the wedding soup to the other favorites page though.

Come back often as I will try to add a couple new recipes per week. I will also add pictures of everything as i make it in the furute.

You’ll notice most of my directions are short and to the point. You won’t have to fight through a wall of text to see what you need to do in each step.

Several things you need to know about what you should have to make these recipes.

Flour

Do not use bread or all purpose flour. You really really really need to find a good 00 flour. I get Antico Molino Caputo Tipo Doppio Zero flour from Pennsylvania Macaroni Company in Pittsburgh. It really does make a difference.

Tomatoes

San Marzano tomatoes are the way to go. Most stores have them in large 28oz cans already peeled and ready for cooking. If you can get DOP, even better.

Cheeses

For pizza, if you can find whole milk low moisture mozzarella in blocks, that is what you want so you can grate it yourself. Fresh mozzarella is also a very good creamy option. As a last resort, buy the pre-shredded cheese as it is usually treated with a waxy spray to keep it looking fresh and effects the creaminess when it melts.

Cooking Utensils

You will need a digital scale for measuring all of the ingredients for all of the doughs. You should have a pizza steel and a steel and / or a wooden pizza peel as well. For the pasta doughs, you should have a stand mixer with attachments for rolling and cutting pasta. Eventually, I will have all these items linked for you in my store to Amazon.

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