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My Pizza: The Easy No-Knead Way to Make Spectacular Pizza at Home [Hardcover]

Jim Lahey , Rick Flaste
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Book Description

March 20, 2012
Make homemade pizza that exceeds your wildest expectations—yet couldn’t be simpler—with Jim Lahey’s groundbreaking no-knead dough and inventive toppings.
 
The secret to incredible pizza is a superb crust—one that is crisp yet chewy, and slightly charred around the edges. Jim Lahey, the baking genius behind New York City’s celebrated Sullivan Street Bakery and Co. pizza restaurant, has developed a brilliant recipe that requires no kneading and produces an irresistible crust in any home oven—gas or electric—in fewer than five minutes. My Pizza shares this revolutionary technique and the creative pies that put Co. on the map, as well as recipes for salads, soups, and desserts to make a meal complete.
           
The pizzas in this book aren’t your usual, run-of-the-mill pies. In fact, Jim’s unique topping pairings—such as Corn and Tomato, Coppa and Fennel, and Potato and Leek—reinvigorate this American favorite. His whimsy is apparent in his Pepperoni Pie, which doesn’t include the cured meat we have all come to expect; instead, riffing on “pepperoni” as the Italian plural for “pepper,” Jim offers a pie with red pepper puree, ground lamb, and pecorino cheese. To round out dinner, My Pizza also has recipes for starters and side salads—such as Cannellini Bean Toast, Pea Soup, and Bibb and Roasted Squash Salad—and sweet finishes, from Milk Chocolate Sundae to Banoffee Pie.
           
With gorgeous color photographs and helpful tips on equipment and techniques, My Pizza unlocks the secrets of great, easy pizza for home cooks everywhere.

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Editorial Reviews

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“Jim Lahey’s book gives everyone—and I mean everyone—the tools to make incredible, crisp-crusted, crackling pizza at home. His recipes and instructions are simple to follow but leave nothing to chance; aspiring pizza makers of all levels are in good hands. You might never call for pizza delivery again!”
Melissa Clark
 
“I have known Jim Lahey for many years and have always thought him to be the best baker in town. His bread brings back memories of the rustic French country loaves of my childhood. Jim’s new pizza book allows everyone to be a pizza chef at home with easy-to-follow recipes, both classic and innovative.”
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
 
“The most crucial element of a good pizza is the crust. Finding and using the best mozzarella and finest of tomatoes is essential to a good pizza, but any determined potential pizzaiolo can track down good ingredients. The key is that crust and Jim Lahey is a master. His pizzas are so good I could scrape off all the toppings and still savor his magnificent pies. Jim’s book My Pizza should be required reading for anyone serious about making pizza at home.”
Nancy Silverton


Additional praise for Jim Lahey/Co.:
“The frequently mobbed and fervently discussed new restaurant Co. — pronounced “company” — was born of a worship of dough. That’s why the pizzas at the center of its menu are as good as they are.” – Frank Bruni, New York Times

“(Jim Lahey is) New York’s king of dough.” – Gourmet Magazine

“Jim Lahey is one of the country’s elite bread bakers, so when he decided to open a pizza place, it was huge news.” – Food & Wine Magazine

“Who needs Naples when the world’s greatest pizza is currently baked at Co., on a windswept corner in Chelsea? Here, Jim Lahey, the fanatic behind Sullivan St Bakery, turns out jagged, faintly tangy, artfully blistered pies perfectly engineered to support their toppings without being soggy or bready or overly chewy—a feat that usually eludes even Italy’s best pizzaioli.” – Travel & Leisure

“In the world of pizza, debates over crust can resemble sectarian disputes. There are the ascetics, who demand pies as thin and brittle as Communion wafers, versus the libertines, who prefer something they can sink their teeth into. If anyone can persuade the quarrellers to break bread, it’s surely Jim Lahey, of Co.”  – New Yorker

Co., Named one of the top 10 pies in United States.  (#8) – GQ Magazine

About the Author

Jim Lahey studied sculpture before learning the art of bread baking in Italy. In New York City, he opened the Sullivan Street Bakery in 1994, and Co., a pizza restaurant, in 2009. Lahey and his businesses have been featured in Vogue, Saveur, and the New York Times, and he has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show and NBC’s Today show. His innovative no-knead bread recipe, first published in an article by Mark Bittman in the New York Times in 2006, became the basis of Lahey’s cookbook My Bread, which was a Gourmet Cookbook Club selection.
 
Rick Flaste, the first editor of the Dining Section of the New York Times, has collaborated on several books.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Clarkson Potter (March 20, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0307886158
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307886156
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 0.8 x 9.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jim Lahey has been featured on the cover of Bon Appétit and in The New York Times, Vogue and Saveur. He has also appeared on the Martha Stewart Show and NBC's Today show. His innovative no-knead bread recipe that ignited a worldwide home-baking revolution was first published in an article by Mark Bittman in The New York Times in 2006. This article became the basis of Lahey's first cookbook My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method, and now his just-released, My Pizza: The Easy No-Knead Way to Make Spectacular Pizza at Home.

Lahey opened Sullivan St Bakery in Soho in 1994 with little more than the wild yeast he hand-cultivated in Italy and a desire to bring the craft of small-batch bread baking to America. In 2009, he opened the doors to Co., his first pizza restaurant.


Customer Reviews

In any case, get this book and you'll soon be making great pizzas. Richard Sanders  |  14 reviewers made a similar statement
The dough is phenomenal--crispy and chewy with a wonderful taste and texture. B. A. Chaney  |  10 reviewers made a similar statement
We could not wait to try the recipes in this book. ashlee conrad  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
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62 of 65 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of pizza ideas and bonus recipes April 2, 2012
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Jim Lahey, of no-knead bread/ Sullivan Street Bakery fame, has published a gorgeous book he calls "My Pizza". In it, he describes his no-knead approach to pizza dough which is, not surprisingly, practically identical to the bread approach that brought him fame in 2006 when the NY Times food columnist Mark Bittman first wrote about it. While I appreciate how many more people are making good bread at home since they heard about this technique, I have to say I don't entirely understand the no-knead mania. To me, it is a bit like getting excited to find shoes you don't need to tie. A small time savings perhaps, but neither shoe tying nor bread kneading ever seemed terribly onerous to me. Perhaps this is because I use a middle of the road approach that I learned from the Tartine Bread book. By autolyzing the dough without salt for an hour or so, the amount of time spent conditioning the dough with a few stretches and kneads is minimal and sufficient.

So I tried Lahey's dough recipe and followed the 9 hour rise he mentioned in the video on serious eats which was shorter than mentioned in this book. The results were underwhelming. I will try the recipe again and use the 18 hour rise the book suggests. I had to resist the urge to give the dough even a few kneads and the resulting dough, while acceptable, was still a bit uneven and distinctly unfermented in taste. I am certain even 30-45 seconds of kneading would have improved the dough structure and consistency. Is that too much to ask of a home cook? Anyone looking to make outstanding pizza should refrigerate the dough overnight for the improved taste that fermentation provides.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Collection of Pizza Recipes, Simple Method April 21, 2012
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Jim Lahey, the man famous for no knead bread, has a new cookbook, this time dealing with pizza, the main ingredient that has made his NYC restaurant Co. such a success. Jim's recipe for pizza dough is so simple it literally takes 2 minutes to make--flour, water, yeast and salt, all mixed in a big bowl and left to rest overnight. The dough is phenomenal--crispy and chewy with a wonderful taste and texture. Jim also takes the home cook through a technique, using a pizza stone and the broiler, to get restaurant style pizza crusts at home. The results are wonderful and fast--I never thought I could have hot pizza after 4 minutes in the oven!

But what really makes this book fantastic are the flavor combinations on the pizzas in the chapters following the crust. The book has three chapters of pizza--red sauce, white sauce, and no sauce. I cooked from this book with a group of friends and we made pizzas from each chapter and there wasn't a bad one in the bunch. From a simple margherita made with fresh hand crushed tomato sauce (again, a super simple recipe), to ham and cheese pie with prosciutto, to a stellar caramelized onion pie with lardons, the flavor combinations were all stellar. The book also includes a salad and dessert section, although these almost feel like an afterthought compared to the detail and attention in the pizza chapters.

All in all this is a winner. I would definitely recommend it to pizza fans!
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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars He did it again! March 21, 2012
By Jk
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
When I ordered this book I wondered whether I would be able to make pizza that looked like this....well, Jim Lahey has done it again. He has succeeded in translating a restaurant/professional recipe into home kitchen language. I tried the basic tomato first and it looked and tasted incredible. I then added a few slices of mozzarella to the next one, and it was as good as any that I have ever eaten out. Thank you Jim Lahey.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars You can all go home now, the position has been filled. September 20, 2012
Format:Hardcover
I made Jim Lahey's pizza dough and my quest for perfect pizza dough has now ended. Just a little recap of the events that lead up to this quest. The setting, Tuscon, Arizona, 2004, an ugly, tiny kitchen and a pile of pepperoni. I'd finally mastered the art of yeast dough, thanks to a recipe from the Bread Bible and I thought, 'pizza will be so eeeeasy!' and it was.

The basic ingredients were the same (let's be real here, the basic ingredients for most yeast doughs are the same) water, salt, yeast and flour. I mixed them all, set the dough in the hottest place in my apartment (anywhere, it was Tuscon in June) and waited. While I waited I carefully shredded fontina, sliced mushrooms and stirred my homemade marinara sauce (recipe courtesy of Batali).

But the pizza was meh, edible but nothing to flip your skirt over. Mostly because of the dough. It wasn't right, too crispy, too soft, too hard, too salty, not chewy enough.

So I tried another recipe and then another. Over the years we ate a lot of pizza. I'd become obsessed. I tried spelt flour, rye, organic honey, natural yeast made from organic grapes and wheat bread flour ground locally. I added wine, kosher salt, black salt and bought a pizza stone. I dusted the baking stone with cornmeal and flour.

My husband and son became concerned, they begged me to stop, 'think about your health, honey, all this cheese it's not good for you! Let's eat burgers instead, please, mom!'

Sometimes I could stop, weeks would go by and I wouldn't think about pizza at all. Then something, usually a sale on mozzarella at the grocery store would jar me right out of my pizzaless complacency and then wham! Back in the kitchen, baking again.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, look no further for great pizza
If you want to evolve your pizza making abilities, this is the book to do so.

Unfortunately for my girlfriend, there are no gluten-free recipes in this book. Read more
Published 5 days ago by D. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Yummy
That's all is can say. Gained 5 pounds perusing the pages! Can't wait to get started.
Got the bread book too.
Published 10 days ago by jackie Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for REAL pizza lovers. Upgrade your traditional pizza...
I STRONGLY encourage you to buy Jim Lahey's book "My Pizza". He includes his no-knead dough recipe which is super-easy and is *incredibly tasty* - similar to neapolitan, yet... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Christopher S. Floyd
5.0 out of 5 stars It's All About the Dough, and "My Pizza" Dough is Fabulous !
I had borrowed this book from the public library, and kept renewing it over and over until I ran out of renewals... Read more
Published 13 days ago by Jill Clardy
3.0 out of 5 stars So So Crust, Great Toppings
I wanted to love this book, and I almost do. But I find that the crust is just too hard to shape and work with. Read more
Published 1 month ago by FighterHayabusa
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent dough recipe.
I bought this book to find an authentic pizza dough recipe that would work in the home oven. The basic recipe in this book allows me to make the best pizzas I've ever made at home. Read more
Published 2 months ago by tjpuma
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, that's good pizza
I was a little hesitant in buying this book. I live in Manhattan, and I thought I had plenty of good pizza available to be delivered right to my door. Why bother making my own? Read more
Published 2 months ago by TimG
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent flavor combinations
Jim Lahey is painstaking in his testing of technique and flavor pairings. After buying, reading, and avidly cooking from My Bread and loving the quality not only of the breads but... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dee Jay
4.0 out of 5 stars No-knead way looks great
I have not yet made a pizza, but the technique looks great, and the book's info and photos are super.
Published 2 months ago by Barbara Preston
4.0 out of 5 stars awesome!
the book has amazing recipes that are surprisingly easy. the no knead pizza dough works wonders too. i however, prefer to buy it from the coal oven pizzeria next door.
Published 2 months ago by Ribs
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"Fewer than 5 minutes?" Get real!
Mr. Lee - where did you come up with the 5 minutes? I do not see where the book claimed anything about 5 minutes?
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