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Secrets From Inside The Pizzeria

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If you want to make really GREAT pizza at home, watch this video. It is very thorough and includes everything you need to know. When it comes to pizza, my family is very picky...the chain pizzas just won't do! This pizza is even better than nearly all of the pizzas we have ever eaten out. We like the New York style so that is what we tried, but the video also includes the other types. I was a bit skeptical about it, but after the very first pizza I made, I knew the video was well worth the cost. (My video came with an e-book, too. There is also a website where you can ask questions, give feedback,etc.)

Well, I must say that every thing you have said regarding the quality of the finished product was true. I was totally amazed on how the pie turned out. The crust was every bit as tasty as you stated in your video. I live in a area that has many choices for pizza, but none hold a candle to what I can produce in my own home - well there may be one and he's an old timer. As to the sauce, well I have come up with a unique flavor that is just out of this world. It's funny that the family is already in line before the pizza comes out of the oven. Bev, I have to say for the small price I paid for your video and it's information, you have saved me countless hours trying to bake a pizza that I truly love. I would urge anyone who loves New York style pizza, this is the way to go...Thanks Beverly.

Hi Beverly,

20 years ago I used to run a small pizza shop at a ski resort where I prepared a couple hundred 16 oz. dough's each night in preparation for the following day. I did this with a commercial mixer that could punch out approximately 32 dough's per batch. Fast forward to today and I could remember what ingredients I used to use but was off on the quantities especially when trying to trim it down to 2 or 3 dough's for family use. Hence I created some very forgettable pizza dough's, in fact my 10 year old son's first comment was "pizza is best left to professionals". Not to be dissuaded from my dream of the perfect home grown pizza I purchased your DVD, watched it and downloaded your book and read it from cover to cover. I then chose the company to purchase my flour from and carefully purchased all the necessary ingredients for not only the dough but also for my Secret Sauce. The first couple of times I followed your directions to the letter and with the exception of over peppering the sauce I was able to regain my son's confidence in home cooked pizza, it was a phenomenal success. Since then I have tweaked the recipes for both dough and sauce a little here and there and hosted a family pizza party. One party was just several 12" pizzas of varying toppings. The second was 8" personal size pizzas where each person topped their own and I cooked them. Rave reviews and a lot of mmmmm's. Of course everyone is wanting to know when the next one is coming. So, to put a long story short, your information was absolutely, without equivocation, the best information needed to make the very best pizza for home or commercial use. Anyone reading this can rest assured that the Pizzaeria Secrets you receive from Beverly is money well spent and a shortcut past a trail of aggravation.

Thanks again Beverly,

Ken

This was not my first pizza as I considered myself a good pizza maker. I used this technique and I was very impressed with the results. The pizza was great and I finally feel that I can exceed the pizza parlors in the preparation of this great dish. I consider this a great find. Pizza is and has always been a favorite meal and now I excel in its preparation.

I've been a recipe developer for years. Pizza has been one of my greatest challenges ... getting it "right." Collins' video and book provided the keys to some important questions for me. I could never get pizza dough to seem not-bready. Making it up to my standards has eluded me. I watched her dough technique video over and over, and then practiced with some King Arthur bread flour.

Incidentally, a previous reviewer was frustrated that the instructions for making the dough did not give exact measurements, but instead teach to go by feel. While I understand how they felt, learning this important skill is the only way to get the dough right, whether its pizza or baking most other bread-like products. For me, having had some professional baking training earlier, it wasn't a foreign concept. But I'd advise to just listen to Bev carefully as she describes what to do, and practice several times and you'll discover what she means quickly enough. You can't just go by measurements and have it work right every time because there are too many variables. In the end, it will work perfectly!

I ran the daylights out of my Kitchen Aid mixer and had it to the point where I had to say it wasn't really bad even though it was just bread flour. I found some semolina in my cupboard and started experimenting with combining the two, and I now have a pizza dough that I am proud of and that my taste testers mention as one of the specifically outstanding things about my pizza. I'm seriously thinking about commercializing this.

I've also been working on my sauce recipe for two years and a couple of times have had it to the point where I've said, "That's perfect now." I made just a few minor tweaks to my pizza sauce and it was like the sun came out and the birds started singing. It is exactly what I had been trying to accomplish. I immediately sent some pint jars to my taste-testing friends and the results were outstanding.

So now I'm working on my cheese blend. One of my tasters told me my test pizzas were the best she had ever had, and she's a retired New Yorker, so I suspect she's had some pizza in her time.

Bottom line is I was nervous about purchasing what appeared to be a privately-published cookbook and video when I bought Bev Collins' "Secrets" ... but it has turned out to be one of the most valuable things in my culinary library of over 1000 books! Seldom has anything helped me be more productive and satisfied with the results of my formula designs.

The dvd was good but the dough making part was confusing ... I looked at it never making pizza dough before in my life so I found the video hard to follow because she uses no measurements but goes by the " feel " - thats hard for me to do since I have no idea what its should feel like... but the PDF's on the dvd have the approximate amounts and the internet links to buy flour , pizza screens, etc... this was very nice.

Also, the sidekick is too distracting... I would have rather seen just Bev talking directly to me the viewer rather than chatting with the other girl - it threw my concentration off - I wanted her to focus on the pizza dough and technique and not talk to the other girl or worse yet have the other girl do something she is trying to teach me... I found that part very distracting because the other girl is the student as well and I really would rather learn from just the teacher - I realize its all in fun but I just wanted Bev to teach me the student as if we were alone in the kitchen with no distractions. I had to watch the dough part a few times because she was going too fast or talking to the other girl too much because of this Bev does not say amounts and ingredients as she is doing it but mentions them to her partner sometimes after she has done it... very frustrating .. I wish she would have told me the exact or approximate amounts before actually doing it... again I realize its all in fun and meant to be a cooking show style but its distracting...

Overall its a good dvd to learn how to make pizza .. but be sure to load that dvd in your computer to read the PDF files! They are excellent and provide everything that kinda got jumped over in the video. She includes internet links so you can buy the proper supplies.

The hi gluten flour is a must and Honeyville ships it free (link is in the pdf)

I did pair this dvd with a book called ' the art of pizza making ' sold on amazon too and it all came together!

If your totally new and want to make pizza that is right up there with your local pizza parlor get this dvd and the book and get the proper supplies and you will be set.

what a disappointment!! The 2 "chefs" were boring and very low energy.
The tips and tricks were just barely ok.... I have made pizzas for about 20 years and really was hoping to get some info for the $26.99 .... but was very dissapointed instead.
Instead I was just getting tired watching the boring, very unprofessional presentation.
Maybe it's good for people who have no knowledge about pizza making, but for me it was a total waste of money.

This was a great PDF book and DVD. I quickly latched onto
the page with the quick whole wheat recipe - and moved it
to 2/3 whole wheat, 1/3 high gluten white - and it rises
in an hour, tastes great. No need to buy frozen pizza
anymore, and no need to go to pizza restaurants any more.
This book gave me all the info I needed to learn to make
my own pizzas that are far cheaper and far healthier and
tastier than 99% of restaurants. I like making hi-fiber,
low fat pizza - yes you can taste the whole wheat - but
with enough honey - it tastes great. Will try aging white
flour soon. Bev's pizza secrets is a good read/watch, and
you can learn to make the best pizza - at home with no fuss
after some practice - and be free to make it how you want!

This DVD is a godsend! I've been making pizzas for years and my past efforts pale in comparison to what I can create today with what I learned from this DVD. The pizzas are absolutely delicious! My 2 daughters ask me on a weekly basis now if we can make another "DVD pizza" (we do it together as a family activity!).

It was great to hear tips from a real insider...thank you so much!! Worth every penny, and we're looking forward to a sequel!

I love the pizza I made from this! It was very informative, and very very helpful. My 2 kids love to make pizza with me now. We do this as a fun family event, and they get to personalize their slices.

This pizza tastes better than the pizza we used to order out, and at a fraction of the cost. Excellent information on every step of the pizza making art.

If you want to have people talking about how awesome your pizza is, order this!!! (and have your kids telling their friends how amazing of a cook you are)