The CRISPY PIZZA I made for Wolfgang Puck

[@caroloni4911]

Hi, I just finished watching the competition! You both did fantastic. For me, you were the winner! Keep showing us these recipes! You are a great chef!!! 🍻 🍕

[@janaepting8940]

This looks a bit like a „Flammkuchen“or „Tarte flambée“, which is a specialty from a region in France (Alsace) but is also a beloved dish in the neighboring German region (where I am from). It was originally used to test the temperature of the oven and it consists of an incredible thinly rolled out dough (leavened or unleavened), Creme fraiche as a base, onions and Speck, a cured kind of bacon. The reason why it is so great is that because of the Creme fraiche that is used as a base there are topics that wouldn’t really go with tomato sauce, that are absolutely amazing on it (it also can be eaten with sweet toppings). Think pear and goat cheese, smoked salmon or even peaches. It would be great if you tried it out!

[@The_Chef2511]

It's used in St. Louis too. In addition to the crust they use a cheese that melts as smoothly as a white pie called provel. It goes best with bacon.

[@itsmederek1]

It is still quite different tho imo

[@JoKoRn13]

Aaaand I am homesick, thank you hahah!

[@muadddib]

Goat cheese, walnuts and some honey... also, this is way easier to make at home than a pizza, especially due to the easy, non-yeast dough. Just make the most basic water/flour dough, add your left overs that have to go, blast it in the oven and you're done :D

[@jackrademaker5696]

Wrong, this originated in Chiraq stop the cap

[@glenbaker4024]

Absolutely SPOT ON!!!! This is how the pizza dough is done RIGHT!! When I start my pizza dough my family knows in 3 days we’re making pizza and the house gets full of people.

[@chikashiwagi3050]

Finally I found the best pizza of the best. Thank you so much❤

[@mattcoletta4743]

Followed you for a while, my fried. Shows TRUE class on the competition. To get that high says you are right on you game, enjoyed seeing Wolfgang so honest and candid!!. Everyone was gracious and polite nonetheless. Both pies looked fabulous1

[@gmanGman12007]

"slow fermentation in the fridge is gonna slow Down everything" - most insightful quote ever

[@marykimberlyhayes]

Watched the episode…….actually still a win, since WP is right now serving YOUR pizza at a cocktail party!

[@markwatson7131]

Steve, you have one of thee best spots on the Internet! Mind blowing how you do not cut one corner!! Unparalleled recipes!

[@exit0240]

This is the pizza that should have won that contest. I want this! The toppings are ones I would have chosen and the addition of the Sriracha honey is pure genius...just like everything you do. You are simply amazing.

[@sagnikdas5243]

I don't know what excites me more... This video or the fact that pizza wars is back

[@Garapetsa]

I just made this. Made the dough two days ago. It's been in fridge. And I froze the other three balls. The secret to this pizza is fermentation. The longer it sits in fridge the better. I love it because it taste like the ends of Chicago Vienna bread if anyone can relate. Crunchy and chewy. Another secret is baking the dough without anything prior to topping it. It's less soggy. I used Prosciutto, yellow pepper, chopped mushrooms and a little chopped green onion. My Mediterranean mix and some chili flake. Thank you for the secret to making this dough.

[@billquade1997]

Where do I find this written recipe! This technique looks awesome! Thank you for your awesome videos!

[@Garapetsa]

@@billquade1997 you need to make a poolish. 1 cup water, 1 cup flour, and a packet of yeast. Mix it well then stick it in fridge overnight. Next day, bring it to room temp. Add your flour. Enough to get a nice round ball. Rest it. Then roll it out for pizza. The poolish makes the dough crunchy.

[@karandonnakaran]

chicago girl here...looks good!! when you do make the tavern style top with fennel sausage and onion its the best combo 🤩🤩 and i think many places add some butter in the dough

[@chicken4090]

Deep dish isnt pizza

[@jrjr.429]

@@chicken4090 it’s also the pizza we probably eat the least frequent so you can chill. (Source: I live in Chicago).

[@jrjr.429]

@karan.donnakaran what’s your go to Chicago spot for tavern style?

[@jstvns961]

@@chicken4090 Us Chicagoans don't go eatin that tourist pizza. We eat the thin crust pizza being made in this video.

[@chicken4090]

@@jrjr.429 nah ill chill when i fuckin please, regardless ur pizza is shit compared nyc (source: im from nyc)

[@kellyfanello6716]

Your the best I swear ,I love listening to you,that voice and of course watching BRAVO grazie millie

[@paulwagner688]

You both did my tavern style proud. I love jalapenos on pizza. My favorite jalapeno pizza application is jalapeno and pineapple. Sweet, salty, hot. So good.

[@williamfotiou7577]

Try jalapeno, pineapple and ham. Even better. I once made 30 of them for Sting's crew. Yup, Sting!!! 🔪🔪🔪

[@kitskivich]

Chicagoan here. Your pizza looks great. I look forward to checking out your more traditional Chicago pizza. Our typical pizza sauce is a sweet sauce with barely a hint of garlic. Our sausage is fennel versus garlic. All veggies, like yours, are fresh. Interestingly, we don't use the term 'pie;' we just call it a pizza. PS: I'm psyched to see you have Spice House spices!

[@jazzy_taste]

After so much processing and rising of the dough, the successful end result is guaranteed! The pizza looks amazing!

[@1mulekicker]

Phenomenal pie! My cheesy common-man hack is an extra-large tortilla pre-charred, spreading salsa with some Italian seasoning and garlic powder. 1st layer of mozzarella then pepperoni, followed by more cheese, thin sliced onions, assorted diced pepper pieces, (sometimes pre-sauteed mushrooms) slices of olives green or black, broiled on the center rack until the cheese bubbles and the edge of the tortilla turns crispy. Most of the time start to finish 30 minutes. Finish along with an ice-cold beer. Your Chicago artesian competition looks like an award winner!

[@guyelluzzi2705]

Couldn't have the kid from NY making the best Chicago-style thin crust LOL. Seriously your pie looked great, lots of thought and prep go into all your dishes, and it shows in the final product. Nice job.

[@chicken4090]

Any pizza we make in ny will be better than anything those midwest fucks couod ever make, any style

[@PADADDIE]

I fell in love with tavern style back in Hanover, NJ at the Star Tavern. They made such a beautiful pizza with black olives, not a fan at the time, but that first salty bite changed my mind forever about thin crust and black olives. To bad you didn't win the competition, however having Wolfy Puck like your pie also makes you a winner too!! Bravo!

[@billquade1997]

😊

[@ginafriend1690]

My word. Where have I been (!?!) So happy you appeared today, so I've subscribed 😊 Cheers to Chicago Pizza crust, my hometown. No doubt you scored, tops! Excellent 👍🙌 Interesting and a pleasure to watch!

[@silv8618]

For me,this is the most beautiful homemade pizza I have ever seen.

[@W4jR4JH8UG0DgFh]

Been watching for a long time. It was cool to see you meet Wolfgang. Congrats Stephen! Keep up the great work

[@martysoulard7349]

Well now, that is a strange addition with the honey sriracha and yet it sounds amazing. Nicely done on the pizza. I love the care taken to nail the dough. The fermentation is certainly one of the flavor characteristics from Chicagoland. It is not required to be a good tasting pizza, but I love it..

[@stephensano9156]

Thanks for another great recipe! I am planning on making this style at home and needed to understand the proofing concept better.

[@EdwardJ7130]

Thanks!

[@travelingjones3786]

Glad you made this pie... I stumbled on your KZbin. Being Bias about the styles of pizza pies and being from Chicago and most of my family is from there, people always think Chicago is deep dish. Which I love deep dish!! You can get some great thin crust pies and yes they have some great pizza’s from bars. Not to knock you guys from NYC, you all have some of the best made Italian food... but it really comes down to what you grew up with. I am just so glad you did this freakin pie brother!! your a great inspiration from your cooking and I am now a huge fan !!

[@HugoGonzalez-]

Great video. I'm from Chicago so I'm biased towards a good tavern style Chicago pizza. With that said this looks awesome. I will definitely try this recipe out as I'm always looking to make pizzas at home. I hope you win.

[@51rwyatt]

I like how the happy dough ball gets his rest on the couch, classic

[@JaL6]

I just want to say ever since i found your channel i have loved the videos including the older ones

[@N1co777]

Awesome... thin crust is my favorite.. slightly crunchy

[@mulaneyfangirl]

I watched! Yours looked like it should have won. Excited to try your recipe at home.

[@obsidian7644]

apizza new haven is my favorite pizza, sallys, frank pepe, modern all top tier imo. love your methods

[@JohnHausser]

Hope our guy will get 1 million subscribers this year 😎😭 Cheers from San Diego California

[@paramick4220]

Thank you. Please keep those vids coming....

[@nicholasjay3932]

I have wondered for nearly a decade why Puck, an Austrian, was known for his pizza dough. Thank you for clearing that up. Great looking pizza that I'll be adding to my repertoire.

[@gretchenjaeger1551]

Nothing you can't make! Love the camera angle you use.

[@elbestia]

In italy we would eat this type of pizza as an "aperitivo" before dinner. Looks nice as an appetizer

[@terranceramirez4816]

I grew up near Minneapolis where they have a style of pizza very close to the Chicago thin crust. I got to say you nailed that crust. I think I’ll use this recipe when I’m making Minneapolis-style pizza for myself.

[@garethwood5588]

Great video, very clear and articulate. Love that you use metric too. You have a new subscriber

[@kerrygordon1088]

Headed to Chicago tomorrow. Definitely going to look up some of this thin crust!

[@mcg27]

As always, another fantastic recipe. I made this using a pizza stone and it was wonderful. You and your channel have helped me raise my game so much over the past four years, I truly appreciate your work, as do my friends and family when they are hungry haha.

[@heavensong7]

I also use Titos vodka , growing heirloom tomatoes and the best are the san marzano for flavor and medicinal value :) Love all of your recipes and enjoying learning new pizza recipe thank you so much X grazie mille 👩‍🍳🍝🍕

[@indy1440]

That episode was great! Good to see you on another show.

[@jessmarie148]

I'm glad u added the episode! I wanted to see now I knew u were in it! Dude you always put the most research and dedication into every single recipe, I enjoy it!

[@galenmerrick]

Anyone else like the video before watching? I struggle with dough, but, I definitely want to give this a try.

[@AceBambam]

the only channel I know with actual well thought out recipes

[@etherdog]

Nice to get invited to Pizza Wars, Stephen! You deserve it!

[@-RTC-]

I saw that video! Your pizza looked better to me man! Love making pizza and appreciate all your recipes.

[@Vitug23]

Congratulations chef! 🫶🏽

[@jujutrini8412]

This is perfect party food. Love it.

[@spinningbackspin]

What a fantastic tutorial.

[@kennethwu115]

A beautiful dish 😍

[@michaelbest4190]

That’s pizza looks so good love your videos keep them coming

[@SuperDaveP270]

ROBBED! I mean, they were both great-looking pizzas, but I think yours would be more to my liking, and I am gonna have to try it! Thanks for sharing!

[@richardsisk1770]

NY thin crust is my fav. Looks so delicious 🤤

[@lolcurio]

Wow. What an experience it must be for a skilled home cook to prepare food for a proclaimed master. Wonderful ✨🤙🏽✨

[@davids7556]

Dude, you're the best :-) 10/10 quality content, keep up the good work!

[@scottyfrederick4981]

You my friend are not a chef or a cook! You my friend are truly an artist using dough as your canvas! Keep on creating these masterpiece creations of culinary art BroJoseph!!!

[@Alpha-ij8lp]

been looking for a pizza recipe. appreciate it man you never miss

[@tipsychicken9511]

Been following you since day one, it's terrific to watch you grow!

[@SLCoolJ2K3]

Stephen, I've been a fan and subscriber of your channel for awhile now. I will say that also being a fan of First We Feast's KZbin Channel, I got influenced to watch all the "Pizza Wars" episodes after watching your episode. As great as Nicole is and I do root for her to win sometimes, I was pulling for you to win. Nonetheless, it was a great episode and both of you brought your best. It's also amazing that you got Wolfgang Puck and Adam Richman to judge your pizzas. You may not do many competitions, but I hope you win whenever you do compete again. Keep up the good work with your channel. Blessings. 😊 - Juls

[@Blindkenshi6969]

Being from Chicago, I absolutely loved this episode, man. Keep up the great work. I myself, am a traditional, sausage, pepperoni, mushroom and green olives guy. Cheese on top, though.

[@Ultrazilla]

Looks good, man. Is Chicago Tavern style a lot like the way Deninio's (and others) makes theirs in Staten Island?

[@bradygsxr1000]

Amazing job man! Such a legend to eat your pizza is such an accomplishment! Winner in my book!

[@ivandiankov7838]

Dope dude… big wins headed your way! 👍👍🍻

[@solozaur]

Honestly, I think that you should have won that face-off. That being said, I didn't know about the tavern-style pizza that Chicago has so I'm keen to giving this a try. Thanks for sharing this!

[@michaelsotomayor5001]

This is a fantastic take on crispy pizza. I would eat that everyday.

[@The_Gallowglass]

Grew up in Chicago and the near west burbs. We never ate Dominoes or Little Caesars or any of that when I was growing up. If we had pizza, we always ordered from a pizzeria. Think maybe we had Pizza Hutt a couple times. Usually we'd have thick or thin crust cut into squares and every once in a blue moon maybe a deep dish or stuffed pizza. People don't eat the deep dish or stuffed pizza all that often. It's meant to be more for a special occasion.

[@glenbaker4024]

Capers, olives, bacon, peppers (capsicum), chilli, onion, garlic, mushroom, Italian seasonings and cheeses on a tomato based sauce makes an awesome taste sensation.

[@Swagg3r3d]

Steve, you crushed it on the show. This pizza looks amazing.

[@ArtGuitarLTX]

Glad I stumbled onto your channel, man I have ALOT to learn in dough preperation 😅. Great tips!

[@lorendickens6522]

Wonderful video. Thanks👍🏻

[@Superheavy420]

I made porcini mushroom sauce and artichoke, and round baby zucchini pasta. Really good as gluten free. You don't need to make it a cream sauce but you can. Just add vegan butter to a almond milk and thicken somehow with mushroom water. It was good without the white sauce. Also, you can saute the artichoke with the porcini and some zucchini and add fresh zucchini on top for garnish. Round zucchini is like a cucumber but lighter delicate taste.

[@thecozyconstellation]

you have an amazing talent for cooking and an amazing talent for teaching! you make it look easy and doable. i'm 42 and i finally learned how to properly chop an onion and cook pasta by watching your videos! thanks

[@indianahoosier5794]

Now that is my kind of pizza... super thin and crispy... my wife on the other hand... loves thick dough... i like spicey... she likes cheesy... i like sauce... she likes just a little bit... i pile on the toppings... she likes more dough and less toppings or more cheese... i have love handles... she does not... lol!

[@SapioiT]

Speaking of pizza dough, have you watched the Food Theory video about the type of water used in pizza dough (and sourdough, and pastries)? Apparently, the water supply to your home might decide whether your pizza gets crispy more than things like the exact hydration ratio of recipes. The lack of calcite seems to make dough crispier and the presence of fluoride seems to make the dough stronger, or the effects are swapped. In this case, it might actually be a good business to sell tap water to people and restaurants who want to make better pizza dough.

[@joco8700]

Or just build the water profile yourself. We do this for brewing beer.

[@MR-ug5cu]

Great looking pie

[@rsmiff]

GREAT JOB!! I will try this and am sure to DEMOLISH it.

[@sawnmiwe1460]

Looks beautiful

[@sarahpeach2560]

Literally everything I would want in a pizza 🤩🤤Amazinggggg job 👏🏼

[@TheJollyMage]

I been binging your content for awhile and You cool points with me while already high shot through the roof because of the Wolverine Shirt.

[@mconway0003]

edit: wolfgang...wolverine...my god he did it

[@katrinat.3032]

Omg that pizza looks so good

[@redbeard36]

Being a west coaster I only recently discovered Tavern Pizza. I really like the thing crust.

[@rachelsilva9830]

When you said vodka sauce instead of tomato, the way I very audibly reacted. That sounds frickin delicious

[@sarac.tramble290]

WOW THANK YOU ❤

[@joangelaedwins2210]

I was thinking when watching the PW episode-and more so now-I’ll bet a vodka sauce on pizza is amazing!!! Great idea!

[@ACStaley]

Great video! Thank you for all these cool recipes. You certainly put so much work into these. PS Could you use this dough recipe for a pizza oven cook too?

[@maxwell-style4584]

Chicago Pizza is the best, hands down. You should try shooting for a Home Run Inn type cracker crust, fire.

[@HY3BRYD]

watching u make food makes me so hungry hahahah i love all the details u put into these videos

[@drzlecuti]

This looks great (and I've been eating Chicago tavern-style for, oh, about 60-some years)! And I think you could use a pizza wheel to cut.

[@GreenGardenGamer]

you always think so much about the recipes' origin and what the result was/is going for and time and time again it is AMAZING, the results you put out and provide on your channel. You and Nicole both killed it and the fact they ate half your pizza says a bunch! Great job there and here, man, kudos :)

[@liahfox5840]

Man, that pizza looks amazing. I love thin crust pizza!

[@christopherday210]

You mentioned domino's my all time favorite chain pizza is this thin cracker crust chicken bacon onion NO ranch,use tomato sauce, and yeah only domino's does this right. (At least as far as pizza chains go) Highly recommend, make one for yourself man im going to after seeing this video. Big thumbs up!

[@RazDaz74]

Best video yet!!!

[@KeithSansevere]

That looks fantastic. Great job!

[@frederickarcala4749]

Beautiful

[@bjjbrawler1]

I am guessing Domino's thin has lots of butter in the dough recipe... my kids love it, despite living in Jersey where there's much better options... they still like Domino's thin crust. Its pretty good!

[@alainlalonde]

Dude... that's awesome.

[@JTC-go3kg]

Cold ferment works awesome to build flavor ..

[@Gatojazz593]

You never disappoint.