Cookbook

American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza

Name: American Pie: My Search for the Perfect Pizza
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Peter Reinhart

Peter Reinhart

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Edition: 2003

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Peter Reinhart's 2003 guide documents his investigation into pizza-making techniques across different regional styles. The four indexed recipes average 4.4 out of 5 stars based on member reviews, with the Neo-Neapolitan Pizza Dough, White Sauce, and Sweet-and-Sour Onion Marmalade receiving the most feedback. The book itself holds a 5 out of 5 rating from one member review.

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Crushed Tomato Sauce
⭐ 5.0 · 1 review · Page 142
Neo-Neapolitan Pizza Dough
⭐ 4.5 · 2 reviews · Page 112
Sweet-and-Sour Onion Marmalade
⭐ 4.0 · 1 review · Page 151
White Sauce
⭐ 4.0 · 1 review · Page 155

Recent Recipe Reviews

Neo-Neapolitan Pizza Dough

skdouglass

4/5

15 years ago

I've used the dough fresh and after 6 weeks in the freezer. It is tasty, extensible, and well-behaved. It is currently my go-to pizza dough.... Read review

1 helpful

White Sauce

andrew

4/5

17 years ago

This makes a very rich and creamy sauce, perfect to use as a base for sauteed mushrooms. It can be a bit too rich, almost - depends on your... Read review

3 helpful

Sweet-and-Sour Onion Marmalade

andrew

4/5

17 years ago

I'm not sure why this isn't simply named caramelized onions, as it's a fairly straightforward recipe for them, but nevertheless it's a good... Read review

1 helpful

Crushed Tomato Sauce

andrew

5/5

17 years ago

In the past, I've used pizza sauce from jars, pasta sauce, whatever was tomato-based and lying around, sometimes a bit of BBQ sauce. I repen... Read review

4 helpful