Article: The lower crust. (restaurant menu ideas for pizza; includes recipes)

THE LOWER CRUST

Every operator tops pizza in a different way, but they have one thing in common: The bottom line is a quality crust. Pizzerias often keep their dough recipes secret, and pizza cookbooks offer so many formulas that a foodservice operation eager to add pizza to its menu could experiment for weeks.

For a quick survey of crust-making basics, R&I turned to The American Institute of Baking in Manhattan, Kan. Tom Lehman gave us the inside crust story: equipment, ingredients, preparation, baking methods.

THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT

Without a pizza oven, thin and cracker crust pizzas are out. "You need the intense heat for a good thin crust," says Lehman. ...

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