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LEARN HOW TO MAKE THE BEST H̶O̶M̶E̶M̶A̶D̶E̶ QUARANTINED PIZZA EVER!

Francois de Melogue
7 min readApr 15, 2020

Anyone who knows me well enough will quickly conclude that somewhere along the line, a few Italian chromosomes must have snuck in and taken a big swim in my gene pool. I love rustic Italian cuisine far too much for it to simply be a mere coincidence. One of my favorite things to make is pizza at home. It’s actually quite easy to do and very satisfying on many different levels. The added bonuses are the wonderful smells of pizzas baking in your oven and being able to modify one any way you want.

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THE BEST HOMEMADE PIZZA DOUGH

Do not be daunted by the dough making process. It is fun, easy, and a great opportunity to get your children involved.

Over the course of my career, I heavily experimented with different pizza doughs before settling on what I believe is the perfect crust. It is an ‘easy to make’ fermented pizza dough with rich complex flavors and produces a crust that is both crispy and chewy. I discovered it while sitting at the counter of Nancy Silverton‘s restaurant Pizzeria Mozza in Los Angeles. I tried and tried several times to emulate…

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Francois de Melogue
Francois de Melogue

Written by Francois de Melogue

My earliest attempt at cookery began with the filleting of my sister's goldfish at age 2 and cooking my pet rabbits by age 7. Life has been downhill ever since.

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