You can get a very well made wooden Pizza Peel for anywhere between $7 - $20


I highly recommend getting one if you plan on making pizza often.

As for pizza dough, as many said here you can go with fresh dough but you will have to let it rise and then roll it out. Another option is purchasing Longo's Tavern style Pizza Crusts, I used to roll out my own dough but found that Longo's may be one of the best pizza crusts on the market. They make both Square and Round crusts.



now as far as tomato sauce, I use canned Tuttorosso with Basil.



I slice and dice some onion...very small, then some fresh garlic..also very small. Pour some olive oil into a lightly pre-heated pot. Throw in your onion and garlic and stir until golden brown. Add in appropriate amount of canned Tuttorosso sauce and stir. Keep flame on low. Add some parsley, oregano, fresh basil, salt, pepper and stir. Then add in a desried amount of imported grated cheese and fold into the sauce with stirrer. Lastly add a small amount of sugar and also fold it with stirrer into the sauce. Cook your sauce on low with cover HALF on the pot.

As far as topping goes, it all depends on the type of pizza you are looking to make. I make several varieties:

Pour some olive oil on your pizza dough and rub it around the entire surface, especially concentrating around the boarder/ends of the dough.

Sicilian Style Grandma ; Place square slices of Mozzarella covering the top of the pizza dough, leaving the very edges of the dough uncovered. Pour a desired amount of sauce covering all of the sliced Mozzarella. Then take fresh imported grated cheese and sprinkle a generous amount over the entire pizza.

Round White Pie : Cover pie, again leaving edges uncovered, with shredded Mozzarella. Then take a teaspoon and scoop out some ricotta and plop lumps of the Ricotta on various parts of the pie.


Fresh Round Pie : Cover Pie, again leaving edges uncovered, first with sauce, and then with FRESH sliced Mozzarella, and then place a couple of fresh basil leaves around various parts of the pie.

Regular Round Pie ; Same as above, using shredded mozzarella. And you can add whatever additional toppings, such as diced grilled or fried chicken or whatever your heart desires.

I also always sprinkle some olive oil on my pizzas right before I place them in a pre-heated to 425 - 450 oven.