#104 - The Lazy Genius Makes Pizza (Part 1)

<p data-pm-slice="0 0 []">The only thing that comes close to Change Your Life Chicken in emails and DMs on Instagram is Pizza Fridays. Anytime I post my meal plan for <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/itsmealplanmonday/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">#ItsMealPlanMonday</a> and it says Pizza Friday, I get a ton of DMs asking for my favorite pizza recipe, my favorite pizza stone, my favorite sauce. . .you get the point. Well guys, I’ve done my research, compiled the facts, and now, I’m ready to share everything I know about pizza with you! This week, we’ll talk all things pizza dough. Next week, we’ll talk about sauce and toppings and cooking techniques and everything else.</p> Stuff Mentioned <ul data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p>First things first, don’t let your pizza (or any of your food related plans) suffer from <a href= "http://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/blog/when-your-meal-plan-has-house-hunters-syndrome" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House Hunters Syndrome.</a></p> </li> <li> <p>My favorite book to learn all the pizza things from is <a href= "https://amzn.to/2UPapTP" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Elements of Pizza by Ken Forkish</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>I’ve linked my go to recipes for each dough I mention in this episode here: <a href= "https://smittenkitchen.com/2013/10/lazy-pizza-dough-favorite-margarita-pizza/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Neapolitan</a> (crispy and chewy), <a href= "https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/07/basic-new-york-style-pizza-dough.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> (thicker and more common), <a href= "https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/07/basic-square-pan-pizza-dough-recipe-sicilian-recipe.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sicilian</a> (thickest, square, and deep dish).</p> </li> <li> <p>Once you get to the kneading and rolling out phase, you may want to consider <a href="https://amzn.to/2UUV43U" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">using a bench scraper</a> to make clean up a breeze.</p> </li> <li> <p>But if you only want to a