ny style pizza sauce?

[tupacboy]

Hi Guys and Ladies,

Valentines is just around the corner and my lady misses home. She has been craving some good old ny style pizza.

So I decided i'm gonna try and make some!

I got the dough down pretty good thanks to some bakery friends.

But the sauce is not going too well.

Anyone got some good sauce recipe (honestly i don't know if ny style has its own sauce, all i know is that its thin)?

[Cheesypuff]

prego watered down? hehe...jkjk

sorry...don't know much about sauces. calling obby!

[ray]

If the homemade pizza doesn't work, Mulberry Street Pizza in Beverly Hills (2 locations) or Encino will hit the spot. Just my 2 cents. It was the closest thing to NY style fold-it, greasy, pizza you could possibly get in SoCal.

[Markel]

It was the closest thing to NY style fold-it, greasy, pizza you could possibly get in SoCal.
Makes me glad I live in Chicago. :heh:

[ray]

Makes me glad I live in Chicago. :heh:

Chicago-style deep dish is good stuff too. Again, SoCal is lacking in the entire pizza department.

[oblongmelon]

secret recipe sent via pm
:) ENJOY!

[zippyjuan]

Check out some of the local Italian places- some will sell you sauce.

[tupacboy]

Check out some of the local Italian places- some will sell you sauce.

isn't that cheating!!! :)

[uncledaddy]

secret recipe sent via pm
:) ENJOY!

Awww..bummer.

[oblongmelon]

HEY HE SENT ME NEKKID PIX! I had to return the favor SOMEHOW.. LOL

[Nija]

I don't know why she would miss the sauce. Most of those places I went,sauces sucked. I swore I tasted the metal can at one place...

[oblongmelon]

I don't know why she would miss the sauce. Most of those places I went,sauces sucked. I swore I tasted the metal can at one place...
that's because you were eating in public places and not in old italian nonna's kitchens!

[johnnymk]

So does anyone know how to make the crust thin and crispy with the air pockets in it?

I have been to only two pizza places in my life that have it that way: Delorenzos in Trenton and another place in Freehold, NJ. They both call them tomato pies but have a small amount of cheese mixed in with the chunks of tomatoes. They are pizzas you would die for!!

[oblongmelon]

So does anyone know how to make the crust thin and crispy with the air pockets in it?

I have been to only two pizza places in my life that have it that way: Delorenzos in Trenton and another place in Freehold, NJ. They both call them tomato pies but have a small amount of cheese mixed in with the chunks of tomatoes. They are pizzas you would die for!!
Yes. Cold dough tossed thin, and a very very hot pizza stone creates the thin air pocketed crust. And not very stable crust either now that you mention it.

[Nija]

that's because you were eating in public places and not in old italian nonna's kitchens!
All the places in Little Italy looked like wanna-be fail high-end restaurants. Their menu's all had the same stuff, presented almost the same way (via pictures even!). That place was way overblown. It also felt like a damn alley.

New York City is overrated.

[oblongmelon]

All the places in Little Italy looked like wanna-be fail high-end restaurants. Their menu's all had the same stuff, presented almost the same way (via pictures even!). That place was way overblown. It also felt like a damn alley.

New York City is overrated.
Most of the Italian restaurants in NYC cater to the tourist tastebud! You know, the kind of people who think pizza from a box is good! Now Carnegie Deli..Mmmmmm that's some good food right there!

[zenbooty]

All the places in Little Italy looked like wanna-be fail high-end restaurants. Their menu's all had the same stuff, presented almost the same way (via pictures even!). That place was way overblown. It also felt like a damn alley.

New York City is overrated.
Little Italy is a tourist trap. The good Italian places are peppered throughout, but you'll find a lot of them on the Upper East Side, and in the traditional Italian neighborhoods in Brooklyn (BensonHurst, Dyker Heights) and Queens (Maspeth, Middle Village).

[ArkiStan]

Little Italy is a tourist trap. The good Italian places are peppered throughout, but you'll find a lot of them on the Upper East Side, and in the traditional Italian neighborhoods in Brooklyn (BensonHurst, Dyker Heights) and Queens (Maspeth, Middle Village).


Most of the Italian restaurants in NYC cater to the tourist tastebud! You know, the kind of people who think pizza from a box is good! Now Carnegie Deli..Mmmmmm that's some good food right there!

^^ Which is a good thing. We need to keep tourists distracted so they don't add wait time to the really good Italian places. :)

I'm not too into "new york" style pizza. I tend to enjoy neapolitan pizza more. Popular neapolitan pizza joints among NYC locals (and some informed tourists) include John's pizzaria, Lombardi's, and Grimaldi's in Brooklyn, etc. Those are just the very popular ones though. There are many many more less-known hidden gems scattered throughout the city.