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Learn to COOK - Secrets From Inside The Pizzeria

Secrets From Inside The Pizzeria
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Manufacturer: New Edition Publishing
Starring: Beverly Collins, Deborah Rohne
Directed By: Brad Switzer
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 5.0/5Average rating of 5.0/5Average rating of 5.0/5Average rating of 5.0/5Average rating of 5.0/5

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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0842994007982
Format: NTSC
Label: New Edition Publishing
Manufacturer: New Edition Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Edition Publishing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-08-31
Running Time: 80
Studio: New Edition Publishing

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Editorial Reviews:

Learn The Secrets of Making Better Pizza In Your Own Kitchen Than You Can Buy At The Pizzeria.

The secrets of New York Style pizza making are revealed for the first time as pizza expert Bev Collins takes you step by step through identifying the right equipment, ingredients, formulas and techniques to make American's favorite food at home.

This is a breakthrough video for Pizza Lovers everywhere. As Manager of Research and Development for a major pizza company, Bev took her pizza expertise around the world, and now turns her knowledge to helping the at-home cook make pizza like the pros.

In Beverly Collins Secrets From Inside The Pizzeria DVD you will learn:

* Where to find the secret ingredients you can t buy at the grocery store.

* The never-before published techniques of Manhattan s famous New York pizza makers.

* The secret of knowing exactly when your dough is perfect (plus how to toss the dough like a pro)!

* Why you should never put your pizza dough on a pan. Plus the secret piece of equipment you must put in your oven that will make a world of difference in the quality of your pizza.

* Why the secret of great pizza is NOT in the sauce (but you get the sauce secrets too).

* Cheese blend secrets (and why pizzerias often skimp on cheese)

* How to make your family and friends exclaim that your pizza is the best pizza they have ever eaten.

* Why you should never use chlorinated (city water) when making your pizza (and the 110° rule).

* Sources for finding the best pizza ingredients you can buy in bulk. Get the best for less!

* The sea salt difference.

* The secret licorice tasting ingredient. This one will surprise you.

* Why you must unlearn everything you ve learned about making bread.

* The one thing you must do prior to baking your pizza (this will make your pizza great).

* How to turn your kitchen into the best pizza place in town!

Includes 1 hour video demonstration and 50 page instructional ebook (accessible with computer).

THE BEST PIZZA COMES FROM YOUR OWN KITCHEN!

 

A personal message from Beverly Collins, author of Secrets From Inside the Pizzeria:

My love affair with New York Style Pizza began as a teenager over 50 years ago when Mom and Pop pizzas first began dotting the landscape of towns across the U.S. There were no how-to books then. I set out to teach myself. Serendipity intervened when I was invited to work for one of the nation s largest pizza chains. As Director of Product Research and Development, I gained access to the inner sanctum of flour millers, cheese makers, equipment providers, spice blenders, tomato sauce canners and pepperoni suppliers where I learned from their most knowledgeable scientists.

I understood there were limitations on just how good a commercial pizza can be, for business is driven by the bottom line. So I took many ideas home with me, and the results were a New York Style Pizza that surpassed even the best pizzerias - produced in my own kitchen.

My guests always want to know how they can make pizza at home. Teaching the science of pizza making is easy. Teaching the art of pizza making is harder. I worked for several years to develop a cohesive approach of video demonstration and eBook instructions to enable even the first time pizza maker to understand the techniques, formulas, ingredients, and equipment to produce great pizzeria style pizzas at home.

The great joy of my life has been watching so many people achieve results that exceed their expectations - sometimes on the first try. I look forward to hearing about your successes as you put this new knowledge to us use.

Sincerely, Beverly Collins


Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Finally, the answers...
Comment: I've been a recipe developer for years. Pizza has been one of my greatest challenges ... getting it "right." Collins' video and book provided the keys to some important questions for me. I could never get pizza dough to seem not-bready. Making it up to my standards has eluded me. I watched her dough technique video over and over, and then practiced with some King Arthur bread flour.

Incidentally, a previous reviewer was frustrated that the instructions for making the dough did not give exact measurements, but instead teach to go by feel. While I understand how they felt, learning this important skill is the only way to get the dough right, whether its pizza or baking most other bread-like products. For me, having had some professional baking training earlier, it wasn't a foreign concept. But I'd advise to just listen to Bev carefully as she describes what to do, and practice several times and you'll discover what she means quickly enough. You can't just go by measurements and have it work right every time because there are too many variables. In the end, it will work perfectly!

I ran the daylights out of my Kitchen Aid mixer and had it to the point where I had to say it wasn't really bad even though it was just bread flour. I found some semolina in my cupboard and started experimenting with combining the two, and I now have a pizza dough that I am proud of and that my taste testers mention as one of the specifically outstanding things about my pizza. I'm seriously thinking about commercializing this.

I've also been working on my sauce recipe for two years and a couple of times have had it to the point where I've said, "That's perfect now." I made just a few minor tweaks to my pizza sauce and it was like the sun came out and the birds started singing. It is exactly what I had been trying to accomplish. I immediately sent some pint jars to my taste-testing friends and the results were outstanding.

So now I'm working on my cheese blend. One of my tasters told me my test pizzas were the best she had ever had, and she's a retired New Yorker, so I suspect she's had some pizza in her time.

Bottom line is I was nervous about purchasing what appeared to be a privately-published cookbook and video when I bought Bev Collins' "Secrets" ... but it has turned out to be one of the most valuable things in my culinary library of over 1000 books! Seldom has anything helped me be more productive and satisfied with the results of my formula designs.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Now that's a pizza pie....
Comment: Hi Beverly,

20 years ago I used to run a small pizza shop at a ski resort where I prepared a couple hundred 16 oz. dough's each night in preparation for the following day. I did this with a commercial mixer that could punch out approximately 32 dough's per batch. Fast forward to today and I could remember what ingredients I used to use but was off on the quantities especially when trying to trim it down to 2 or 3 dough's for family use. Hence I created some very forgettable pizza dough's, in fact my 10 year old son's first comment was "pizza is best left to professionals". Not to be dissuaded from my dream of the perfect home grown pizza I purchased your DVD, watched it and downloaded your book and read it from cover to cover. I then chose the company to purchase my flour from and carefully purchased all the necessary ingredients for not only the dough but also for my Secret Sauce. The first couple of times I followed your directions to the letter and with the exception of over peppering the sauce I was able to regain my son's confidence in home cooked pizza, it was a phenomenal success. Since then I have tweaked the recipes for both dough and sauce a little here and there and hosted a family pizza party. One party was just several 12" pizzas of varying toppings. The second was 8" personal size pizzas where each person topped their own and I cooked them. Rave reviews and a lot of mmmmm's. Of course everyone is wanting to know when the next one is coming. So, to put a long story short, your information was absolutely, without equivocation, the best information needed to make the very best pizza for home or commercial use. Anyone reading this can rest assured that the Pizzaeria Secrets you receive from Beverly is money well spent and a shortcut past a trail of aggravation.

Thanks again Beverly,

Ken


Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Good dvd - the pdf's are better
Comment:
The dvd was good but the dough making part was confusing ... I looked at it never making pizza dough before in my life so I found the video hard to follow because she uses no measurements but goes by the " feel " - thats hard for me to do since I have no idea what its should feel like... but the PDF's on the dvd have the approximate amounts and the internet links to buy flour , pizza screens, etc... this was very nice.

Also, the sidekick is too distracting... I would have rather seen just Bev talking directly to me the viewer rather than chatting with the other girl - it threw my concentration off - I wanted her to focus on the pizza dough and technique and not talk to the other girl or worse yet have the other girl do something she is trying to teach me... I found that part very distracting because the other girl is the student as well and I really would rather learn from just the teacher - I realize its all in fun but I just wanted Bev to teach me the student as if we were alone in the kitchen with no distractions. I had to watch the dough part a few times because she was going too fast or talking to the other girl too much because of this Bev does not say amounts and ingredients as she is doing it but mentions them to her partner sometimes after she has done it... very frustrating .. I wish she would have told me the exact or approximate amounts before actually doing it... again I realize its all in fun and meant to be a cooking show style but its distracting...

Overall its a good dvd to learn how to make pizza .. but be sure to load that dvd in your computer to read the PDF files! They are excellent and provide everything that kinda got jumped over in the video. She includes internet links so you can buy the proper supplies.

The hi gluten flour is a must and Honeyville ships it free (link is in the pdf)

I did pair this dvd with a book called ' the art of pizza making ' sold on amazon too and it all came together!

If your totally new and want to make pizza that is right up there with your local pizza parlor get this dvd and the book and get the proper supplies and you will be set.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: This Pizza Delivers!
Comment: If you want to make really GREAT pizza at home, watch this video. It is very thorough and includes everything you need to know. When it comes to pizza, my family is very picky...the chain pizzas just won't do! This pizza is even better than nearly all of the pizzas we have ever eaten out. We like the New York style so that is what we tried, but the video also includes the other types. I was a bit skeptical about it, but after the very first pizza I made, I knew the video was well worth the cost. (My video came with an e-book, too. There is also a website where you can ask questions, give feedback,etc.)

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: The new tricks made all the difference
Comment: This was not my first pizza as I considered myself a good pizza maker. I used this technique and I was very impressed with the results. The pizza was great and I finally feel that I can exceed the pizza parlors in the preparation of this great dish. I consider this a great find. Pizza is and has always been a favorite meal and now I excel in its preparation.


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