The Waiting Game
Even though you're more than halfway there, cooking your pizza might seem like the longest part of the process! Once your pizza is ready for the oven or grill, quickly slide it onto the pizza stone. This is where all that cornmeal comes in handy! Once the cheese is bubbly and the crust is crispy, carefully remove your pizza stone from the oven. But wait! Leave it alone for 5 minutes before cutting into it. Walk away and clean some dishes or pour yourself a glass of chianti while you wait.
Move the pizza to a cutting board and slice. Leaving the pizza on the stone is fine too as it will keep the crust crispy and the pizza hot. Use kitchen shears to cut the slices, as a sharp blade on the stone will damage it.
- Let the pizza rest for 5 minutes before you cut it.
- Don't cut on the pizza stone. Use kitchen shears to cut the pizza instead.
- Leave the pizza on the stone when it's done to keep the pizza warm and the crust crunchy.
- Use a stone brush to gently removed bake-on pizza ingredients.
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