Making pizza at home isn’t a terribly complicated thing. But it’s how you do it that takes it from simply lackluster to “mangia bene!” Here are a few tips on how to work that dough into perfection from the experts, the Conforti brothers from Angeloni’s.
Step one: flour your surface and the roll out dough, very thin, with a rolling pin.
Step two: pick up your dough & toss it from hand to hand.
Step three: rotate the dough in a circular motion with your hands on the edge of the dough.
Step four: with your lead hand while tossing it in a circle use your other hand and throw upwards starting at 5 feet. Eventually, you could get to 10, maybe even 12 feet. (with some very high ceilings, of course!)
Step five: admit you’re a pizza dough superstar!!!!
Throwing the dough after you've worked it around is important to get it right. But don't throw it more than twice. Any more, and it could start to tear apart. Don't shred your dough!