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(genuine Neapolitan pizza). It’s a designation given to
certified pizzerias by the Naples-based Associazione Verace
Pizza Napoletana, or its delegates in North America and Japan.
To qualify, a pizzeria must make its pies with certain types of
ingredients (0 and/or 00 flour, natural or brewer’s yeast, San
Marzano tomatoes); use only approved equipment (wood-fired stone
oven); and adhere to traditional pizza-making methods (the dough
must be kneaded by hand or with an approved mixer and stretched
by hand, without the use of a rolling pin, be no more than 0.3
centimetre thick and cooked at a temperature of about 900
degrees Fahrenheit for 90 seconds).  I think my pizza’s burnt.
Wood-fired ovens are hot. A pizzaiolo must learn to lift the
pizza on a paddle to the ceiling (which is hotter than the
floor) for split seconds – l