Making New Haven Style Pizza (Apizza) From Scratch! | Cooking The States (Connecticut)

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  • @ChefChrisDay
    @ChefChrisDay 2 роки тому +14

    I for one greatly appreciate the nod to New Haven Pizza being a Connecticut boy myself. It's definitely an under -served style on UA-cam and as far as I can tell you're the first person to tackle it ever.

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  2 роки тому +1

      It's some of the best for sure.

    • @ChefChrisDay
      @ChefChrisDay 2 роки тому

      @@AdamWitt no doubt bro. Typically in almost any kitchen I have run I put a NH style clam pie on at least once as a special. Self-serving but damn is it delicious ah-beetz!

    • @jacobsnellenberger860
      @jacobsnellenberger860 2 роки тому +2

      Definitely not the first, but gives a slightly different version than others. Check out The Pizza Gavones too. I saw their tutorials first

    • @cheddarchap
      @cheddarchap 6 місяців тому +1

      dave portnory is the biggest new haven fan

    • @413TomaccoRoad
      @413TomaccoRoad 2 місяці тому

      Pizza Gavones on yt .

  • @Crapperman13
    @Crapperman13 2 роки тому +21

    Good video. FYI new haven pizza is typically coal-fired not wood-fired.

    • @PizzaGavones
      @PizzaGavones 2 роки тому +9

      98.5% of New Haven pizza is made in a deck oven in 2022 :) There are only 5/6 pizzerias in CT that have a true coal fired ovens...2 of those on Wooster Street...the Italian immigrants only used coal because it was cheap in the mid to late 20's up until about 1950 when deck ovens came out...

    • @michaelg9065
      @michaelg9065 Рік тому +3

      @@PizzaGavones I'm watching a remake of your recipe.

    • @PizzaGavones
      @PizzaGavones Рік тому +3

      @@michaelg9065 it is what it is...but thank you for the look out...Thank you

    • @JDCAPONE1989
      @JDCAPONE1989 6 місяців тому

      @@PizzaGavonesyea only the real
      Ones have coal fired the rest are ny style

    • @PizzaGavones
      @PizzaGavones 6 місяців тому

      @@JDCAPONE1989 good to know, thanks for that piece of information, I guess Modern Apizza in New Haven who won the best Pizzeria in the World last year and doesn't have a coal fired oven should give that award back...

  • @TomGeaganTommy
    @TomGeaganTommy 6 місяців тому +2

    I grew up in Connecticut and started a woodfire pizza oven in Wichita KS serving New Haven style. Your spicy Italian sausage recipe paired with shitake mushrooms is a huge hit every time! Love all of your food tips and recipes! Thank you! Ah-beetz!

  • @PizzaHomie
    @PizzaHomie 2 роки тому +9

    Technically, an autolyse method is achieved by combining water and flour only, followed by a rest period. Then the salt and yeast are added along with kneading. What is shown here will certainly develop the desired gluten network but it technically, is not an autolyse method. That clam pie looks delicious though! I ought to try it out

  • @hillarys9475
    @hillarys9475 2 роки тому +9

    Best pizza ever!!! Connecticut 🙌🏻 if you ever get to new haven you must go to Bar (it’s a restaurant) and get the potato pizza. Sounds weird but tastes amazing!!!!

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  2 роки тому +1

      Carb on carb action. I'm bout it.

  • @ElliotSimms
    @ElliotSimms 2 роки тому +7

    Never had Connecticut style but I NEED to! Im in Chicago so Pizza is important to me 🤣Another great video, man!

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  2 роки тому

      Thank you dude!

    • @kammoperformance
      @kammoperformance 2 роки тому +1

      You mean Pasta Bowls?

    • @johnnyt5108
      @johnnyt5108 2 роки тому +3

      Saying you're from Chicago and know pizza is like saying from new Mexico and know hockey

    • @mrmeadowsiscool
      @mrmeadowsiscool Рік тому +1

      @@johnnyt5108 deep dish is amazing in its own right.

    • @YUZZEED
      @YUZZEED Рік тому

      Bro i like yo vids

  • @NilezII
    @NilezII Місяць тому

    A few notes from the inevitable New Havener:
    If you have a well-used pizza stone, you will have noticed that it produces an aroma while heating up, The bricks in a good pizza oven have been seasoned in this way for years.
    Water. Some say that Pepe's Apizza was better decades ago. That is because they used New Haven tap water, which used to be VERY soft, and low in chlorine, but it aint what it used to be.
    Thin, flexible crust. It is important to use "OO" flour, because it is very finely ground, and the dough made from it can be stretched paper-thin. A proper slice of apizza can't be held horizontally without drooping. It comes out like this because the oven is SO hot that the cheese melts and the crust singes before all the moisture is driven out of the dough. If you actually watch them make it, you'll see that they start it in the hotter part of the oven to set the crust, then move it to a cooler part to melt the cheese. Your oven looks good & hot but Its just big enough, and you have to rotate the pie to get the right char all around.
    In all, this is the best possible attempt I have seen with at-home equipment, and one where you actually pronounce "apizza" properly!

  • @kat090106
    @kat090106 2 роки тому +2

    Love all the history and background! 👍🏼

  • @ceegee1706
    @ceegee1706 2 роки тому +8

    You fold in the history so seamlessly. I'm loving this series, and not just for the yoked Eagle, but that helps.

  • @FatherBanana112
    @FatherBanana112 2 роки тому +5

    New haven pizza is the PERFECT FOOD

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  2 роки тому +1

      It’s really, very, muchly delicious. That’s for sure.

  • @TheRealJoeColletti
    @TheRealJoeColletti 8 місяців тому +1

    Frank Pepe’s and Sally’s are both using Coal Fired ovens, not wood fired. Just like some of the classic, old time NY pizza places. The heat is a little different.

  • @benscaglione2416
    @benscaglione2416 2 роки тому +1

    Happy for your collab! Love ur videos, keep it up

  • @JDCAPONE1989
    @JDCAPONE1989 6 місяців тому +1

    New Haven apizza can only be made in a coal fired oven

  • @jroq1235
    @jroq1235 Рік тому +2

    New Haven style pizza is always coal fired. Pepe's, Sally's, Modern - all coal fired ovens.

  • @Not.Satoshi
    @Not.Satoshi 2 роки тому +22

    Crust is too thick

  • @beamdelta6062
    @beamdelta6062 2 роки тому +1

    Website looks awesome, great work. Keep it comin!!

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  2 роки тому

      Thanks homie! I'll do my best to keep it updated for you guys. I want it to be a hub and reference point for you guys to hang, get recipes, etc.

  • @roccosdough
    @roccosdough Рік тому +1

    If you waited for the doughballs to double in size then place in frig overnight would have worked better in the Fermentation. The yeast becomes dormant when placing dough balls in frig before allowing to rise . It does not rise properly and fermented becomes unbalanced. This is why you are getting the Dough stressed out springing back and a tough time stretching by hand as the dough was not fermented correctly in the frg. All good and glad you attempted it .

    • @413TomaccoRoad
      @413TomaccoRoad 2 місяці тому

      Yeah. I have never heard any pizza recipe that call for tripling or quadrupling the dough for 4-5 hours. 1.5 hours tops and then 24 hours in the refrigerator.

  • @FabJ-p3z
    @FabJ-p3z 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful, love the char!

  • @joshualiford4227
    @joshualiford4227 2 роки тому +3

    Boiiii I been waiting on this one. You that dude Adam! Also, have you ever thought about doing a food challenge against a fan? I’d be so game to go head to head with ya since you’ve taught me so much.

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  2 роки тому +1

      You know what, I haven't but that could be a lot of fun. Would you like to see more challenges in general? I've noticed that it's a trend-ish video theme amongst food channels. Thoughts?

    • @joshualiford4227
      @joshualiford4227 2 роки тому

      @@AdamWitt I’d love to see a challenge series from you personally. Just picking a dish and see who can make the best version of it.

  • @eliseconti5859
    @eliseconti5859 2 роки тому +3

    Former Yalie here, I can confirm that the new haven pizza rivalry is VERY real 😂

  • @nathanwagner9895
    @nathanwagner9895 Рік тому

    also this has probably been said in the comments but the ovens in new haven such as sallys or modern or frank pepe are actually coal fired ovens as opposed to a wood fired oven

  • @BorisBecker1872
    @BorisBecker1872 9 місяців тому +1

    Doesn’t the rolling pin (and the docker) completely ruin the quality of the crust because the gas pockets are destroyed that the fermentation of the yeast worked to create?

    • @cjaquilino
      @cjaquilino 7 місяців тому

      You’re right. Same for the rolling pin. But he was struggling to open the dough ball past a certain point and trying to get it thinner.

  • @reeflions
    @reeflions 2 роки тому +1

    You make that pizza look so delicious.

  • @christopherpayne4610
    @christopherpayne4610 6 місяців тому +1

    Coal fired, not wood!

  • @user-sg9lc8vh9e
    @user-sg9lc8vh9e 2 роки тому +1

    Love your content ♡

  • @SSMinds
    @SSMinds 3 місяці тому

    Thabks for the amazing video! If i wanted to use instant yeast, how would i adjust the recipe ? ❤

  • @austinbrown8437
    @austinbrown8437 2 роки тому +1

    Never had New Haven Pizza but looks like I gotta try it. Also, my guess for Delaware is something crab related!

  • @dirkdiggler9482
    @dirkdiggler9482 Рік тому +1

    What are you doing is not in autolyse. Doing an autolyse involves just mixing flour and water and nothing else and letting that rest. Also, the degree to which dough will stretch without breaking is not a measure of elasticity. Elasticity is the tendency of dough to snap back.

  • @fallmax
    @fallmax Рік тому

    You have a great personality … you need to have your own tv series

  • @petegalindez9961
    @petegalindez9961 Рік тому

    From NY and attended Yale…Love me some Pepe’s New Haven style…Been making it at home more than NY style or Neapolitan in my Emozione…friends and neighbors love it. These look great…little too much top char for me, but the beauty of pizza is if you don’t like the way someone else makes, it….make your own!!!

  • @garajplaz3513
    @garajplaz3513 10 місяців тому

    I grew up in new haven county. Most of the pizzerias are excellent. My favorite local pizzeria is so close, but not grand street

  • @The_UnrulyBarber
    @The_UnrulyBarber 10 місяців тому +1

    They actually use coal instead of wood fired

  • @TheLippythelion69
    @TheLippythelion69 5 місяців тому

    Was in Conn at Darell's place
    We stayed over two nights
    Had a chews they are delicious!
    I'm from outside Philadelphia

  • @davidevans4429
    @davidevans4429 Рік тому +3

    They keep saying wood fired. New Haven apizza (Pepe's and Sally's) is coal, not wood.

  • @DirtyHairy84
    @DirtyHairy84 Рік тому

    Zuppardis is the best. They use little neck clams because they are tender

  • @zhdlot
    @zhdlot Рік тому +3

    That base is way under coloured and the top has been cooked way to hot and way to quick .

  • @nhacuabond
    @nhacuabond 2 роки тому +1

    Your pizza is so yummy!

  • @dongillette
    @dongillette 10 місяців тому

    You said you were headed down to Delaware but I can't find the Delaware pizza video anywhere!! Help!!!

  • @ParisTNT
    @ParisTNT 9 місяців тому

    Nice oven👌

  • @RoweRowe
    @RoweRowe 2 роки тому +2

    never even heard of new haven

  • @nelsonbrooks
    @nelsonbrooks Рік тому +1

    Ugh… Adam, if I hadn’t seen your 3 mustards post, I would think this New Haven broadcast has a very Joshua Weissman métier. Not exactly, a compliment.
    But you’re cool, &, I’m your latest sub.

  • @gatorse
    @gatorse 10 місяців тому

    Great job az uuzsh

  • @kevinpeyton33
    @kevinpeyton33 2 роки тому

    great video, question is the yeast you use instant or active and is the water room temp or is it slightly heated to help activate the yeast. Thanks.

  • @Nn-uh2kb
    @Nn-uh2kb 9 місяців тому +1

    Crust is way too thick for New Haven style

  • @robertboyd6475
    @robertboyd6475 11 місяців тому

    Try to download your recipe but it says the page doesn't exist

  • @heresthething5379
    @heresthething5379 Рік тому +1

    Don't go to Modern for White clam, they use cheese (which is an abomination) and don't use fresh clams. Pepe's is the go to for White clam pie. Modern is awesome otherwise though (Sally's is my fave though!)

  • @electroreviews01
    @electroreviews01 Рік тому

    “i have far too little pizza” 😂😂

  • @jared9191
    @jared9191 2 роки тому

    Do you have this recipe using dry yeast? I can never find fresh yeast in my area.

  • @BJJandBS
    @BJJandBS 10 місяців тому

    dudes out here reviewing cold ass floppy pizza

  • @iTzWolfGamerGameplaysyTutos

    won my heart, won my sub

  • @leopoldbriggs7139
    @leopoldbriggs7139 2 роки тому +1

    Man I was hoping for a lobster roll. At least its the ct style pizza.

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  2 роки тому

      Coming soon. Hint. The stain rhymes with stain.

    • @leopoldbriggs7139
      @leopoldbriggs7139 2 роки тому

      @@AdamWitt NEVADA...no wait a minute.

  • @philipketchum9001
    @philipketchum9001 2 роки тому +1

    Typically new haven spots are coal fired ovens. Never wood

  • @frmacst108
    @frmacst108 Рік тому

    Coal Fired oven NOT wood fired. Yes it makes a difference. You should retry this

  • @DavidPerez-oj2dv
    @DavidPerez-oj2dv 7 місяців тому

    NICE ...................

  • @matthewfleck4871
    @matthewfleck4871 2 роки тому +2

    New haven is actually coal fired

  • @LuLu_World
    @LuLu_World Рік тому

    use cornmeal on peel

  • @nuko5882
    @nuko5882 9 місяців тому +1

    OMG, no descent pizza maker would put the tomatoes in a food processor of any sort, that will break the seeds and add bitterness. Your fingers are adequate for mushing up tomatoes.

  • @delyar
    @delyar 2 роки тому +1

    Max has a studly voice

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  2 роки тому +1

      He could do ASMR for sure.

  • @lilpoodle2680
    @lilpoodle2680 2 роки тому

    Modern Apizza all the way!

  • @InHisImage1161
    @InHisImage1161 Рік тому +1

    I don't want to be a killjoy , but the ovens are coal and oil fired in the case of the pies your boy showed you. There are very few wood fired pies. Also, always cold water to start the dough. Shape the dough and tray them. Let the dough just start to ferment, about an hour or two then finish in the fridge. The slow fermentation is the key, but the nod to New Haven was appreciated.

  • @Bigheadedwon
    @Bigheadedwon Рік тому

    This looks delicious and I'm going to try it in a few weeks. But every video I've seen and article I've read on this style. It's never round, and it always looks like a 5 year old was let lose with a cutting wheel to cut it lol. It almost makes me feel like the people who originated this style were still learning how to make pizza. And their "techniques" just ended up sticking around. I have slight OCD, it's enough to where I don't think I could cut a pizza like this, yes I understand how he cut it in the video is accurate to how they do it there. But it just feels wrong.

    • @cjaquilino
      @cjaquilino 7 місяців тому

      The triangle wedge cut slices are newer thing that became standard. The New Haven cut is old from the days they sold pizza by the cut on the streets of Napoli into whatever size you could afford.

  • @brandonmoffitt4627
    @brandonmoffitt4627 7 днів тому

    They aren't wood fired. They are coal fired.

  • @ureasmith3049
    @ureasmith3049 Рік тому

    The modern Appizza he showed you is not wood fired.

  • @Rmvm77
    @Rmvm77 2 місяці тому

    Traditional is coal fired not wood

  • @LuLu_World
    @LuLu_World Рік тому

    gotta have mother of yeast

    • @NilezII
      @NilezII Місяць тому

      Is that fresh yeast? I bought some "00" flow in ans Italian imports store, and the gent gave me a cake of fresh yeast, saying that it makes "alla difference".

  • @JaydenLand
    @JaydenLand 2 роки тому

    S/O to Max the Meat God
    Great guest to get on the channel

  • @thezodiacguru-fl3eq
    @thezodiacguru-fl3eq 21 день тому

    Connecticut's okay but as long as New York is around Connecticut will always be number two😊

  • @marcoreliever8519
    @marcoreliever8519 2 роки тому +2

    peach pie…

  • @markchilluffo9638
    @markchilluffo9638 Рік тому

    👍👍

  • @nathanwagner9895
    @nathanwagner9895 Рік тому

    note:do not use "plenty of flour" when putting the dough onto the bench. it is a high hydration dough, thus you will reverse all that you have achived by adding more flour to the work surface when forming the dough ball.

  • @kevind3974
    @kevind3974 Рік тому +1

    It’s to thick. New heaven style is pretty much New York style but cooked better and in an oven 100x better (reason why it’s hard to find new heaven outside of new heaven)

  • @ryanclark2017
    @ryanclark2017 2 роки тому

    The original history of CT pizza goes back to coal fired ovens

  • @413TomaccoRoad
    @413TomaccoRoad 2 місяці тому

    Seafood is disgusting to me but New Haven is right on the Long Island Sound, it's to be expected it would end up on pizza.

  • @itzj34
    @itzj34 Рік тому

    Pepe's and Modern are the best pizza in the world... come at me hahaha CT sucks but we have great pizza

  • @wrath646
    @wrath646 2 роки тому

    at 13:30 the apizza looked perfect. I don't like it that chard.

  • @jessereyna9274
    @jessereyna9274 Рік тому

    This channel is still so underrated

  • @wanghotangho5803
    @wanghotangho5803 Рік тому

    Is Pecorino Romano supposed to taste like a salty pencil eraser found in a fish hatchery? Its disgusting!

  • @frmacst108
    @frmacst108 Рік тому

    The way you cut that pizza was ABOMINABLE

  • @JimRichards-fygmo
    @JimRichards-fygmo 2 роки тому

    ... COAL-fired ovens, dude -- only coal ....

  • @1mmorta1coi1
    @1mmorta1coi1 Рік тому

    Quick-ity split too much side talking. Just teach the pie if that's what you're shooting at.
    Fuck camera angles and algorithm

  • @PatMo007
    @PatMo007 15 годин тому

    New Haven pizza doesn’t interest me. It’s hyper regional and sort of reminds me of St. Louis pizza. 50% of locals there love it (the rest hate it) but only about 20% of everyone else thinks it’s worth paying for. It has a similar crust and sauce and both have a problem with cheese. Just use mozzarella, ok? Both of you ruin pizza with funky cheese. New Haven pizza has history. So does cat litter, but I’m not impressed.

  • @kennethcabral4659
    @kennethcabral4659 Рік тому

    typically they let the dough cure for 72 hours

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  Рік тому

      In my experience, anything over 48 hours tends to get a little too dry.

  • @BravingTheOutDoors
    @BravingTheOutDoors 2 роки тому +1

    Here's an idea... buy a food mill

    • @AdamWitt
      @AdamWitt  2 роки тому +1

      But, like, no? They're bulky and I would hardly use it. No time fo dat.

  • @paulrichards8323
    @paulrichards8323 Рік тому

    My first video of yours to view. Pizzas look good but in my opinion, you left them all in the oven a bit too long. Too much charring on top of the crust. Looks are important but "taste is king". . I will find your site and watch some more videos. Thanks this one. I'm from CT....and Italian!

  • @auggiedoggiesmommy1734
    @auggiedoggiesmommy1734 Рік тому

    The west has disgusting pizza …coming from NY

  • @RayHarms82
    @RayHarms82 Рік тому

    Its bread flour and 10 grams of live yeast.... you don't put mozzarella cheese on it at all. This video is trash. Anyone wants to know how to make a real new haven pizza ask me.

  • @Ortez02
    @Ortez02 2 роки тому +1

    Pizza shouldn’t have a char. That’s just a waste of food.

  • @richspizzaparty
    @richspizzaparty 11 місяців тому

    So much incorrect info I don't know where to begin.

  • @markchilluffo9638
    @markchilluffo9638 Рік тому

    Not a fan of burnt pizza