In Pictures: The making of a Famoso pizza
From start to finish, see the steps that Famoso Neapolitan Pizzeria takes to put together a pizza
Measuring the flour. Famoso uses imported ‘00’ Caputo flour for its dough, which is high in protein and low in gluten.
Mixing the flour. The low-gluten flour from Naples creates a soft but crispy thin crust.
Stretching out the dough. All of Famoso’s pizzas are hand-stretched. Rolling pins or machines are not used.
The pizzas are hand-tossed by makers trained by Famoso’s founders, who were themselves trained and certified in Italy.
Uncooked tomato sauce being spread on the pizza. The sauce is made of tomatoes imported from the Campania region of Italy, salt and basil.
Topping the pizza with ingredients. All pizzas are topped with fior-di-latte mozzarella cheese.
Extra virgin olive oil is drizzled on the pizza before it goes into the oven.
The pizzas are fired in a bell-shaped oven imported from Italy.
Cooking the pizza. Made of stone, the oven reaches up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit, cooking the pizza in 90 seconds.
Pizza being taken out of the oven on a pizza peel.
Sliding the pizza onto a plate.
The finished product.
Famoso founders, from left, Justin Lussier, Christian Bullock and Jason Allard.