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New York City–Style Pizza

A hand‑tossed pizza with tomato sauce, mozzarella, Romano, basil, oregano, and red pepper flakes baked at high temperature.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and romano cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 62 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

New York City–Style Pizza

Serves 6
Oven550 °F
Time12–15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Sprinkle yeast over warm water, let stand 1 minute, then stir to dissolve.

  2. Mix in flour, salt, and olive oil.

  3. Turn dough onto a floured surface, knead 5 minutes, adding more flour if sticky.

  4. Place dough into an oiled bowl, cover, and set aside in a warm place to rise until doubled.

Shape and top

  1. Preheat the oven to 550 °F (or as hot as possible). If using a pizza stone, preheat it on the lowest shelf.

  2. When the dough has risen, flatten it on a lightly floured surface.

  3. Roll dough into a 12‑inch circle, place on a baking sheet; if using a pizza stone, place the pizza on parchment while preheating the stone.

  4. Spread tomato sauce evenly over the dough, then sprinkle oregano, mozzarella, basil, Romano, and red pepper flakes.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake 12–15 minutes until the crust is browned and the cheese is melted and bubbly.

  2. Cool for about 5 minutes before slicing and serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

808Calories
28 gProtein
31 gFat
103 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Romano Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Mozzarella cheese + romano cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together62 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Basil + oreganotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Tomato + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,767 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Active dry yeast
Ferments the dough, producing gas that makes it rise and become airy.
All-purpose flour
Forms the gluten network that gives the crust its structure and chew.
Olive oil
Adds fat that tenderizes the crust and helps it brown.
Tomato sauce
Provides moisture and acidity that flavour the base of the pizza.
Mozzarella cheese
Melts and becomes bubbly and stretchy, forming the topping layer.
Romano cheese
Adds salty, sharp flavour and helps the topping brown.

The step that matters

Preheat the oven to 550 °F and let the stone heat fully. A very hot oven and preheated stone deliver rapid heat to the base, setting the crust quickly so it browns and crisps before the toppings make it soggy.

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, olive, tomato, sauce, mozzarella cheese, romano cheese, basil):

  1. Oreganothe original
  2. Garlicfits about as well
  3. Capersfits less well
  4. Thymefits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, olive, tomato, sauce, mozzarella cheese, romano cheese, basil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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