How to Make Better French Bread Pizza | Kenji's Cooking Show

Summary by Krater

J. Kenji López-Alt demonstrates how to make French bread pizza by pressing supermarket French bread, infusing garlic butter with oregano and red pepper flakes, adding tomato sauce and grated cheese, and topping it with pepperoni and pickled peppers.

From the video

Answers: How do you make French bread pizza?

• french bread pizza
• garlic butter infusion
• pizza sauce preparation
• cheese selection for pizza

Ingredients

• 1 piece French bread
• a few cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• a pinch dried oregano
• a pinch red pepper flakes
• 1 can tomato sauce
• mozzarella cheese
• Monterey Jack cheese
• pepperoni
• pickled peppers
• fresh parsley
• Pecorino Romano cheese

What it concludes

• Pressing French bread down to two-thirds of its original height prevents the bread from becoming soggy when sauce and cheese are added.
• Pre-chilled garlic lacks actual garlic flavor because of chemical precursors that break down during pre-chopping.