Grandma Pizza - How To Make New York's Best Pizza

The Grandma Pizza originated at King Umberto's in New Hyde Park Long Island. Having grown up in Long Island I've been eating this type of pizza for years. In this 1st episode of the Grandma pizza series, I've duplicated the flavor and texture of the original.

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[bonemarrow]

I might be repeating myself (bad memory) but I love how you talk about product cost and sourcing in you videos. It’s really lacking from most YouTube chefs. I hope others appreciate it too.

[michellelyon]

Today was our mother’s 90th birthday. Offered to cook anything she desired & she wanted pepperoni pizza & chocolate cake! My brother & I followed this recipe adding the pepperoni. It came out great! I bought a Wegmans ultimate chocolate cake for dessert / wow! So, when I asked her about Mother’s Day, she said let’s do another pizza! My brother has this exact pan so we are now feeling pretty confident that we can attempt this again! Thank you for this great recipe. We love your channel & are wondering if we are somehow distant Italian relatives, lol! 😂😉

[internationaloleandersocie]

I grew up in New Hyde Park in the late 60's and early 70's, about 1 mile from Umberto's. This was my absolute favorite pizza. Sitting here smiling... THANK YOU!

[kmalcolm]

These are such classy videos. Calm, free of silly jargon and gimmicks, just some excellent and honest cooking, well-shot, that makes a guy want to get in the kitchen. Great stuff.

[thebabyrhino]

It's nice to have a chill atmosphere and not feel like I'm about to destroy the planet by using the wrong brand of cheese or anything. I've been getting that vibe from most other cooking channels, but your vids feel quite reassuring so it's really nice to have you here mate.

[bearpawz_]

Here it is... over a year later and I've made your AWESOME Grandma's pizza so many times that I've lost count! I'm so glad that I bought the Lloyd's pan!! That pan ROCKS and so does your recipe! ~~THANK YOU ~~🍕😋👍

[chriscromeyn]

Thank you for this recipe. My Grandma, who lived in Lynbrook, used to make this pizza when I was a kid. I never thought I'd be able to repeat her success until I saw your video. I made this pizza for the first time today and every bite brought back fond memories of my childhood eating in my Grandma's kitchen. Thanks again and God bless you and your family.

[lisadill]

Newbie to your channel. I watched this video and was intrigued….I am 62 and have never made a pizza at home that was worth making again. Your instructions were so easy to follow, I decided to give it a try. Let me say, it exceeded my expectations! The dough was so easy and satisfying to make. Per instructions, I watched closely during baking. The pizza turned out perfectly crispy with just the right browning on the bottom. The pizza was delicious and my husband loved it as well! Since I have never found a good homemade pizza dough recipe, I have been guilty of getting a frozen pizza and doctoring it up. No more, this is now my go to pizza recipe! As others have said, I can’t believe I made it myself…..thank you so much 😊

[tomt]

This is one of the best pizzas I’ve ever had I can’t believe I made myself. Great dough recipe. I did a 72 hour cold ferment. The Lloyd’s pan is a game changer. Thank you for the recipe and for sharing your knowledge!

[jamesmoore]

Awesome! I was hoping you would do a pizza series. In my opinion you're doing the best Italian American videos on You Tube....thanks !

[njdiane]

This was fabulous. The bottom was nice and crispy, a little dark, but that's how we like it. Now, the dough, snatching with it made me roll my eyes...BUT it was so worth it. Best dough ever! I could have just eaten just the crust. My husband kept saying, "This is good, I mean really good. Do you know how good this is? it's really good" . We ate almost the whole pizza! Thanks again for the BEST recipes.

[toddpeterson]

Try using my grandma's secret, coat the pan with crisco, works great, no snap back and still a golden crust. One and done.... If you want to let it rise after fine, or just cook it up either way, try it till be amazed. My grandfather used basically this dough, poked anchovies into the dough and finished it off with crushed tomatoes and Parm, no mozzarella, and he was straight from Italy....

[cherylwilliams]

Just made this! Followed the directions, fermented my dough for 4 days, came out perfect! Thank you James for your easy, accurate recipies!

[SlaveToMyStomach]

I love "Cento Whole Peeled Tomatoes", buy 'em all the time our our local super market. I've never seen them at our Costco, will have to look for them next time I go.

[cherylwilliams]

Finally, you have given me my Grandma’s pizza recipie, she passed without leaving her recipie, she never wrote anything down. We had this pizza every Friday with fried flounder! I also found her Pasta Fazoole recipie on your channel! I am subscribed and so happy to have found your channel! Keep the recipies coming! You are authentic, old world! My grandparents emigrated from Italy in the early 1900’s, they opened a deli on 122nd st, back then! Brought all those recipes from the homeland, and thankfully you are sharing all of this delicious food! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[alexhurst]

This episode right here shows all the reasons I love this channel. You educate about HOW to cook and why. You give information about costs and basically say that you dont need all the boojie ingredients most other YouTube chefs say you have to have. You make me wish I had an Italian grandma!

[salgarfi]

Not sure if you still see comments from this video but I gotta tell you this is the best Grandma pizza I've ever made. I finally broke down and bought a digital scale and followed your dough recipe to the tee and it was perfect. This will certainly be a staple in my fall/winter dishes. Thank you and keep on posting. P.S. I also make your Pasta Fagioli and shrimp oreganta pretty often and they're on the money too!!

[arianemariano]

My great grandma made pizza just like this every week for the 100 years she lived! The seasoned pan is everything! It was the best 👌🏼 👵🏼 💯

[zeketaylor]

I watched this video and thought it was very well done. I’m no critic, but it had just the right amount of explanation and demonstration. I have tried this out twice. The first time it came out pretty well. The second time I tried it, I kid you not, it’s the best crispy crust pizza I’ve ever had. Thank you very much.

[gautam-narula]

I’ve watched at least a dozen videos on making grandma pizza recently to research for my first attempt, and this is easily the best one. Appreciate the research you did to verify how the best of the best like Umberto’s do it, right down to their brands of ingredients