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My greatest pizza ever?

Originally posted

A cheese pizza with a tall crust on a wire cooling rack, with a pizza wheel at the top edge.
The finished cheese pizza, with its tall, browned rim.

Did I ever show you my greatest pizza ever? In September 2020, I shared these pictures of an earlier bake. Mariana clarified in the comments that it had been a long time before; September 18 is the post date, rather than a confirmed date for making this pizza.

The photos tell a short preparation story. The dough begins in a round pan with a pronounced raised edge and red sauce across the center. In the finished pictures, the rim has become a tall brown ring around the melted cheese. Another photograph catches the crust being brushed at the table, with the pizza resting on a cooling rack.

A friend asked whether a pizza oven was involved. My answer was that I didn't have one yet, followed by some hopeful joking about getting one and throwing a pizza party. The enthusiasm in the caption came before that equipment upgrade. This was already a pizza worth looking back on.

Unbaked pizza dough with a raised edge and red sauce in a round pan, beside chopped cheese and sliced tomatoes.
Before baking: the raised dough edge and red sauce in a round pan.
An adult brushing the crust of a pizza at a table.
Brushing the crust after the bake. The original post does not identify the finishing liquid.

From my Facebook pizza archive. Adapted from my original post and comments, with observations from the photos.

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