Graduate Serves Up Gourmet Pizza in NYC
Jarett Appell '99, executive chef of Stella 34 Trattoria, was featured in the 10/9/13 edition of the free daily newspaper "Metro."
After training in Italy where he earned a Mastery of Italian Cuisine, Appell developed the Neapolitan dishes featured at Stella 34 Trattoria. “Stella 34 showcases my deep study of kitchens and pizzerias in Rome, Parma, Cattolica, Naples and my work with New York’s best chefs,” says Appell.
When asked about tips for the at-home pizza chef, Appell replies: "Turn up your oven to a max temperature, and preheat it until it’s at its max temperature. Then when you go and put the pizza in, if you switch the oven over to a broil setting, with the broil, you’re simulating what your flame would be. When you’re talking pizza, particularly in a wood-burning oven, there’s three primary aspects of the heat that are important. But probably the most important is your actual flame. Your flame is what rises your crust. Having the oven really, really hot will cook the bottom of the pizza and the actual dough, but putting it on broil simulates that actual flame and helps to rise the crust a lot."
If you're in New York City, visit Stella 34 in Macy's, Herald Square.
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When asked about tips for the at-home pizza chef, Appell replies: "Turn up your oven to a max temperature, and preheat it until it’s at its max temperature. Then when you go and put the pizza in, if you switch the oven over to a broil setting, with the broil, you’re simulating what your flame would be. When you’re talking pizza, particularly in a wood-burning oven, there’s three primary aspects of the heat that are important. But probably the most important is your actual flame. Your flame is what rises your crust. Having the oven really, really hot will cook the bottom of the pizza and the actual dough, but putting it on broil simulates that actual flame and helps to rise the crust a lot."
If you're in New York City, visit Stella 34 in Macy's, Herald Square.
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Upper School, PO Box 8002 (12465 County Line Rd), Gates Mills, OH 44040
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