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Bob (this one) wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> I've found that some of the better pizza sauce tends to have a
>> tangy, smoky taste. Does anybody have any idea what ingredients
>> produce this flavor?
>>
>> Most of the pizza sauce recipes I've seen are nothing more
>> than a thickened, glorified spaghetti sauce (i.e. tomato sauce/
>> paste, basil, oregano) and are too weak and "fruity". I know
>> there's other ingredients involved here.
>
>
> Look to the oven for the taste. Pizza ovens - the deck types, not the
> modern conveyor ovens - always have a little leftover stuff in them that
> burns and makes smoke.
>
> The baking process at very elevated temperatures changes taste and
> texture of everything on the pizza.
>
> But no ingredients to give a smoky flavor.
>
> Pastorio
>

Does this mean I should be very sloppy about cleaning my pizza stone?
I've been treating it like a cast-iron skillet.