20/07/2020
What is Pizza Cornicione? The crusty, airy outer edge or raised rim of a pizza is referred to as cornicione. The cornicione (pronounced “corny-chone-A”) is often found with artisan Neapolitan-style pizzas. New York-style pizza dough is typically tossed by hand and a thick pizza sauce spread to the rim, leaving a thin center and relatively flat edge. Neapolitan pizzas are hand formed on the work surface, working the dough from the middle out to the thicker rim and never spreading the sauce too far out so the edge can rise, leaving a thicker, airy, crispy, and delicious cornicione.
Many people enjoy the thin, crispy middle that is popularized by New York-style pizza, yet prefer the airy, crusty bark – or cornicione – of authentic Neapolitan-style pizzas
