The first rule of cooking a Neapolitan Pizza is…YOU MUST COOK IT AT 400°C/752°F so first step? Heat up your wood fire oven to 400°C/752°F !

To cook the Neapolitan pizza in a wood fire oven, first lift the pizza you have prepared using the three fingers from your pinkie to your middle finger and guiding it with your index.

Slide the pizza onto the pizza peel which should be resting on the same surface as your pizza - and be close by!

Slightly correct the shape of the pizza if you need to and place it in the oven, not too close to the flame, tilting the peel then quickly flicking out, dropping the pizza inside.

While the pizza is cooking, you need to turn it a few times, but there is a method to this! Using the peel, pick up the pizza using one swift motion and bring it straight to the front where you should quickly turn it a few times, before placing it back inside.

Repeat step 4 around 4 times, until the pizza is cooked through, then lift it one last time with the pizza peel, hold it for around 2 seconds, bring it out and serve.

E ora si mangia, Vincenzo’s Plate….Enjoy!