Milk Street x Ooni: The Art of Indoor Pizza

It’s a pizza party with the Milk Street Cooking School—made easier thanks to our friends at Ooni.NOTE: iphone and ipad users, CLICK HERE to register for class.What’s on the Menu:Weeknight Pizza Dough with Yogurt & Whole WheatFennel, Green Olive & Pistachio PestoPesto Pizzas with Shaved Gruyere, Arugula & DIY Chili OilIf you’ve ever thrown a pizza party, you’re familiar with the following scene: a catastrophic kitchen, a backlog of pizzas ready to be baked and sticky dough on every surface. It doesn’t have to be that way. In this livestream cooking class—the first of a four-part pizza series this year—with the Milk Street Cooking School, we’re making pizza night feel less like a project and more like the best part of your week. To make it possible, we have a secret weapon: the Ooni Volt, an indoor electric pizza oven that reaches 850°F and bakes a pizza in under two minutes. That means no setup logistics, no screaming-hot oven and very little standing between you and homemade pizza.We keep it truly weeknight friendly at this session by making a flatbread base that uses three smart ingredients to provide complexity of flavor without having to wait through a long fermentation period. This gently enriched dough is easy to mix up, practical to prep ahead of time and a breeze to roll out. During its short rest, we make a unique pesto that marries briny green olives with fennel and pistachio for a richly flavored, intensely savory spread that’s leagues apart from ubiquitous pesto alla Genovese. We’ll prep our other toppings—shaved Gruyère, handfuls of punchy arugula and a homemade chili oil—then jump right into rolling and baking our pizzas. Your learn how to move your doughs around with ease whether you have a fancy pizza peel or not and watch as our pizzas develop a beautiful blistered crust that looks like it came from a wood-fired oven in Naples. This is a pizza night you’ll want to repeat again and again.This class is generously sponsored, and made free to all, by Ooni.Ooni revolutionized the outdoor cooking landscape in 2012 by launching the world’s first portable pizza oven, creating the category and turning a generation of pizza eaters into pizza makers across the globe. Founded by Kristian Tapaninaho and Darina Garland, Ooni is the world’s No. 1 pizza oven brand with over 3 million ovens sold globally and over 92,000 five-star reviews. Ooni is known for creating trailblazing cooking products that feed both people and planet, redefining the everyday act of cooking through award-winning and high-quality design.Ooni brings people together through products and experiences that delight, empowering users with the joy of cooking authentic, stone baked pizza in just 60 seconds. Ready to cook in 25 minutes or less and reaching temperatures up to 950˚F, twice the temperature of a home oven, Ooni delivers the intense heat needed for incredible Neapolitan-style pizza. Beyond pizza, Ooni’s ovens are capable of searing steaks to perfection, baking bread, roasting vegetables and more. In addition to award-winning ovens, Ooni has entered a new product category with the Halo Pro Spiral Mixer, designed to bring professional dough mixing into the home kitchen. Ooni also offers a full range of must-have accessories.To explore the full Ooni product range, visit ooni.com.About April: April Dodd is Milk Street’s Associate Director of Education. She runs Milk Street’s program of guest-taught cooking classes, teaches livestream and in-person events and leads the cooking school’s sponsorship program.If you have any questions about this class, please don't hesitate to get in touch via cookingschool@177milkstreet.com.This event has limited spots and you must register in advance via Eventbrite in order to attend. One sign-up covers one device. Payments for Milk Street livestream events are non-refundable. If you find yourself unable to attend, you may transfer the ticket to someone else, but we are unable to refund fees and all payments are final.Closed