I ordered a pizza for dinner and noticed strange bubbles on the surface. Here’s what I found out.

pizzasBaking experts create these bubbles naturally when baking. When pizza bakes in a very hot oven, the moisture in the dough and under the cheese evaporates quickly. At the same time, the trapped air expands due to the intense heat. When steam and air push upwards, they form small, round air inclusions under the cheese – the bubbles that many notice after baking.

The cheese, the moisture content of the ingredients, the dough thickness and the oven temperature affect the number of air bubbles formed. High-temperature pizza ovens, especially those in