pizzaman

His canvas is a marble slab. From a drawer beneath it he extracts the dough, rolled into individual balls. He takes four or five ball and stretches each one into a circle, kneading them with the palm of his hand. When they are spherical, he teases them out a little, shaping them. Using a large spoon, he pours olive oil on each one. With the back of the spoon he distributes the oil evenly across the pizzas. With the tomato based pizzas, he then takes half a ladleful of crushed tomatoes, and spreads it on top. Lastly he adds mozzarella or tuna or olives or herbs or whatever else needs to be cooked. Using a large wooden spatula, with a handle longer than his arm, he places each pizza one by one in the oven. For the pizzas furthest away he dusts the marble with a little flour before whisking them across to the wooden spatula. They cook for no more than five minutes. He might have to add another large log to the fire, being careful not to disturb the pizzas as he places the log, leaning into the mouth of the oven. The pizzas are extracted one by one, and thrown in a seemingly haphazard fashion onto laid out plates. But none of the pizzas ever slide off or miss the plates, so it cannot be that haphazard. The plates are taken away and the pizzaman starts on his next round.