Make sure the third cut doesn’t pass through the center, otherwise you’ll only end up with 6 slices. 6 of the slices will have crust and 1 toward the center will be crustless.
Use a friendly game or competition of your choice to decide who gets the extra large piece. The tastier you make the pizza, the harder people will play!
The resulting 7 pieces won’t be of equal size or shape, but the design the cuts make will look very geometric and interesting! The middle piece will be crustless while the outer 6 will have varying amounts of crust.
Place your pie cutting guide on top of the pizza and press it down to slice. If it’s too small for the diameter of the pizza, use a knife to mark the slice lines. Cutting guides can only make the designated number of slices they were designed for and can’t be adjusted.
Remove the toothpicks at the bottom, 1/4th, and 1/8th spots. Imagine a line going from the top toothpick to the center, and then to the 1/16th toothpick. Cut the smaller region to the left of this line into 3 equal pieces, then cut the larger region to the right into 4 equal pieces for a total of 7 equal slices. This is the best way to cut 7 equal pieces without using a specialty tool like a cutting guide or protractor.
Place the protractor flat side-down on top of the pizza. Line up the bullseye marking on the protractor with the exact center of the pizza. Use a knife to mark slices that are about 51 degrees wide all around the pizza. Grab the protractor by the straight side and use the curved edge to cut your pizza!
In baking, “scoring” is the act of making a shallow slash on the surface of the dough with a knife before you put it in the oven. This method works best when you make your own dough (frozen pizzas with toppings on them can’t be scored).
