Easy Cast Iron Pizza
Sonja Overhiser · acouplecooks.com · 2020 · Original
Pan Pizzainferred from the title
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: mozzarella cheese, shredded parmesan cheese.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Pan Pizza style, 63% hydration: drier than 65% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 475°F, hotter than 73% of recipes that state an oven.
Pan Pizza (United States (generic)): cast iron, skillet or sheet pan pizza with no regional claim: oiled pan, fried bottom, thick soft crumb (Pizza Hut pan lineage)
Tradition: 62 to 75% hydration (this recipe: 63%) · 450 to 550°F bake (this recipe: 475°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
188g
Water
118g
Hydration
62.8%
Salt
1.6%
Yeast
1.60%
Oil
10.9%
Sauce
100g
Cheese
85g
Dough weight
332g
Process
Bake temp
475°F / 246°C
Bake time
13 to 17 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (8)
- flourTipo 00 or all-purpose flour188g
- yeastinstant or active dry yeast1 tsp · 3g
- saltkosher salt1/2 tsp · 3g
- waterwarm water118g
- oilolive oil1 tbsp · 13.6g
- sauce tomatoEasy Pizza Sauce1/2 cup · 100g
- cheese mozzarellamozzarella cheese1/2 cup · 56.5g
- cheese othershredded Parmesan cheese1/4 cup · 28.3g
Toppings (7)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheeseoregano1/2 tsp · 0.3g
- over cheesegarlic powder1/2 tsp · 2.1g
- over cheese4 baby bella mushrooms or one portabella mushroom
- over cheesefennel seeds1/2 tsp · 2.1g
- over cheese1/2 bell pepper
- over cheese1 handful thinly sliced red onion
- over cheeseDried oregano
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