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Homemade Sicilian-Style Pizza

Alexandra Stafford · alexandracooks.com · 2022 · Original

Sicilianinferred from the title

DietNot vegetarian: pepperoni. Reviewed: pepperoni; cheese; butter; honey.

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Sicilian style, 89% hydration: wetter than 93% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 500°F, hotter than 80% of recipes that state an oven.

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Sicilian (Sicily): thick spongy crumb, often with anchovy/breadcrumb/caciocavallo; sometimes cheeseless

Tradition: 65 to 75% hydration (this recipe: 89%) · 450 to 550°F bake (this recipe: 500°F)

Baker's percentages

Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.

Flour

512g

Water

455g

Hydration

88.9%

Salt

2.3%

Yeast

1.56%

Oil

13.3%

Sauce

245g

Cheese

n/a

Dough weight

1395g

Process

Bake temp

500°F / 260°C

Bake time

10 to 11 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (9)

  • flourbread flour4 cup · 512g
  • saltkosher salt2 tsp · 12g
  • yeastinstant yeast2 tsp · 8g
  • waterlukewarm water2 cup · 455g
  • dairy doughof grated cheese12 oz · 340g
  • sauce tomatotomato sauce1 cup · 245g
  • oilolive oil3 tbsp · 40.8g
  • sauce tomatocrushed red pepper flakesn/a
  • sugarhot honeyn/a

Toppings (6)

Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.

  • over cheesebutter
  • over cheesemushrooms8 oz · 227g
  • over cheesereen bell pepper
  • over cheese1/2 red onion
  • over cheesepepperoni6 oz · 170g
  • over cheesepickled jalapeños1 cup · 200g

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