Grandma Pizza
allrecipes.com · 2014 · Original
Grandmainferred from the title
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Grandma style, 83% hydration: wetter than 88% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 450°F, hotter than 58% of recipes that state an oven.
Grandma (Long Island): half-sheet pan-pressed, olive-oil-fried bottom, Italian-American home tradition
Tradition: 60 to 70% hydration (this recipe: 83%) · 500 to 550°F bake (this recipe: 450°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
381g
Water
316g
Hydration
82.9%
Salt
3.1%
Yeast
n/a
Oil
0%
Sauce
824g
Cheese
510g
Dough weight
1041g
Process
Bake temp
450°F / 232°C
Bake time
5 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (14)
- flourbread flour3 cup · 381g
- sugardark brown sugar3 1/2 tsp · 14.7g
- saltkosher salt2 tsp · 12g
- yeast1 package rapid-rise yeast142g
- oilextra-virgin olive oil1/2 cup · 109g
- waterwater1 1/3 cup · 316g
- oil1 serving olive oil cooking sprayn/a
- sauce tomato6 medium garlicn/a
- sauce tomato1 can whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes794g
- sauce tomatotomato paste2 tbsp · 30.6g
- sugarwhite sugar1 tbsp · 12.5g
- salt1 pinch kosher salt and cracked black pepper to tasten/a
- cheese othergrated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese10 oz · 284g
- cheese mozzarellashredded mozzarella cheese2 cup · 226g
Toppings (5)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheese1 medium russet potato
- over cheeseonion powder2 tbsp · 25g
- over cheesedried oregano2 tsp · 1g
- over cheesered pepper flakes1/2 tsp · 2.1g
- post bake4 sprigs fresh basil
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