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Detroit-Style Pizza

Unknown · americastestkitchen.com · 2017 · Original

Detroit (asserted)

Detroit (Detroit): Wisconsin brick cheese to the edges (frico crust), racing stripes of sauce applied after bake, 8x10 or 10x14 blue steel pan

Style norms: 65–75% hydration (this recipe: 74%) · 475–525°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

319g

Water

237g

Hydration

74.3%

Salt

1.9%

Yeast

1.97%

Oil

4.3%

Sauce

245g

Cheese

283g

Dough weight

590g

Process

Bake temp

500°F / 260°C

Bake time

8-12 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

blue steel pan

Ingredients (8)

  • oilextra-virgin olive oil1 tbsp · 13.6g
  • flourall-purpose flour2.25 cup · 319g
  • yeastinstant or rapid-rise yeast1.5 tsp · 6.3g
  • sugarsugar1.5 tsp · 6.3g
  • waterwater1 cup · 237g
  • saltsalt0.75 tsp · 4.5g
  • cheese otherMonterey Jack cheese10 oz · 283g
  • sauce tomatocanned crushed tomatoes1 cup · 245g

Toppings (5)

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

  • post bakechopped fresh basil1 tbsp · 1.5g
  • over cheesearlic clove
  • over cheesedried oregano1 tsp · 0.5g
  • over cheesedried basil1 tsp · 0.5g
  • over cheesepepper0.5 tsp · 2.1g