Airy, Crisp, and Totally Irresistible: Detroit-Style Pizza
feelingfoodish.com · 2025 · Original
Detroitas labeled by the source
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: mozzarella or mild cheddar cheese.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Detroit style, 75% hydration: wetter than 73% of the 1,480 doughs that parse.
Detroit (Detroit): Wisconsin brick cheese to the edges (frico crust), racing stripes of sauce applied after bake, 8x10 or 10x14 blue steel pan
Tradition: 65 to 75% hydration (this recipe: 75%) · 475 to 525°F bake
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
249g
Water
186g
Hydration
75.0%
Salt
2.2%
Yeast
0.60%
Oil
4.0%
Sauce
67g
Cheese
454g
Dough weight
454g
Process
Bake details not stated on the source page.
Ingredients (8)
- flourBread Flour249g
- waterWater186g
- oilExtra Virgin Olive Oil10g
- saltSalt5.5g
- sugarSugar2.5g
- yeastActive Dry Yeast1.5g
- cheese mozzarellamozzarella or mild cheddar cheese1 lb · 454g
- sauce tomatoDetroit pizza sauce1/3 cup · 66.7g
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