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Buffalo Chicken Detroit Style Pizza

Gozney · gozney.com · 2020 · Original

Detroit (aspirational)

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: 71%) · 475–525°F bake (this recipe: 660°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

620g

Water

440g

Hydration

71.0%

Salt

2.4%

Yeast

0.65%

Oil

Sauce

Cheese

280g

Dough weight

1379g

Process

Bake temp

660°F / 349°C

Bake time

2-3 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

blue steel pan

Cold ferment

24h

Ingredients (13)

  • flour00 Flour310g
  • flourBread Flour310g
  • waterWater440g
  • yeast4g Fresh Yeast4g
  • saltSalt15g
  • sugarSoft Brown Sugar
  • sauce tomatoFor the Blue Cheese Sauce
  • dairy doughSour Cream200g
  • dairy doughButtermilk100g
  • cheese otherBlue Cheese100g
  • cheese mozzarellaLow Moisture Mozzarella70g
  • cheese otherJack Cheese70g
  • sauce tomatoHot sauce

Toppings (4)

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

  • over cheeseCelery Saly
  • over cheesePinch each of Cayenne Pepper
  • over cheese2 Chicken Legs
  • over cheeseSmall handful of celery leaves