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Carbonara Detroit Style Pizza

Luis Perez · gozney.com · 2023 · 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 · 475–525°F bake (this recipe: 650°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

325g

Water

Hydration

Salt

Yeast

Oil

Sauce

Cheese

300g

Dough weight

325g

Process

Bake temp

650°F / 343°C

Bake time

1-2 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

blue steel pan

Ingredients (5)

  • flour1 300-325g Detroit style dough ball325g
  • oiloil
  • cheese mozzarella250-300g shredded aged mozzarella and mild white cheddar300g
  • egg dough2 egg yolks
  • cheese otherPecorino romano to garnish

Toppings (3)

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

  • over cheesecooked guanciale75g
  • post bakeFresh parsley to garnish
  • post bakeCracked black pepper to garnish