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Detroit Style Pizza

Gozney · gozney.com · 2019 · 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: 71%) · 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

310g

Water

220g

Hydration

71.0%

Salt

3.2%

Yeast

3.23%

Oil

Sauce

Cheese

200g

Dough weight

550g

Process

Bake temp

500°F / 260°C

Bake time

3-5 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

blue steel pan

Ingredients (8)

  • flourBread Flour310g
  • saltSalt10g
  • yeastFresh Yeast10g
  • waterWater220g
  • oilOlive Oil
  • sauce tomato2 x Good quality tinned tomatoes
  • cheese mozzarellaBlock Mozzarella120g
  • cheese otherMontary Jack Cheese80g

Toppings (7)

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

  • over cheeseUnsalted Butter
  • over cheese2 Cloves Garlic
  • over cheeseOregano
  • over cheeseA Pinch of Chilli Flakes
  • over cheese1 Red Onions
  • over cheese2-3 Sprigs Basil
  • over cheese32 Slices of Pepperoni