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New Haven Style Pizza

Luis Perez · gozney.com · 2022 · Original

New Haven / Apizza (asserted)

New Haven / Apizza (New Haven, CT): coal-fired, well-done / leoparded, white clam as signature; tomato-oregano-grated-hard-cheese canon

Style norms: 60–68% hydration (this recipe: 56%) · 700–900°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

1000g

Water

560g

Hydration

56.0%

Salt

2.5%

Yeast

Oil

Sauce

20g

Cheese

130g

Dough weight

1739g

Process

Bake temp

650°F / 343°C

Bake time

4-5 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (11)

  • flourAll Purpose flour 900g900g
  • flour00 Flour – 100g100g
  • yeastInstant or Active dry yeast –4g4g
  • yeastPreferment –150g150g
  • waterIce cold water 560g560g
  • saltSea Salt 25g25g
  • cheese mozzarellaSliced aged mozzarella 100g100g
  • cheese mozzarellaFresh mozzarella 30g30g
  • sauce tomatoTomato sauce120g20g
  • oilExtra virgin olive oil to garnish
  • cheese otherPecorino or Parmigiano Reggiano to garnish

Toppings (1)

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

  • post bakeOregano to garnish