Deep Dish Detroit Style Pizza (Buddy's Copycat Recipe)

Name: Deep Dish Detroit Style Pizza (Buddy's Copycat Recipe)
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 5.5 cup All-purpose Unbleached Flour; 2 each Instant Active Dry Yeast; 2 each 2 – 3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 1 each Salt; 2.5 cup 2 1/2+ Cups Warm Water; 2.5 cup Prepared Quick Tomato Sauce; 3 cup Shredded Brick Cheese; 2 cup Shredded Fontinella Cheese; 1 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese

Deborah · italianfoodforever.com · 2019 · 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: 86%) · 475–525°F bake (this recipe: 375°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

688g

Water

593g

Hydration

86.2%

Salt

—

Yeast

—

Oil

—

Sauce

613g

Cheese

678g

Dough weight

1280g

Process

Bake temp

375°F / 191°C

Bake time

10-15 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

blue steel pan

Ingredients (9)

flourAll-purpose Unbleached Flour5.5 cup · 687.5g
yeastInstant Active Dry Yeast—
oil2 – 3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil—
saltSalt—
water2 1/2+ Cups Warm Water2.5 cup · 592.5g
sauce tomatoPrepared Quick Tomato Sauce2.5 cup · 612.5g
cheese mozzarellaShredded Brick Cheese3 cup · 339g
cheese otherShredded Fontinella Cheese2 cup · 226g
cheese otherGrated Parmesan Cheese1 cup · 113g

Toppings (1)

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

over cheese1 Package Pepperoni198.5g

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Ingredients (9)

Toppings (1)