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Quad Cities Style Pizza

Jim Cooks Food Good · jimcooksfoodgood.com · 2022 · Original

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DietNot vegetarian: sweet italian sausage. Reviewed: sweet italian sausage; mozzarella.

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Pan Pizza style, 62% hydration: drier than 67% of the 1,480 doughs that parse.

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Pan Pizza (United States (generic)): cast iron, skillet or sheet pan pizza with no regional claim: oiled pan, fried bottom, thick soft crumb (Pizza Hut pan lineage)

Tradition: 62 to 75% hydration (this recipe: 62%) · 450 to 550°F bake

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

254g

Water

158g

Hydration

62.2%

Salt

1.2%

Yeast

0.59%

Oil

10.7%

Sauce

245g

Cheese

226g

Dough weight

469g

Process

Bake temp

n/a

Bake time

12 to 15 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Cold ferment

12h

Ingredients (8)

  • flourbread flour2 cup · 254g
  • sugarmalt syrup2 tbsp · 25g
  • saltsalt1/2 tsp · 3g
  • waterbottled water2/3 cup · 158g
  • yeastactive dry yeast1/2 tsp · 1.5g
  • oilolive oil2 tbsp · 27.2g
  • sauce tomatocrushed tomatoes1 cup · 245g
  • cheese mozzarellamozzarella cheese )2 cup · 226g

Toppings (9)

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

  • over cheesemolasses1 tbsp · 12.5g
  • over cheese½ teaspoon cayenne pepper1/2 tsp · 2.1g
  • over cheeseminced garlic1 tbsp · 12.5g
  • over cheeseoregano1 tsp · 0.5g
  • over cheeseblack pepper1 tsp · 4.2g
  • over cheese½ teaspoon red pepper flake1/2 tsp · 2.1g
  • over cheesefennel seed1 tbsp · 12.5g
  • over cheese½ pound sweet Italian sausage1/2 lb · 227g
  • over cheesedried oregano1 tsp · 0.5g

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