Mini Detroit Pizzas
Pala Pizza · palapizza.com · 2022 · Original
Detroitas labeled by the source
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: whole milk low moisture mozzarella, monterey jack or white cheddar, parmesan cheese.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Detroit style, 94% hydration: wetter than 96% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 550°F, hotter than 92% of recipes that state an oven.
Detroit (Detroit): Wisconsin brick cheese to the edges (frico crust), racing stripes of sauce applied after bake, 8x10 or 10x14 blue steel pan
Tradition: 65 to 75% hydration (this recipe: 94%) · 475 to 525°F bake (this recipe: 550°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes. Hydration counts the water in this dough's milk or beer (about 88% and 92% of their weight), as bakers do.
Flour
350g
Liquid, as water
330g
Hydration
94.2%
Salt
2.9%
Yeast
1.00%
Oil
0%
Sauce
113g
Cheese
28g
Dough weight
704g
Process
Bake temp
550°F / 288°C
Bake time
4 to 5 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
blue steel pan
Ingredients (8)
- flourBread Flour350g
- waterWater255g
- saltKosher Salt10g
- yeastInstant Dried Yeast3.5g
- dairy doughWhole Milk Low Moisture Mozzarella3 oz · 85g
- cheese otherMonterey Jack or white cheddar1 oz · 28.3g
- sauce tomatoUltimate Homemade Pizza Sauce4 oz · 113g
- cheese otherParmesan cheesen/a
Toppings (1)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheeseBasil
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