St. Louis Style Pizza
Plain Chicken · plainchicken.com · 2020 · Original
St. Louisinferred from the title
DietPossibly vegetarian: two lines could not be resolved (pizza sauce, favorite pizza toppings). Reviewed: favorite pizza toppings; cheeses.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
St. Louis style, 76% hydration: wetter than 74% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 450°F, hotter than 58% of recipes that state an oven.
St. Louis (St. Louis): cracker crust (no yeast in many versions), Provel cheese blend, sweet sauce; Imo's is the archetype
Tradition: 45 to 55% hydration (this recipe: 76%) · 450 to 525°F bake (this recipe: 450°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
156g
Water
119g
Hydration
75.8%
Salt
1.9%
Yeast
n/a
Oil
5.8%
Sauce
67g
Cheese
226g
Dough weight
291g
Process
Bake temp
450°F / 232°C
Bake time
12 to 15 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (9)
- flourall-purpose flour1 1/4 cup · 156g
- salt½ tsp salt1/2 tsp · 3g
- oilolive oil2 tsp · 9g
- sugarlight corn syrup1 tsp · 4.2g
- water½ cup warm water1/2 cup · 119g
- cheese othershredded white cheddar cheese1 cup · 113g
- cheese other½ cup swiss cheese1/2 cup · 56.5g
- cheese other½ cup provolone cheese1/2 cup · 56.5g
- sauce tomatopizza sauce1/3 cup · 66.7g
Toppings (4)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheese½ tsp baking powder1/2 tsp · 2.1g
- over cheese½ tsp liquid smoke1/2 tsp · 2.1g
- over cheeseItalian seasoning1/2 tsp · 2.1g
- over cheesefavorite pizza toppings
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