Sicilian Grandma Pizza Recipe
Satisfying Slice · satisfyingslice.com · 2023 · Original
Grandmainferred from the title
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: provolone cheese.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Grandma style, 93% hydration: wetter than 95% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 450°F, hotter than 58% of recipes that state an oven.
Grandma (Long Island): half-sheet pan-pressed, olive-oil-fried bottom, Italian-American home tradition
Tradition: 60 to 70% hydration (this recipe: 93%) · 500 to 550°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
318g
Water
296g
Hydration
93.3%
Salt
3.8%
Yeast
1.32%
Oil
6.4%
Sauce
245g
Cheese
226g
Dough weight
650g
Process
Bake temp
450°F / 232°C
Bake time
7 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Cold ferment
48h
Ingredients (7)
- flourbread flour )2 1/2 cup · 318g
- waterwater )1 cup · 237g
- yeastdry active yeast1 tsp · 4.2g
- saltsalt2 tsp · 12g
- oilextra virgin olive oil1 1/2 tbsp · 20.4g
- sauce tomatotomato sauce1 cup · 245g
- cheese otherprovolone cheese )2 cup · 226g
Toppings (2)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheeseoregano1 tsp · 0.5g
- over cheesebasil leaves )1/4 cup · 6g
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