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Detroit Deep Dish Pizza

Unknown · seasonsandsuppers.ca · 2021 · Original

Detroit (asserted)

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: 84%) · 475–525°F bake (this recipe: 425°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

281g

Water

237g

Hydration

84.3%

Salt

2.1%

Yeast

0.53%

Oil

Sauce

397g

Cheese

565g

Dough weight

528g

Process

Bake temp

425°F / 218°C

Bake time

6-8 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

blue steel pan

Bulk

3h

Ingredients (11)

  • waterlukewarm water1 cup · 237g
  • yeastactive dry or instant yeast0.5 tsp · 1.5g
  • flourall-purpose flour2.25 cup · 281.3g
  • saltfine salt0.75 tsp · 4.5g
  • oilolive oil
  • sauce tomatotomato paste
  • sauce tomatocan crushed tomatoes14 oz · 396.9g
  • sugarwhite granulated sugar0.5 tsp · 2.1g
  • saltsalt0.25 tsp · 1.5g
  • cheese mozzarellaBrick cheese or old white cheddar2 cup · 226g
  • cheese mozzarellaadditional shredded cheese3 cup · 339g

Toppings (5)

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

  • over cheese1 clove garlic
  • over cheesedried oregano leaves0.5 tsp · 0.3g
  • over cheesedried basil leaves0.5 tsp · 0.3g
  • over cheesePinch red pepper flakes
  • over cheese4-5 oz Pepperoni slices4 oz · 141.8g