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Detroit-Style Pan Pizza

J. Kenji López-Alt · seriouseats.com · 2017 · 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: 73%) · 475–525°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.

Flour

300g

Water

220g

Hydration

73.3%

Salt

3.0%

Yeast

1.67%

Oil

9.1%

Sauce

800g

Cheese

340g

Dough weight

576g

Process

Bake temp

550°F / 288°C

Bake time

12-15 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

blue steel pan

Ingredients (9)

  • flourbread flour300g
  • yeast5g instant yeast5g
  • salt9g salt9g
  • waterwater220g
  • oilextra-virgin olive oil2 tbsp · 27.2g
  • sauce tomato1 can high-quality crushed tomatoes800g
  • sugarsugar1 tbsp · 15g
  • saltKosher salt
  • cheese mozzarellaBrick cheese12 oz · 340g

Toppings (6)

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

  • over cheese3 medium cloves garlic
  • over cheesedried oregano2 tsp · 5g
  • over cheeseDash red pepper flakes
  • over cheesegranulated garlic powder1 tsp · 6g
  • over cheesegranulated onion powder1 tsp · 6g
  • over cheesehigh-quality natural-casing pepperoni12 oz · 340g