Easy No-Roll, No-Stretch Sicilian-Style Square Pizza at Home Recipe
seriouseats.com · 2011 · Original
Sicilianas labeled by the source
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: shredded mozzarella cheese.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Sicilian style, one of 48 in the lab. Its dough did not parse to grams, so it sits out the dough comparisons.
Sicilian (Sicily): thick spongy crumb, often with anchovy/breadcrumb/caciocavallo; sometimes cheeseless
Tradition: 65 to 75% hydration · 450 to 550°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
425g
Water
n/a
Hydration
n/a
Salt
3.3%
Yeast
1.67%
Oil
38.5%
Sauce
n/a
Cheese
227g
Dough weight
633g
Flour or hydration falls outside the parsable range, so this dough sits out the charts.
Process
Bake temp
550°F / 288°C
Bake time
10 to 15 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (7)
- flourall-purpose flour15 oz · 425g
- saltkosher salt1/2 oz · 14.2g
- yeastrapid-rise yeast1/4 oz · 7.1g
- sugarsugar1/2 oz · 14.2g
- oilextra-virgin olive oil1/2 cup · 109g
- sauce tomato1 can whole peeled tomatoes packed in tomato juicen/a
- cheese mozzarellashredded mozzarella cheese1/2 lb · 227g
Toppings (5)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheese1 medium russet potato1 oz · 198g
- over cheese4 medium garlic cloves
- over cheesedried oregano2 tsp · 1g
- over cheesered pepper flakes1/2 tsp · 2.1g
- over cheese4 sprigs basil
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