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Skillet Neapolitan Pizza (No Kneading or Oven Required!) Recipe

Unknown · seriouseats.com · 2012 · Original

Neapolitan (aspirational)

Neapolitan (Naples, Campania): thin flexible base, puffy leoparded cornicione, ~90s at ~900F, fior di latte or bufala, crushed raw tomato

Style norms: 55–70% hydration (this recipe: 75%) · 800–950°F bake (this recipe: 600°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

454g

Water

340g

Hydration

75.0%

Salt

Yeast

Oil

12.0%

Sauce

Cheese

Dough weight

848g

Process

Bake temp

600°F / 316°C

Bake time

8-12 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (7)

  • flourall-purpose flour16 oz · 453.6g
  • salt.3 ounces kosher salt
  • yeast.2 ounces active dry yeast
  • waterwater12 oz · 340.2g
  • sauce tomato1 can whole peeled Italian tomatoes packed in juice
  • dairy dough1 ball buffalo mozzarella or fresh cow's milk mozzarella
  • oilextra-virgin olive oil4 tbsp · 54.4g

Toppings (1)

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

  • post bakeHandful fresh basil leaves