The Best French Bread Pizza Recipe
seriouseats.com · 2013 · Original
French Bread Pizzainferred from the title
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: freshly grated whole milk mozzarella cheese, grated parmigiano-reggiano, butter.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
French Bread Pizza style, one of 45 in the lab. Its dough did not parse to grams, so it sits out the dough comparisons.
French Bread Pizza (United States): split baguette or French loaf topped and baked; Stouffer's lineage, no dough
Tradition: 375 to 425°F bake (this recipe: 425°F)
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Process
Bake temp
425°F / 218°C
Bake time
10 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (5)
- oilextra-virgin olive oil4 tbsp · 54.4g
- saltKosher saltn/a
- sauce tomato1 can crushed tomatoes400g
- cheese mozzarellafreshly grated whole milk mozzarella cheese8 oz · 227g
- cheese othergrated Parmigiano-Reggiano2 oz · 57g
Toppings (6)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheesebutter3 tbsp · 43g
- over cheese4 cloves garlic
- over cheesePinch red pepper flakes
- over cheesedried oregano1/2 tsp · 0.5g
- over cheeseminced fresh parsley or basil leaves1/4 cup · 15g
- over cheese1 large loaf French or Italian bread
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