Grandma Pizza

Name: Grandma Pizza
Cook time: 12 min
Ingredients: 1 each 1 package active dry yeast; 1.5 cup lukewarm water; 4.25 cup all-purpose flour; 2.5 tsp kosher salt; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 lb low-moisture part-skim mozzarella; 2 cup marinara sauce; 0 each Grated Parmesan; 0 each Crushed red pepper flakes

Unknown · simplyrecipes.com · 2024 · Original

Grandma (asserted)

Grandma (Long Island): half-sheet pan-pressed, olive-oil-fried bottom, Italian-American home tradition

Style norms: 60–70% hydration (this recipe: 70%) · 500–550°F bake (this recipe: 525°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

510g

Water

356g

Hydration

69.7%

Salt

2.9%

Yeast

—

Oil

8.0%

Sauce

400g

Cheese

454g

Dough weight

921g

Process

Bake temp

525°F / 274°C

Bake time

10-12 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (9)

yeast1 package active dry yeast—
waterlukewarm water1.5 cup · 355.5g
flourall-purpose flour4.25 cup · 510g
saltkosher salt2.5 tsp · 15g
oilolive oil3 tbsp · 40.8g
cheese mozzarellalow-moisture part-skim mozzarella1 lb · 453.6g
sauce tomatomarinara sauce2 cup · 400g
cheese otherGrated Parmesan—
sauce tomatoCrushed red pepper flakes—

Toppings (1)

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

post bakeFresh oregano leaves

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Process

Ingredients (9)

Toppings (1)