The Hirshon New Jersey Tomato Pie Pizza with Sausage and Herbed Garlic Oil
The Food Dictator · thefooddictator.com · 2025 · Original
Pan Pizzaas labeled by the source
DietNot vegetarian: crumbled sweet italian sausage with fennel seeds, melted bacon fat.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Pan Pizza style, 63% hydration: drier than 65% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 500°F, hotter than 80% of recipes that state an oven.
Pan Pizza (United States (generic)): cast iron, skillet or sheet pan pizza with no regional claim: oiled pan, fried bottom, thick soft crumb (Pizza Hut pan lineage)
Tradition: 62 to 75% hydration (this recipe: 63%) · 450 to 550°F bake (this recipe: 500°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
254g
Water
160g
Hydration
62.8%
Salt
2.0%
Yeast
n/a
Oil
26.0%
Sauce
628g
Cheese
184g
Dough weight
581g
Process
Bake temp
500°F / 260°C
Bake time
6 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Cold ferment
48h
Ingredients (26)
- yeast1 ball Master Doughn/a
- flour3 parts flour mixed with 1 part semolinan/a
- cheese mozzarella. Polly-O brand or Galbani brand whole-milk6 1/2 oz · 184g
- sauce tomatoor more as needed Hirshon Über Tomato Sauce1 cup · 245g
- cheese otherFreshly grated Pecorino Romano cheesen/a
- oilBasil Oregano Garlic Oiln/a
- yeastactive dry yeast1.1g
- waterwarm water35g
- flourcombined flours weight: 170 grams Tony Gemignani “California Artisan” Type 00 Pizza Flour combined with 56.5 grams Ancient Grains Grand Teton einkorn flour227g
- sugardiastatic malt5g
- waterice water105g
- yeastBiga45g
- saltfine sea salt5g
- oilextra virgin olive oil2.5g
- yeastBiga :45g
- yeastactive dry yeast or 0.21 grams fresh yeast0.1g
- watercold tap water19.5g
- flourcombined flours –27.5g
- sauce tomatoThe Hirshon Über Tomato Sauce:n/a
- sauce tomatoground tomatoes1 cup · 245g
- sauce tomato½ cup tomato paste1/2 cup · 123g
- sauce tomato. tomato powder1 tbsp · 15.3g
- saltPinch fine sea saltn/a
- oil. extra virgin olive oil2 tsp · 9g
- oilThe Hirshon Basil Oregano Garlic Oil –n/a
- oil¼ cup extra virgin olive oil1/4 cup · 54.5g
Toppings (9)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheeseCrumbled sweet Italian sausage with fennel seeds
- over cheesemelted bacon fat
- over cheese***
- over cheesePinch dried oregano
- over cheesea goodly splash Kitchen Bouquet
- over cheesea splash Tabasco
- over cheese. minced fresh garlic1 1/2 tsp · 6.3g
- over cheese. minced fresh oregano1 1/2 tsp · 0.8g
- post bake. minced fresh basil1 1/2 tsp · 0.8g
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