Cook's Illustrated's Thin-Crust Pizza

Name: Cook's Illustrated's Thin-Crust Pizza
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 468 grams cups bread flour, plus more for work surface (see note); 794 grams whole peeled tomatoes, drained and liquid discarded; 2 teaspoons medium garlic cloves, minced or pressed through garlic press (about; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 315 milliliters ice water (about 10 1/2 ounces; see note); 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 118 milliliters ounce finely grated Parmesan cheese (about; 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 teaspoon table salt; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil, plus more for work surface; 227 grams whole milk mozzarella, shredded (about 2 cups; see note); 1 teaspoons instant or rapid-rise yeast

Cook's Illustrated's Thin-Crust Pizza might be just the Mediterranean recipe you are searching for. This recipe makes 2 servings with 1565 calories, 70g of protein, and 51g of fat each. This recipe covers 52% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 hours. Head to the store and pick up wine vinegar, milk mozzarella, olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert. It works well as a main course.

Instructions

For the dough: In food processor fitted with metal blade, process flour, sugar, and yeast until combined, about 2 seconds. With machine running, slowly add water through feed tube; process until dough is just combined and no dry flour remains, about 10 seconds.

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Yeast

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Let dough stand 10 minutes.

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Add oil and salt to dough and process until dough forms satiny, sticky ball that clears sides of workbowl, 30 to 60 seconds.

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Cooking Oil

Remove dough from bowl and knead briefly on lightly oiled countertop until smooth, about 1 minute. Shape dough into tight ball and place in large, lightly oiled bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 24 hours and up to 3 days.

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Wrap

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Bowl

For the sauce: Process all ingredients in food processor until smooth, about 30 seconds.

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Transfer to medium bowl or container and refrigerate until ready to use.

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To bake the pizza: One hour before baking pizza, adjust oven rack to second highest position (rack should be about 4 to 5 inches below broiler), set pizza stone on rack, and heat oven to 500 degrees.

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Remove dough from refrigerator and divide in half. Shape each half into smooth, tight ball.

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Place on lightly oiled baking sheet, spacing them at least 3 inches apart; cover loosely with plastic wrap coated with nonstick cooking spray; let stand for 1 hour.

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Wrap

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Coat 1 ball of dough generously with flour and place on well-floured countertop. Using fingertips, gently flatten into 8-inch disk, leaving 1 inch of outer edge slightly thicker than center. Using hands, gently stretch disk into 12-inch round, working along edges and giving disk quarter turns as you stretch.

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Transfer dough to well-floured peel and stretch into 13-inch round. Using back of spoon or ladle, spread 1/2 cup tomato sauce in thin layer over surface of dough, leaving 1/4-inch border around edge.

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Sprinkle 1/4 cup Parmesan evenly over sauce, followed by 1 cup mozzarella.

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Slide pizza carefully onto stone and bake until crust is well browned and cheese is bubbly and beginning to brown, 10 to 12 minutes, rotating pizza halfway through.

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