Foolproof Pan Pizza

Name: Foolproof Pan Pizza
Prep time: 1 d
Cook time: 1 d
Total time: 1 d
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 400 grams (14 ounces, about 2 1/2 cups) bread flour; 4 grams (0.15 ounces, about 1/2 teaspoon) instant yeast; 10 grams (0.35 ounces, about 2 teaspoons) kosher salt, plus more for sprinkling; 8 grams (0.25 ounces, about 2 teaspoons) extra-virgin olive oil, plus more to coat pans and drizzle; 57 grams grated parmesan or pecorino Romano cheese (optional); 355 milliliters pizza sauce, such as our New York-style pizza sauce; 275 grams (9.5 ounces, about 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons) water

Foolproof Pan Pizza might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 18g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 459 calories. This vegetarian recipe serves 4. If you have bread flour, water, pecorino romano cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 24 hours.

Instructions

Combine flour, salt, yeast, water, and oil in a large bowl.

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All Purpose Flour

Water

Yeast

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Mix with hands or a wooden spoon until no dry flour remains. The bowl should be at least 4 to 6 times to volume of the dough to account for rising.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Wooden Spoon

Bowl

Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap, making sure that edges are well-sealed, then let rest on the countertop for at least 8 hours and up to 2

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Dough should rise dramatically and fill bowl.

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Dough

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Bowl

Sprinkle the top of the dough lightly with flour, then transfer it to a well-floured work surface. Divide dough into two pieces and form each into a ball by holding it with well-floured hands and tucking the dough underneath itself, rotating it until it forms a tight ball.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Pour 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil in the bottom of two 10-inch cast iron skillet or round cake pans. (See note above).

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Place 1 ball of dough in each pan and turn to coat evenly with oil. Using a flat palm, press the dough around the pan, flattening it slightly and spreading oil around the entire bottom and edges of the pan. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let the dough sit at room temperature for two hours. After the first hour, adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat oven to 550°F.

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Dough

Wrap

Cooking Oil

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Plastic Wrap

Oven

Frying Pan

After two hours, dough should be mostly filling in the pan up to the edges. Use your fingertips to press it around until it fills in every corner, popping any large bubbles that appear. Lift up one edge of the dough to let any air bubbles underneath escape and repeat, moving around the dough until there are no air bubbles left underneath and the dough is evenly spread around the pan.

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Spread

Dough

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Frying Pan

Top each round of dough with 3/4 cup sauce, spreading the sauce with the back of a spoon into every corner.

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Dough

Sauce

Spread evenly with mozzarella cheese, letting the cheese go all the way to the edges. Season with salt.

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Mozzarella

Cheese

Spread

Salt

Add other toppings as desired.

Drizzle with olive oil and scatter a few basil leaves over the top (if desired)

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Fresh Basil

Olive Oil

Transfer pan to oven and bak until top is golden brown and bubbly and bottom is golden brown and crisp when you lift it with a thin spatula, 12 to 15 minutes. Immediately sprinkle with grated parmesan or pecorino Romano cheese. Using a thin spatula, loosen pizza and peek underneath. If bottom is not as crisp as desired, place pan over a burner and cook on medium heat, moving the pan around to cook evenly until it is crisp, 1 to 3 minutes.

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Parmesan