Pizza making method courtesy of Tony Gemignani’s International School of Pizza.
If you want to add toppings, add sauce before topping with cheese. Once you’ve added the cheese, top with desired toppings.
Detroit-Style Pizza
According to Datassential, Detroit-style pizza is the fastest growing regional style of pizza on menus in the United States, growing 87% over the past four years. Afino by Grande cheeses work well on Detroit-style pizza to create the signature caramelized crust that keeps customers coming back.
Course: Pizzas
Yield: One 25 x 35 cm Detroit-Style Pizza
Ingredients
- 510 gr Universal Pizza Dough
- 280 gr Pizza sauce, warmed
- 510 gr Afino by Grande Mozzarella
- Afino by Grande Parmesan, grated, for dusting
- Oregano, dried, for dusting
Directions
- Coat pan with a generous portion of butter, Crisco, olive oil or another type of fat. This helps create the crispy crust.
- Place dough, top side up, in pan. Press out evenly making sure the top has a small amount of fat.
- Either cover pan with plastic, use a lid, or leave uncovered (only if top is coated with fat). If using a proofing box, the temp should be no higher than 38°C and can be left for 45 min. to 1 hr. or until doubled in size. If on top of an oven, place a cooling rack or pan underneath to prevent cooking before the dough has risen.
- Once dough has doubled in size, push the dough into the corners taking care not to pull on corners as it will leave an indentation. Once stretched, leave the dough to rise another 30 min.
- After the second rise, par bake the dough at 290°C for 6 to 8 min. or until it begins to color. If the par bake is too long and at the improper temperature the dough will shrink away from the corners leaving too much space between the dough and the edge. This will prevent the signature caramelized cheese edges from forming.
- For the final bake, line the edge with the Mozzarella and middle with Parmesan. Bake at 290°C for another 7 to 10 min. or until the cheese edges have caramelized.
- After baking, ladle warmed tomato sauce in stripes over the pie and dust with grated cheese and dried oregano.
