Detroit style pizza
Detroit style pizza, from above
Non vegDetroit

Detroit style pizza

A square, airy pizza with lacy burnt cheese edges and sauce striped on top. The crispy corner is the prize.

150 minTime
25 gProtein each
mildSpice
Corners for everyone3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySquare pan pizza with cheese to the edges and sauce striped on top.
The original
588kcalsame
25 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
150minutessame

Detroit style pizza.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)3¼ cups
Water1¼ cups
Instant dry yeast1½ tsp
Salt1½ tsp
Sugar2 tsp, divided
Olive oil2 tbsp, for the pan
Mozzarellalow moisture, in cubes
Cheddar cheesein cubes, or brick cheese
Spicy salami (pepperoni)pepperoni
Tomatocrushed tomatoes
Garlic2 cloves
Dried oregano1 tsp

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Mix flour, water, yeast, salt and half the sugar into a wet, sticky dough. Rest 2 hours, folding once.
  2. 2Oil a 25 x 35 cm rectangular metal pan and press the dough to the corners. Rise 1 hour.
  3. 3Lay pepperoni on the dough, then scatter cheese all the way to the edges, touching the pan sides.
  4. 4Bake at 250°C for 13 to 15 minutes until the edges are dark brown and crisp.
  5. 5Simmer tomatoes with garlic, oregano and the rest of the sugar for 10 minutes and spoon in two stripes over the baked pizza.
Serve it like this

Lift out of the pan onto a board and cut into squares so everyone gets an edge. Extra sauce on the side.

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