New Haven-Style Pizza Dough
Servings 3 18″ Pizzas
Equipment
- 3 Tupperwares (6 cup)
Ingredients
- 900 g Bread flour (high-gluten if possible)
- 27 g Sea salt
- 6 g Instant yeast
- 621 mL Warm water
- 18 g Olive oil
- Olive oil Extra for coating
Instructions
Proofing
- Mix flour, salt, yeast thoroughly
- Add water, oil and knead in mixer for 8 minutes
- Let dough rest 30 minutes
- Knead 60 seconds
- Rest 60 minutes
- Split into 500g balls
- Ball dough and place each in an olive-oiled Tupperware
- Place Tupperware in fridge for ~24 hours
- Remove from fridge ~3 hours before baking
Preparing dough for toppings
- Cover peel in breadcrumbs
- Place dough into a flour bath in a large circular pan
- Stretch dough to size of pan
- Place dough on floured counter, stretch to full size
- Put dough on top of peel, stretch again as needed
Pizza Sauce
Servings 2.5 Pizzas
Equipment
- Food mill
Ingredients
- 1 28oz can whole peeled tomatoes
- 1 tsp Sea salt
- 1/4 tsp Oregano
- 2 cloves Garlic minced
Instructions
- Slice the tomatoes in the can with a knife
- If watery: Pour the can out into a colander and allow it to drain a bit
- Pour into a food mill and grind
- Add salt, oregano, garlic. Mix well.
New Haven-Style Pizza
Equipment
- Ooni Koda pizza oven (or home oven)
- 1/2" pizza steel (3/8" is acceptable)
- Door for pizza oven
- Cookie cooling rack
- Scraper for pizza steel
- Pizza Peel
- Large pan
Ingredients
- New Haven-Style Pizza dough
- Pizza sauce
- Low moisture whole milk mozzarella
- Pecorino Romano cheese
- Olive oil
- Semolina flour
Instructions
- Prepare dough and sauce
- Add sauce, mozzarella, pecorino romano, toppings, olive oil
If using Ooni:
- You're going to want to get an aftermarket 3/8" to 1/2" pizza steel and a door for your Ooni
- Preheat oven for 30 minutes – Aim for surface temperature of 650℉.
- Reduce Ooni to "secret low" (press the knob in and turn it clockwise past the ignition). Aim for the boundary between a blue and red flame.
- Launch your pizza! Keep it roughly centered on the plate. Rotate 1/4 turn every 90 seconds for ~9 minutes. Close door when not rotating.
If using home oven:
- Get your steel plate as hot as you can get it – you may need to use the broiler. You want to get to at least 550℉. Preheat for 45 minutes to an hour.
- Launch the pizza
- Rotate 1/4 turn every 90 seconds for ~9 minutes.
- At 5 minute mark: Turn on broiler
Regardless of cooking method:
- Move to cooling rack for a minute before cutting