Detroit Style of Pizza

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Chris_in_SoCal

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I made some poolish on Friday and enough dough for a few pizza's on Saturday. I let it ferment another night in the fridge.

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I bought a 9 x 9 steel pan that would fit in my Ooni pizza oven but we are being hit with Santa Ana winds today so I brought the stone from my Ooni into the oven.

Fixin' it up the way I want it. Pepperoni, 75% mozerella 25% white cheddar, Yo Momma's spicy marinara, more pepperoni, fresh basil and Herbs D excellence.

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After 16 minutes at 500* I pulled the pizza out of the pan and put it directly on the stone for 5 more.

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Yay! nice fluffy bread crust.

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Looks great!! Back in my business traveling days I'd stay in Warren Mi at times near the GM design center. There was a place there that had amazing pizza like this. You nailed it.
 
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Had my first pizza when I was a little kid somewhere in Detroit, bought my first when I was 16 at Big Ed's in Oak Ridge Tn, rode my motor cycle parked on the side walk, young gal took my order for a small pie and a beer, Big Ed came over and asked what I wanted to drink, told him coke would be fine :emoji_laughing: he said thats what I thought lol. love all of it but diabetic these days and try to stay with thin crust to cut carbs. It's tricky making them at home have burned a few trying without a stone, not sure that would help me or not.
 
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That's one fine looking pizza right there Chris. Very nice!! We prefer thin crust ut I gotta admit, that homemade dough for your thick cruct looks downright tantalizing.

Robert
 
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I usually eat thin crust myself but once in a while a thick one is great. I grew up with Numero Uno in California which is a Chicago thick crust.

The winds are a little crazy here so I woke up at 7am and had another brick of pizza and a Japanese egg sandwich my wife made.
 
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