Detroit style Sourdough pizza .

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chopsaw chopsaw I usually pull the dough from the refer, roll it, drop the rolled pie on the parchment that is on the slide, make it and bake it.
 
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Did this last minute a couple weeks ago . I have been messing around with making up a bunch of dough and letting it ride in the fridge , like this .
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That way I can bake bread in short notice . This one was the last of about 5 batches .
Had been in the fridge 7 days or so . Already had enough bread , so figured I'd make pizza .
Decided on Detroit style , because the hydration of this dough makes it hard to launch off a peel .
More like impossible .
Turned the dough out of the container and let it start to warm up .
Has that fermented smell to it .
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Put around 3 TBLS of oil in the pan . Put the dough in and start stretching .
Wants to spring back , just have to stay with it . It eventually stays edge to edge .
You can see the oil around the sides . That's what you want .
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Had to make due with what I had . Sandwich size Pepperoni cut in 1/4's .
First layer right on the dough .
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I normally grind my own cheese , and it should be Brick . Kept it simple and used store
bought Mozz . Heavy around the edges , so you get that fried cheese effect .
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Then completely cover and do another layer of pepperoni .
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Cover again with cheese . I had just enough cup and crisp pepperoni
to do 2 rows .
3 stripes of sauce , 2 rows pepperoni on top .
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Baked a375 . That crispy edge makes it . I should have put more
cheese around the edge .
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Let it cool some before cutting so the cheese sets up .
Needs a tangy cheese , or better quality Mozz . It wasn't bad for last minute .
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Great flavor in the dough . Light and crispy . Nice chew .
It was good the day of , but the next day reheated was great .
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Great looking ZA!

- Jason
 
Did this last minute a couple weeks ago . I have been messing around with making up a bunch of dough and letting it ride in the fridge , like this .
View attachment 698220
That way I can bake bread in short notice . This one was the last of about 5 batches .
Had been in the fridge 7 days or so . Already had enough bread , so figured I'd make pizza .
Decided on Detroit style , because the hydration of this dough makes it hard to launch off a peel .
More like impossible .
Turned the dough out of the container and let it start to warm up .
Has that fermented smell to it .
View attachment 698221
Put around 3 TBLS of oil in the pan . Put the dough in and start stretching .
Wants to spring back , just have to stay with it . It eventually stays edge to edge .
You can see the oil around the sides . That's what you want .
View attachment 698222
Had to make due with what I had . Sandwich size Pepperoni cut in 1/4's .
First layer right on the dough .
View attachment 698223
I normally grind my own cheese , and it should be Brick . Kept it simple and used store
bought Mozz . Heavy around the edges , so you get that fried cheese effect .
View attachment 698224
Then completely cover and do another layer of pepperoni .
View attachment 698225
Cover again with cheese . I had just enough cup and crisp pepperoni
to do 2 rows .
3 stripes of sauce , 2 rows pepperoni on top .
View attachment 698226
Baked a375 . That crispy edge makes it . I should have put more
cheese around the edge .
View attachment 698227

Let it cool some before cutting so the cheese sets up .
Needs a tangy cheese , or better quality Mozz . It wasn't bad for last minute .
View attachment 698228
Great flavor in the dough . Light and crispy . Nice chew .
It was good the day of , but the next day reheated was great .
View attachment 698229
Holy cow, that looks killer too me!!!

I used to ferment my dough for up to 5 days, I never tried past that, but I will next time I make up a batch.
Pizza is one of my favorites, I could eat it daily, well I could if I was skinny. :emoji_joy:
 
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Holy cow, that looks killer too me!!!
I used to ferment my dough for up to 5 days, I never tried past that, but I will next time I make up a batch.
Thanks . I used to mix up a batch on Sunday , that way it was ready when I wanted to use it during the week . Sometimes you get busy and it goes longer than intended , but it works .
That made me think about the last time I used the Ooni! Pizza looks awesome!
I was trying this sourdough mix for pizza , and it just doesn't work with the pizza oven . To wet . Works for this style because of the oil in the pan . After 3 fails , I'm talking into the trash , my Son walked away from his pizza oven . Just went to Wisconsin , and he bought a bunch of mozzarella .
So we mixed up my regular pizza dough with double zero flour . Cleaned up the Solo stove Pi pizza oven , and had pizza and wings last night . Kinders Buttery Buffalo sauce grilled onto the wings .
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Really good there....
Thanks bud .
Started out as a test for sourdough . I mixed 5 batches and put them in the fridge . I did add some yeast to the mix . Let them ride a few days , them baked them off . Didn't need much stretching , and cooked up nice .
 
Did this last minute a couple weeks ago . I have been messing around with making up a bunch of dough and letting it ride in the fridge , like this .
View attachment 698220
That way I can bake bread in short notice . This one was the last of about 5 batches .
Had been in the fridge 7 days or so . Already had enough bread , so figured I'd make pizza .
Decided on Detroit style , because the hydration of this dough makes it hard to launch off a peel .
More like impossible .
Turned the dough out of the container and let it start to warm up .
Has that fermented smell to it .
View attachment 698221
Put around 3 TBLS of oil in the pan . Put the dough in and start stretching .
Wants to spring back , just have to stay with it . It eventually stays edge to edge .
You can see the oil around the sides . That's what you want .
View attachment 698222
Had to make due with what I had . Sandwich size Pepperoni cut in 1/4's .
First layer right on the dough .
View attachment 698223
I normally grind my own cheese , and it should be Brick . Kept it simple and used store
bought Mozz . Heavy around the edges , so you get that fried cheese effect .
View attachment 698224
Then completely cover and do another layer of pepperoni .
View attachment 698225
Cover again with cheese . I had just enough cup and crisp pepperoni
to do 2 rows .
3 stripes of sauce , 2 rows pepperoni on top .
View attachment 698226
Baked a375 . That crispy edge makes it . I should have put more
cheese around the edge .
View attachment 698227

Let it cool some before cutting so the cheese sets up .
Needs a tangy cheese , or better quality Mozz . It wasn't bad for last minute .
View attachment 698228
Great flavor in the dough . Light and crispy . Nice chew .
It was good the day of , but the next day reheated was great .
View attachment 698229
You care to share the Recipe for the Dough ? It looks Yummy?
 
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Recipe for the Dough ?
This is based on one I got from Rick .
420 grams bread flour
300 grams water
60 grams sourdough starter
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp instant yeast
1 1/2 tsp salt .

Regular pizza dough
275 grams 00 flour
170 grams water
1/4 tsp instant yeast
1/2 tsp sugar if using house oven . No sugar if using a high temp pizza oven .
1 1/4 tsp salt .
Mix and leave at room temp for 9 hours . ( I've went 4 with no issues )
or in the fridge covered for up to 7 days .
 
Did this last minute a couple weeks ago . I have been messing around with making up a bunch of dough and letting it ride in the fridge , like this .
View attachment 698220
That way I can bake bread in short notice . This one was the last of about 5 batches .
Had been in the fridge 7 days or so . Already had enough bread , so figured I'd make pizza .
Decided on Detroit style , because the hydration of this dough makes it hard to launch off a peel .
More like impossible .
Turned the dough out of the container and let it start to warm up .
Has that fermented smell to it .
View attachment 698221
Put around 3 TBLS of oil in the pan . Put the dough in and start stretching .
Wants to spring back , just have to stay with it . It eventually stays edge to edge .
You can see the oil around the sides . That's what you want .
View attachment 698222
Had to make due with what I had . Sandwich size Pepperoni cut in 1/4's .
First layer right on the dough .
View attachment 698223
I normally grind my own cheese , and it should be Brick . Kept it simple and used store
bought Mozz . Heavy around the edges , so you get that fried cheese effect .
View attachment 698224
Then completely cover and do another layer of pepperoni .
View attachment 698225
Cover again with cheese . I had just enough cup and crisp pepperoni
to do 2 rows .
3 stripes of sauce , 2 rows pepperoni on top .
View attachment 698226
Baked a375 . That crispy edge makes it . I should have put more
cheese around the edge .
View attachment 698227

Let it cool some before cutting so the cheese sets up .
Needs a tangy cheese , or better quality Mozz . It wasn't bad for last minute .
View attachment 698228
Great flavor in the dough . Light and crispy . Nice chew .
It was good the day of , but the next day reheated was great .
View attachment 698229
nice looking poolish. Detroit style is on my target list. yours looks awesome
 
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The original recipe for the sourdough uses 260 grams of water . I upped it to 300 . Just FYI .

How thick (or thin) would you describe your starter? I've found that can drive adjustments. Mine is pretty thin, like thin pancake batter. I feed 1/4 C water to 1/3 C flour - have been doing it that way for about 25 years.
 
Mines fairly thick , but I don't think that really makes a difference for this . It's only 60 grams .
This is actually a German roll recipe I got on here , that I upped the water in and use for my breads and rolls .
I just used it for pizza because I had it mixed up . It works for the detroit style because of the oil in the pan .
I was just letting you know I increased the hydration .

Makes great rolls as listed above .

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Regular pizza dough
275 grams 00 flour
170 grams water
1/4 tsp instant yeast
1/2 tsp sugar if using house oven . No sugar if using a high temp pizza oven .
1 1/4 tsp salt .
Mix and leave at room temp for 9 hours . ( I've went 4 with no issues )
or in the fridge covered for up to 7 days .
Well pizza was kind of a bust. Dough was pretty dense and had a weird taste to it. I used some KA 00 and went back and looked at it. Had an off smell and then looked at the expire date. It was 3 years ago. Oh well! I swear pizza one of those things that kick my butt!

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pizza was kind of a bust. Dough was pretty dense
You mentioned you normally add extra water , and I told you not to .
That might have been bad advice . It does depend on location and weather conditions .
I mix that up as listed , and it's perfect . Actually on the wet side after it sits .

Old flour is bad . A lot of people don't realize it goes bad .
Check your yeast date while you're at it .
I swear pizza one of those things that kick my butt!
That sucks . Has to be something you can change to make it do what you want .
 
You mentioned you normally add extra water , and I told you not to .
That might have been bad advice . It does depend on location and weather conditions .
I mix that up as listed , and it's perfect . Actually on the wet side after it sits .

Old flour is bad . A lot of people don't realize it goes bad .
Check your yeast date while you're at it .

That sucks . Has to be something you can change to make it do what you want .
Yeah I think it did need a little more water but it was mostly the bad flour. The yeast has been very active.
 
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