Thin and Crispy Pizza made at Home
How to create a thin and cripy pizza using a home oven.
Equipment
- 1 Bowl
- 1 stand mixer or hands optional
- 1 proofing tray optional
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 300 grams pizza flour or bread flour
- 180 grams warm water
- 2 grams dry yeast
- 5 grams salt
- 15 grams olive oil
- 3 grams sugar
A Pizza Sauce-This is a zesty one!
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- ½-1 clove garlic chopped-I like garlic
- 1 tsp red pepper (optional)
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 pinch sugar
- 16 oz good crushed tomatoes
Pizza Cheese and Toppings
- 16 oz Good Part Skim Mozzarella-whole milk is creamier but might be watery.
- Toppings of your choice
- fresh basil
- grated pecornio/romano chese
Pizza Forming
- flour
- corn meal
Instructions
Pizza Sauce
- Mix all ingredients together and set aside until ready to use. Do this ahead of time and do not cook.1 tbsp olive oil, 2 tsp dried oregano, ½-1 clove garlic chopped-I like garlic, 1 tsp red pepper (optional), 1 tsp kosher salt, 16 oz good crushed tomatoes, 1 pinch sugar
Pizza Dough
- Add yeast, sugar, and water glass or plastic glass and set aside for 5 minutes180 grams warm water, 2 grams dry yeast, 3 grams sugar
- Add rest of ingredients to a mixing bowl and stir300 grams pizza flour or bread flour, 5 grams salt, 15 grams olive oil
- Add wet ingredients to dry and mix until combined
- Cover with plastic wrap or damp warm towel for 30 minutes
- Knead for 5 minutes until smooth and form into a taught ball. I use the fold under and pinch method. Place into a lightly oiled bowl and cover for 2 hours
- Knead for 5 more minutes and either put in refrigerator over night, or divide into three equal balls.
Use that day
- Form the three dough balls into taught balls, and place dough into lightly oiled proofing box and cover for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven and pizza steel for 30-40 minutes to 500-550 degrees. You can try a pizza stone. Hotter the better.
- place dough in bowl with flour. Flour both sides.Place
- Form into pizza crust on a floured surface.flour
- Flour or add cornmeal pizza peel and add cheese and toppingscorn meal
- Bake for 10 minutes or less depending the oven temperature
Use Next Day
- Remove from refrigerator and let come to room temperature.
- 2 hours prior to cooking form into 3 equal taught balls.
- Place dough into lightly oiled proofing box and cover for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven and pizza steel for 30-40 minutes to 500-550 degrees. You can try a pizza stone. Hotter the better.
- place dough in bowl with flour. Flour both sides.flour
- Form into pizza crust on a floured surface.
- Flour or add cornmeal pizza peel and add cheese and toppingscorn meal
- Bake for 10 minutes or less depending the oven temperature
- serve and enjoy!
Notes
For Thin and Cripy pizza's do not load on the toppings. Keep it light.