Pepperoni Pan Pizza in a Cast Iron Skillet Recipe
Few things compare to the satisfaction of making your own pizza at home—especially when it's a thick, hearty pan pizza with thick, chewy crust, crispy edges, gooey cheese and flavorful pepperoni. The best part is that it is easy to make a Pepperoni Pan Pizza in a cast iron skillet. The cast iron skillet retains and evenly distributes heat, making it ideal for achieving that crispy crust on the outside and soft, chewy dough inside.
Equipment
- Wood-fired oven or pizza stone
Ingredients
Dough Ingredients
- 14 grams fine sea salt
- 350 grams 95 degree water
- 1.5 grams instant dried yeast
- 500 grams Caputo "00" Chef Flour or all purpose flour
Sauce Ingredients
- 1 28 oz can of San Marzano tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Toppings
- 1 ½ cup Low-fat Mozzarella cheese
- ¾ cup Fontina cheese
- ½ cup Asiago cheese
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
- ½ cup Pepperoni or anything else that sounds good at the moment
Instructions
- Add the sea salt to the bowl of a stand mixer. Add water and swirl around until dissolved. Add the yeast and wait 15 seconds. Swirl the mixture to dissolve the yeast. Add flour and mix with a dough hook until it just comes together and there are no stray pieces of dough on the bottom of the bowl. Cover and let rest for 20 minutes. Knead the dough with the dough hook on the slowest speed for three minutes. Increase the speed to the next higher setting and mix another three minutes.
- Carefully place the dough ball in a dough tub or bowl sprayed with a little cooking spray and let rise for four hours.
- Place the dough ball on the countertop keeping it as round as possible. Fold the ball two or three times and tighten into a ball.
- Place the dough ball in a cast iron skillet that has been thoroughly coated with olive oil. Add 1 tbs of olive oil to the top of the dough and stretch the dough as much as possible. Let dough rest 10 minutes, then continue to stretch the dough to the edge of the skillet.
- Spread ⅓ cup of sauce on top of the stretched dough and par-bake for about 10 minutes at 550°F until the edges are light golden brown and the sauce has caramelized a bit.
- Add more sauce, cheese and toppings and bake for 10 more minutes. Cut into 8 slices. Enjoy!
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Nutrition
Serving: 2slicesCalories: 676kcalCarbohydrates: 99gProtein: 29gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 51mgSodium: 1828mgPotassium: 307mgFiber: 4gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 430IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 469mgIron: 7mg
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