"Mario Batali's skillet pizza is what you must have for dinner. Every night! The dough recipe can be found on bonapetit.com The pizza sauce recipe is an original. Hope you enjoy it!"
Iron Cast Skillet Pizza
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Prep time: 3hrs 10mins
Cook time: 25mins
Serves or Makes: 3
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ingredients
Mario Batali's Pizza Dough
- 1 envelope active dry yeast
- 2 teasopon sugar
- 2 tablepoons salt
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cups EVOO
- 1 1/4 cups warmed milk
- 1/4 cups semolina flour
- 5 tablespook EVOO
Method
Pizza dough
Step 1
Stir milk and yeast and set aside to create foam.
Step 2
In standing mixer with dough hook attachment, add dry ingredients followed by oil and foamy yeast-milk mixture gradually on low speed.
Step 3
Increase speed when all has been added. If dry, add more olive oil (2 tsp at a time). If wet, add flour (1 tbsp at a time).
Step 4
When sticks together and smooth looking, transfer to semolina flour-dusted surface and knead by hand for a few mins.
Step 5
Grease a large bowl (2-3 tablespoons EVOO) before placing dough in for proof. Allow to proof for 1.5 hours.
Step 6
Transfer dough to semolina flour-dusted surface. Release air from dough then divide and roll dough to desired size balls.
Step 7
Place somewhere dry and cover with cloth for second proof for about 15 mins.
Step 8
Bake or store in EVOO greased zip-loc bags in refrigerator (for 2 days).
Step 9
When ready to bake, pre-heat oven to 425F.
Step 10
Grease skillet with 2-3 tablespoons EVOO (grease up the sides as well).
Step 11
Spread dough over the skillet. Make sure to tuck dough in and up the sides of the skillet in preparation for pre-bake.
Step 12
Pre-bake for 5-7 mins until start to puff up.
Step 13
Remove skillet from oven (carefully!) and add sauce and toppings. Don't cover with cheese just yet. Brush edges of dough with EVOO before placing back in oven.
Step 14
Place skillet in oven for full bake, about 15-20 mins, until starts to brown.
Step 15
Remove skillet from oven. Top with cheese and return to oven for additional 1-2 mins.
ingredients
Pizza sauce
- 5 tomato juice
- 1/4 cups chopped red onion
- 1/4 cups chopped green + red bell peppers
- 1/4 cups chopped mushrooms
- 1 ripe tomato
- 1 handful of pitted black olives
- 1/2 teaspoo oregano
- 1/4 teasopon crushed black pepper
- 1/4 teasopon salt
- 5 fresh basil leaves
- 3 clove fresh garlic
Pizza sauce Instructions
Step 1
On stovetop, heat up 2 tbsp olive oil in a medium pot, fry the onions and garlic until fragrant.
Step 2
Add mushrooms and tomato, let cook on medium heat for a couple of mins.
Step 3
Add tomato juice and let simmer for 3-4 mins.
Step 4
Add peppers and olives, let simmer for additional 3-4 mins on low heat.
Step 5
Add spices and herbs. Simmer for a couple of minutes before removing from heat.
Step 6
Once cool, blend. Can be refrigerated for 4 days.