Bakery Style Pizza Recipes

BAKERY-STYLE PIZZA

Steps:

• Combine water and yeast in a small bowl. Let stand until yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.
• Combine flour and salt together in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment. Pour in yeast mixture. Knead dough until smooth, about 7 minutes.
• Grease a large bowl lightly with olive oil. Form dough into a tight ball and lightly grease the top. Place in the bowl; cover loosely with plastic wrap. Let rise until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes.
• Mix crushed tomatoes and pizza sauce together in a bowl to make sauce.
• Grease a heavy-gauge rimmed 12x17-inch baking sheet generously with olive oil. Press dough into the bottom. Prick dough all over with a fork. Arrange mozzarella cheese slices over dough; cover with 1 cup sauce. Sprinkle Pecorino Romano cheese on top. Drizzle remaining olive oil over pizza.
• Let pizza rise in a warm area until puffy, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Bake pizza on the center rack of the preheated oven until edges are very dark brown but top is not burnt, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before slicing into squares.

RHODE ISLAND-STYLE PIZZA STRIPS AKA BAKERY PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
• Divide dough in half and roll or press each half out onto each prepared baking sheet into rectangles.
• Mix crushed tomatoes, pepperoni, 1/4 cup olive oil, Romano cheese, sugar, salt, garlic, oregano, and black pepper in a bowl, stirring to dissolve sugar and salt. Spread half the sauce evenly over each crust, spreading it all the way to the edges. Drizzle top of each pizza with 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the sauce looks dry at the edges, still moist in the middle, and crusts are crisp on the bottom, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Let cool to room temperature on racks and cut each pizza into 8 strips about 9 inches long and 3 inches wide.

JIM LAHEY'S (SULLIVAN STREET BAKERY) PIZZA BIANCA

Steps:

• Combine flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, sugar, and yeast in the bowl of an electric mixer, and slowly add 1 cup cold water.
• With dough hook (or mix by hand) mix on low speed until ingredients begin to combine, increase speed to medium-high, and continue to mix for about 10 minutes until the dough is smooth, elastic, and cleanly pulls away from the sides of the mixing bowl.
• Place dough in an oiled bowl, and allow to rest for 2 to 4 hours until it has doubled in size.
• Split the dough into halves, and form each into a log.
• Place each log on a generously floured surface, and allow it to rest until the formed dough doubles in size again, at least 1 hour.
• Put dough on a lightly floured baker's peel.
• Dimple dough by pressing it down with your fingertips.
• Work the dough outward toward the edges of the peel until you reach your desired size and thickness, about 1/4 inch.
• Drizzle with remaining olive oil, rosemary and sprinkle with remaining salt.
• Place a baking stone, sometimes known as a pizza stone, in the oven.
• Set oven to broil, about 520 degrees (or in my case on high).
• Slide pizza onto the preheated baking stone with the baker's peel.
• Bake until the bubbles range from golden to deep brown in color, (Jim says 10 to 12 minutes but in my case it was about 5-6 minutes,l guess mine was pretty thin) . . . suggest moving rack to the bottom of the oven).
• Serve immediately!