Not Eric’s Amazing Pizza Recipe

You guys this pizza dough is the BEST!  I mean the BEST!!!!

We have literally tried ALL different types of flour, yeast, cooking styles, etc…because we are pizza people you know…and let me tell ya’…THIS IS IT!!!!

It’s not Eric’s recipe…he snatched it from the website SeriousEats.   However, we have fine tuned it slightly based on our own preference.  It is light, chewy, and delicious.  You can add whatever toppings you want but the dough is what makes this pizza so fabulous.

And without further ado….here it is.

Ingredients:

• 500 g bread flour, preferably Italian “00” flour
• 2 tsp kosher salt
• 2 tsp instant yeast
• 12 ounces water

This makes four medium thick pizzas in a 10 inch skillet.

Directions:

1. In a large bowl combine flour, salt, and yeast.  Whisk together.
2. Slowly add small amounts of water to the flour, salt and yeast.  Use hands to blend until all the dry flour is incorporated.
3. Create a round dough ball and place in a clean lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
4. Allow to rise for at least 4 hours. (@seriouseats calls for 8-12 hours…we have done both and have not found a drastic difference in flavor or texture).
5. Scoop out dough onto a lightly floured surface and hand form into four dough balls with each weighing roughly 200g each.
6. Cover the dough balls with a bit of flour and a damp kitchen towel and let sit for another hour for a second rise.
7. Turn oven on high broil.
8. Put cast iron skillet on stove top, turn on to medium, and let heat it up for a few minutes. Then add about a teaspoon of coconut oil or bacon fat to the skillet and swirl around. We do this prior to cooking each pizza.
9. Start forming your dough balls into a pizza crust.
10. Slip the pizza dough into the skillet and then scoop on the sauce and other toppings.
11. Let the pizza cook for a few minutes.  Small bubbles around and within the pizza should become visible.
12. Using a spatula, lift up the edge of the pizza to verify that there is some light char marks visible.
13. Turn the stove top off and slip the cast iron into the oven under the broiler for a few minutes.
14. Once the cheese appears melted and there are light char marks around the crust, remove from the oven.
15. Using a spatula, scoop pizza out onto a cutting board to let cool a few minutes.
16. Slice and serve!