But I’ve been missing some Pequod’s style, crusty cheese edge pizzas from Chicago, so I've been getting into cast iron pizzas but Oxo has a great non stick pan that is oven safe (I don’t go beyond 550F degrees for this pizza/I put the oven at 500F). I experimented with my NY Dough by splitting the water volume by half by adding whole milk for 250g water/250g whole milk and really liked the results with a crispy exterior and a soft luscious interior to toppings, it’s a beautifu/tasty transition.
At this point, I start to “fry” the pizza to get my crust where I want it, then I stack cheese around the edges to caramelize as it cooks, before I slide it into the oven at 500 to melt everything/finish the crust then broil at 550F to finish the crust while I watch for 60-120 seconds then pull it, put it on a cooling rack to let the pizza finish.
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This was one of the best pizzas I’ve ever made and I stole a little technique from Adam Ragusea and I modded Chef Leo Spizzirri’s NYC Dough recipe that isn’t online anymore unfortunately. Home ovens suck, but by “par-frying” the pizza in a skillet with seasoning really worked out great and I hope my fellow stoners have fun experimenting if you aren’t already doing this!!