**Brooklyn-Style Pizza Dough: A New York Classic**
Savor the iconic flavors of New York with our Brooklyn-style pizza dough recipe. This classic dough forms the foundation of authentic Brooklyn pizza, known for its thin, foldable crust, crispy exterior, and chewy interior. With a combination of high-gluten flour, bread flour, and semolina flour, this dough achieves the perfect balance of strength, elasticity, and texture. Follow our step-by-step guide and helpful tips to create the perfect canvas for your favorite pizza toppings.
In addition to the classic Brooklyn-style pizza dough recipe, this article also includes variations for a sourdough version and a gluten-free option. The sourdough pizza dough adds a tangy, complex flavor to your pizza, while the gluten-free dough ensures that everyone can enjoy this New York staple.
These recipes are perfect for pizza enthusiasts of all skill levels. Whether you're a seasoned pizzaiolo or just starting out, our detailed instructions and comprehensive tips will help you achieve pizzeria-quality pizza at home. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and let's embark on a culinary journey to the heart of Brooklyn.
BRICK-OVEN PIZZA (BROOKLYN STYLE)
This is a simple recipe for authentic brick-oven pizza made famous by several, well-known Brooklyn pizzerias. Best accompanied by ice-cold pilsner-style lager beer.
Provided by CDM68
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pizza Recipes
Time 16h31m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Sprinkle yeast over warm water in a large bowl. Let stand for 5 minutes to proof. Stir in salt and cold water, then stir in the flour about 1 cup at a time. When the dough is together enough to remove from the bowl, knead on a floured surface until smooth, about 10 minutes. Divide into two pieces, and form each one into a tight ball. Coat the dough balls with olive oil, and refrigerate in a sealed container for at least 16 hours. Be sure to use a big enough container to allow the dough to rise. Remove the dough from the refrigerator one hour prior to using.
- Preheat the oven, with a pizza stone on the lowest rack, to 550 degrees F. Lightly dust a pizza peel with flour.
- Using one ball of dough at a time, lightly dust the dough with flour, and stretch gradually until it is about 14 inches in diameter, or about as big around as the pizza stone. Place on the floured peel. Place thin slices of mozzarella over the crust, then grind a liberal amount of black pepper over it. Sprinkle with dried oregano. Randomly arrange crushed tomatoes, leaving some empty areas. Drizzle olive oil over the top.
- With a quick back and forth jerk, make sure the dough will release from the peel easily. Place the tip of the peel at the back of the preheated pizza stone, and remove peel so that the pizza is left on the stone.
- Bake for 4 to 6 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the crust begins to brown. Remove from the oven by sliding the peel beneath the pizza. Sprinkle a few basil leaves randomly over the pizza. Cut into wedges and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 144.8 calories, Carbohydrate 19.4 g, Cholesterol 6.8 mg, Fat 4.7 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 5.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, Sodium 213.1 mg, Sugar 0.4 g
BROOKLYN STYLE PIZZA DOUGH
This Recipe Is My Number One Brooklyn Style Pizza Dough. One of My Favorite Things to Do When I Visit New York City Is to Cross the Brooklyn Bridge and ...
Provided by Lilly Mathuse
Categories Pizza Dough Recipes, Pizza Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Combine 2 cups bread flour, water, yeast, and salt in the electric mixer bowl.
- Mix on lowest speed for about 2 minutes using the dough hook attachment. The ingredients should be blended together but still moist. Cover the bowl with a towel and allow the dough to double in volume. This should take around 20 minutes.
- Return the bowl to the electric mixer and mix on low speed for about 5 minutes, until dough has come together. Add in the remaining flour slowly until a soft, sticky dough forms.
- Again, cover the bowl with the towel and allow the dough to rest for another 20 minutes.
- Lightly coat a container with olive oil and lightly dust a work surface with flour.
- Transfer the dough to the floured work surface. Knead the dough until it is soft on the outside, but still moist inside. Shape the pizza dough into a ball and place in the container. Leave the dough in the refrigerator for at least 1 day. It will keep in the fridge for up to 7 days.
- When you wish to make your Brooklyn style pizza, simply remove the dough from the refrigerator and all to warm up for 5-10 minutes. Divide the dough into two balls. Roll them out and place them in a pizza pan.
- Add your favorite pizza toppings. Bake the pizza in preheated oven (500°F) for 10-15 minutes until the dough is brown around the edges and charred on the bottom.
- Allow to cool slightly before slicing and eating the pizza.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 34, Fat 3,4g, Carbohydrate 0,6g, Protein 0,6g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 147mg
BROOKLYN BRIDGE DETROIT STYLE PIZZA
Steps:
- For the Detroit style pizza dough: Combine the warm water and yeast in a small mixing bowl using a whisk.
- Combine flour and sugar in a separate large mixing bowl. Slowly add the yeast mixture. Continue mixing by hand until combined, about 6 minutes. (See Cook's Note.) (You may also use a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment.)
- Add sea salt. Mix for 2 to 3 minutes. Add olive oil and mix for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and allow dough to rest at room temperature until dough starts to rise up the inside the bowl, about 3 hours. Transfer to the refrigerator to rise for at least 17 or up to 48 hours.
- For the Detroit style pizza sauce: Combine the ground tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano, oil, salt and pepper in a bowl with a hand mixer or immersion blender. Refrigerate for at least 17 or up to 24 hours. Heat pizza sauce to 165 degrees F on the stovetop before applying to pizza.
- Use a knife to cut and portion the dough into 9-ounce portions.
- Coat a Detroit style pizza pan with vegetable shortening, butter or olive oil. Make sure to get the fat into the corners and up the sides of the pan.
- Push a portion of dough into pan, making sure to keep the dough even and push it into the corners. Be delicate with the dough during your push. (You can push your dough into shape on the kitchen countertop and then place the pushed dough into the pan.) (Save the remaining dough for another use.)
- Put the lid on the pan and allow the dough to rise in the pan for 1 to 2 hours at room temperature.
- Preheat the oven to 550 degrees F, preferably with a pizza stone in the oven. Add the mozzarella and white Cheddar to the crust, applying 70 percent around the perimeter and 30 percent in the middle. Make sure to get plenty of cheese in each of the 4 corners!
- Bake pizza, rotating it halfway through, until crispy golden brown, for 12 to 18 minutes.
- Remove pizza from oven, then add the pizza sauce in two strips down the middle. Sprinkle on the Pecorino and oregano. Apply the pepperoni and sausage. Return the pizza to the oven until crispy and the sausage is cooked, 8 to 10 minutes more.
- Put the ricotta in a piping bag and then apply it in dollops on top of the pizza. Serve.
ROBERTA'S PIZZA DOUGH
This recipe, adapted from Roberta's, the pizza and hipster haute-cuisine utopia in Bushwick, Brooklyn, provides a delicate, extraordinarily flavorful dough that will last in the refrigerator for up to a week. It rewards close attention to weight rather than volume in the matter of the ingredients, and asks for a mixture of finely ground Italian pizza flour (designated "00" on the bags and available in some supermarkets, many specialty groceries and always online) and regular all-purpose flour. As ever with breads, rise time will depend on the temperature and humidity of your kitchen and refrigerator. Our Greatest Pizza Recipes
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories dinner, lunch, pizza and calzones, main course
Time 20m
Yield Two 12-inch pizzas
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flours and salt.
- In a small mixing bowl, stir together 200 grams (a little less than 1 cup) lukewarm tap water, the yeast and the olive oil, then pour it into flour mixture. Knead with your hands until well combined, approximately 3 minutes, then let the mixture rest for 15 minutes.
- Knead rested dough for 3 minutes. Cut into 2 equal pieces and shape each into a ball. Place on a heavily floured surface, cover with dampened cloth, and let rest and rise for 3 to 4 hours at room temperature or for 8 to 24 hours in the refrigerator. (If you refrigerate the dough, remove it 30 to 45 minutes before you begin to shape it for pizza.)
- To make pizza, place each dough ball on a heavily floured surface and use your fingers to stretch it, then your hands to shape it into rounds or squares. Top and bake.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 518, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 104 grams, Fat 4 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 15 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 324 milligrams, Sugar 0 grams
SOURDOUGH PIZZA DOUGH
This is a varsity-level take on the classic pizza dough recipe from Roberta's in Brooklyn, using sourdough starter to help the dough rise - and give it great taste. If you feed your starter regularly, you can use it in this recipe right out of the crock in which you store it. But if not, give the starter a feed of flour and water a few hours before you mix up the dough. (If you need to start a starter, add a week or so to the process.) "It's a little more complicated" than a regular dough, said Anthony Falco, who runs the pizza operations at Roberta's, "but, oh boy, the end result is worth it."
Provided by Sam Sifton
Categories breads, pizza and calzones, main course
Time P1DT30m
Yield 3 pizzas
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour and salt.
- In a small mixing bowl, stir together 300 grams (about 1 1/4 cups) lukewarm tap water, the instant dry yeast and the olive oil, then stir the sourdough starter into it and pour it into the bowl with the flour mixture. Knead with your hands until well combined, about 4 minutes, then let mixture rest for 15 minutes.
- Knead rested dough for 3 to 4 minutes. Cut into 3 equal pieces and shape each into a ball. Place on a heavily floured surface, cover with a dampened cloth and let rest and rise for 8 to 24 hours in the refrigerator. (Remove from refrigerator 30 to 45 minutes before you begin to shape it for pizza.)
- To make pizza, place each dough ball on a heavily floured surface and use your fingers to stretch it, then your hands to shape it into rounds or squares. Top and bake.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 561, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 109 grams, Fat 6 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 16 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 361 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams
ROBERTA'S PIZZA DOUGH
Great pizza Dough by Sam Sifton of the New York Times cooking. We usually double this recipe and make 3 individual pizzas for 3 people.
Provided by ersmedstad
Categories European
Time 20m
Yield 2 12" Pizzas, 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- in a large mixing bowl combine the two types of flour and the salt.
- In a small mixing bowl, stire together 200 grams (a little less than 1 cup) lukewarm tap water, the yeast and the olive oil. Then, pour it into flour mixture. Knead with your hands until well combined, approximately 3 minutes, then let the mixture rest for 15 minutes.
- Knead rested dough for 3 minutes. Cut into 2 equal pieces and shape each into a ball. Place on a heavily floured surface, cover with dampened cloth and let rest and rise for 3 - 4 hours at room temperature or for 8 - 24 hours in the refrigerator. If you refrigerate the dough, remove it 30-45 minutes before you begin to shape it for pizza.
- To make pizza, place each dough ball on a heavily floured surface and use your fingers to stretch it, then your hands to shape it into rounds or squares. Brush surface of each spread out pizza dough with olive oil, then top it with favorite toppings and bake. The olive oil helps keep the sauce from soaking into the dough and making it soggy.
- I suggest arugala on top of the pizza when it comes out of the oven.
- Cook at 450 deg F for 10-15 minutes or better yet, as hot as the oven will go for something less than that.
Tips:
- Use a kitchen scale to measure your ingredients for the most accurate results.
- Don't over-knead the dough, as this will make it tough.
- Let the dough rise in a warm place for at least 1 hour, or until it has doubled in size.
- Preheat your oven to the highest temperature possible before baking the pizza.
- Use a pizza stone or baking sheet to bake the pizza, as this will help to create a crispy crust.
- Don't overload the pizza with toppings, as this will make it soggy.
- Bake the pizza until the crust is golden brown and the toppings are melted and bubbly.
Conclusion:
Making Brooklyn-style pizza at home is easy and rewarding. With a little practice, you'll be able to make a pizza that rivals the best pizzerias in Brooklyn. So next time you're craving a delicious pizza, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed.
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