I spent a couple years living off homemade pizzas because I was working 7 12-hour days a week and it was the only thing that really fit in my schedule.
Get home, turn on shower, pull out premade pizza crust, slather it with sauce, dump a pound of cheese on it, throw some pepperoni on it, toss in still-preheating oven, jump in shower, hop out and pizza is done.
That looks like a perfect copycat Giordanos! I used to make those at home before they opened one up locally in American hell Ohio.
They make my friends in Italy SO ANGRY. They insist that it’s some sort of quiche or casserole. And then I point out that I’ve been to Italy and seen the hotdog and french fry pizza with my own eyes. That makes them angrier.
2-3 lbs mozzarella/pizza cheese
16 oz pizza sauce
1 cup Warm Water
3 2/3 tablespoons Canola Oil
1 teaspoon Olive Oil
1 1/2 teaspoons Kosher Salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Granulated Sugar
3 cups unbleached All-Purpose Flour, Use the Scoop-And-Sweep method
1 1/2 teaspoons Instant Dry Yeast
Prepare Crust
Add the warm water and pinch of sugar to mixing bowl
add yeast and let foam for 30 seconds or so.
Add everything else
mix until just stuck together (3-4 minutes, everything will still be flaky)
Lightly flour a surface
knead the dough ball for about two minutes. Kneading longer than a couple minutes will make the crust more fluffy and bread-like instead of dense and biscuit-like.
Break off 1/3 of the dough ball, this will be the top crust.
Form them both into dough balls and place into a large oiled bowl.
Let the dough rise once at room temperature, punch down and place in refrigerator for at least 7 hours.
Prepare Pan
Take out of the fridge and let it reach room temperature (about 2 hours).
Let rise at room temp for 6-8 hours (although it won’t rise much).
roll out the balls of dough extremely thin
take a cast iron skillet or spring-form pan (high sides are better) grease with butter well
lay the first crust in, it should come all the way up the sides of the pan.
wet bottom of crust with sauce very lightly
layer in all your toppings with a little but of cheese, the add the rest of the cheese.
lay on the top crust, seal it up with the bottom crust.
poke some holes in the top crust toward the middle.
then pour the sauce on, even out.
Bake at 400 for 35-40 minutes, until the crust is lightly browned and the cheese is melted thoroughly.
Having been through Kentucky, you’d be surprised. Then you’d be slightly disappointed because suddenly you have a baseline for “Wants to live in Kentucky” and that’s not a pretty picture.
I spent a couple years living off homemade pizzas because I was working 7 12-hour days a week and it was the only thing that really fit in my schedule.
Get home, turn on shower, pull out premade pizza crust, slather it with sauce, dump a pound of cheese on it, throw some pepperoni on it, toss in still-preheating oven, jump in shower, hop out and pizza is done.
If I could go back in time, absolutely not
o0o0 i love homemade pizza.
heres my pic from my fav recipe… can ya guess where im from?
From Italian hell.
very, very close
You call that pizza in the wrong neighborhood, they might make up the difference.
Chicago would be my first guess but that would be too easy, so I’m gonna guess… … Lexington Kentucky
you were right the first time
italian hellchicagothis is my giordanos copycat recipe and its freeeakin perfect
i dont think anyone lives in kentucky on purpose
That looks like a perfect copycat Giordanos! I used to make those at home before they opened one up locally in
American hellOhio.They make my friends in Italy SO ANGRY. They insist that it’s some sort of quiche or casserole. And then I point out that I’ve been to Italy and seen the hotdog and french fry pizza with my own eyes. That makes them angrier.
if you want the recipe its pretty damn simple i can post it
Yes please!
here ya go!
2-3 lbs mozzarella/pizza cheese 16 oz pizza sauce 1 cup Warm Water 3 2/3 tablespoons Canola Oil 1 teaspoon Olive Oil 1 1/2 teaspoons Kosher Salt 1 1/2 teaspoons Granulated Sugar 3 cups unbleached All-Purpose Flour, Use the Scoop-And-Sweep method 1 1/2 teaspoons Instant Dry Yeast
Prepare Crust Add the warm water and pinch of sugar to mixing bowl add yeast and let foam for 30 seconds or so. Add everything else mix until just stuck together (3-4 minutes, everything will still be flaky)
Lightly flour a surface knead the dough ball for about two minutes. Kneading longer than a couple minutes will make the crust more fluffy and bread-like instead of dense and biscuit-like. Break off 1/3 of the dough ball, this will be the top crust. Form them both into dough balls and place into a large oiled bowl. Let the dough rise once at room temperature, punch down and place in refrigerator for at least 7 hours.
Prepare Pan Take out of the fridge and let it reach room temperature (about 2 hours). Let rise at room temp for 6-8 hours (although it won’t rise much). roll out the balls of dough extremely thin take a cast iron skillet or spring-form pan (high sides are better) grease with butter well lay the first crust in, it should come all the way up the sides of the pan. wet bottom of crust with sauce very lightly layer in all your toppings with a little but of cheese, the add the rest of the cheese. lay on the top crust, seal it up with the bottom crust. poke some holes in the top crust toward the middle. then pour the sauce on, even out. Bake at 400 for 35-40 minutes, until the crust is lightly browned and the cheese is melted thoroughly.
A literal pizza pie. I have never seen this abomination before, it’s normal in Chicago?
Lovely, thank you!
Having been through Kentucky, you’d be surprised. Then you’d be slightly disappointed because suddenly you have a baseline for “Wants to live in Kentucky” and that’s not a pretty picture.
Can confirm.
Source: I live in Kentucky