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Round pan-baked toasted pizza: the recipe

Round pan-baked toasted pizza

A masterpiece of Campanian and southern Italian culinary tradition. It's the classic home-style or old-bakery pizza, defined by its unmistakable crunchy, almost fried texture on the edges and base.

An alternative to the traditional Neapolitan pizza, with no need for a high-performance oven.

At a glance

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Ingredients

Quantities for 5 pieces of 330 g, kitchen at 20 °C

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Method

  1. Weigh the ingredients and knead (20 min)
    • Use water at 23 °C
  2. End of mixing, start of bulk rise (at room temperature) (4 h 30 min)
  3. Reinforcement fold 1 of 2
  4. Reinforcement fold 2 of 2
  5. Divide/shape: weigh and form the pieces (10 min)
  6. Start of proofing (at room temperature) (2 h 30 min)
  7. Rest in the pan (at room temperature) (10 min)
    Stretch the dough directly into the pan, greased with plenty of oil.
  8. Ready to cook

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Baking

    • conventional oven, without steam
    • Overall temperature: 250 °C
    • Time: until done
    • On the oven floor, until the base browns
    • Grill, without steam
    • Time: until done
    • Right under the grill to finish

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Preparation notes

Topping
Spread the topping all the way to the edges too, so the tomato lightly chars ("arruscata") against the hot pan.

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