Best Recipe for Pizza Calabrese
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 1/2 cups pizza flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 4 cups canned San Marzano tomato sauce
- Pinch of sea salt
- 1 pound fresh mozzarella, sliced
- 40 thin slices spicy Italian salami
- 16 fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped
- 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan
- Olive oil, for drizzling
Instructions
- Special equipment: a wood-fired oven and a pizza peel
- For the pizza dough: Prepare the yeast by mixing it in 1 cup warm water. When it's frothy, add it to the flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Combine until smooth. Portion the dough into 4 balls and let rest for 24 hours.
- Heat a wood-fired oven to 350 to 400 degrees F. Flour a work surface, and hand stretch and form the dough balls into the appropriate pizza shapes. Transfer to a floured pizza peel.
- For the toppings: Season the San Marzano tomato sauce with a pinch of salt. Scoop a ladleful over each of the pizza dough rounds and spread until it almost reaches the edge of the pizza. Top the pizzas with some mozzarella, salami, basil, Parmesan and a drizzle of olive oil. Bake until golden brown and bubbling, about 1 1/2 minutes.
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