Cast Iron Pan Pizza
Simple pizza dough that is elevated when cooked in a cast iron pan and then broiled to finish it off. A chewy crust with delicious flavor, you'll want to add cast iron pan pizza to your weekly dinner list.
Equipment
- Cast Iron Pan
Ingredients
- 332 grams warm water 1 1/2 cups
- 6 grams active dry yeast 2 1/4 tsp
- 8 grams honey or 1 tsp sugar
- 600 grams all purpose flour 3 1/2 cups
- 10 grams salt 1 1/2 tsp
- 22 grams olive oil 2 Tbsp
Instructions
- In the bowl of an electric mixer (you can also mix by hand) add water, yeast, and honey and stir.
- Add in flour and then salt. Knead by hand, or turn your mixer on low (with a dough hook) for about 30 seconds, until a shaggy dough forms.
- Add oil and knead with dough hook for 5 minutes on speed 3 or 4. After kneading, drizzle a bit of oil in the bowl to keep the dough from sticking and place the dough back in (makes clean up easier).
- Cover the bowl with plastic or a damp towel until the pizza dough doubles..roughly 1 hour.
- Once the dough has doubled, divide into 3 equal portions and cover the portions you aren't using.
- Flatten the dough out by hand, or use a rolling pin if you prefer, until it reaches your desired thickness. 1/4" to 1/2" is ideal.
- Heat up a cast iron pan over medium heat. Add in a bit of oil to coat the bottom.
- Move your oven rack to the 2nd or 3rd highest position and turn your oven to high broil.
- Place the dough in the hot and oiled pan. Add your sauce, cheese, and toppings. When you've finished adding toppings, check the bottom of the crust. It should be lightly golden brown...it takes about 3 minutes.
- Carefully take the cast iron pan off the stove top and place it in the oven (turn off the burner). Broil the pizza for 2-3 minutes. Broiling can go quickly, so check on your pizza.
- When the cheese is melted and there is a bit of char on the top, your pizza is done. CAREFULLY remove it from the oven with oven mitts and tip out the pizza onto a cutting board.
- Place the cast iron pan back on the stove top, turn the heat back on, and make your subsequent pies.