NY-Style Pizza in Under 2 Hours

Name: NY-Style Pizza in Under 2 Hours
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 2 pizzas
Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups (450 g) bread flour; 1 1/2 tsp instant yeast; 2 tsp sugar; 2 tsp salt; 1 1/4 cups (300 ml) warm water, about 105°F; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 can (14 oz) crushed tomatoes; 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp dried oregano and 1 tsp sugar, for the sauce; 12 oz low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, shredded; Grated Parmesan and olive oil, to finish

A thin, foldable, crisp-bottomed New York slice from a same-day dough. No overnight rise required.

2 hr Medium Makes 2 pizzas

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Most NY dough recipes want a 24-hour cold ferment. This one uses a little extra yeast and a warm rise so you go from flour to slice in under two hours. The keys: a screaming-hot steel or stone, a simple uncooked sauce, and low-moisture mozzarella.

Ingredients

3 1/2 cups (450 g) bread flour
1 1/2 tsp instant yeast
2 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups (300 ml) warm water, about 105°F
1 tbsp olive oil
1 can (14 oz) crushed tomatoes
1 tsp salt, 1 tsp dried oregano and 1 tsp sugar, for the sauce
12 oz low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, shredded
Grated Parmesan and olive oil, to finish

Gear I used

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Baking Steel for Home-Oven Pizza 4.0

Method

1
Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Add the warm water and olive oil and mix until a shaggy dough forms. Knead 8–10 minutes by hand (or 5 in a stand mixer) until smooth and elastic.
2
Divide into 2 balls, place in oiled bowls, cover, and let rise in a warm spot for 60–75 minutes until doubled.
3
Put a pizza steel or stone on the top rack and preheat the oven to its highest setting (500–550°F) for at least 45 minutes.
4
Stir the crushed tomatoes with salt, oregano and sugar. That's the sauce — no cooking.
5
On a floured counter, press a dough ball from the center out, leaving a thick rim. Stretch over your knuckles to about 14 inches.
6
Move to a floured peel or parchment. Spread a thin layer of sauce, scatter the mozzarella, and add a dusting of Parmesan.
7
Slide onto the hot steel and bake 6–8 minutes until the bottom is crisp and the cheese is blistered. Finish with a drizzle of olive oil, slice, and fold.