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Sicilian Pizza with Olive Dipping Oil
Makes one sheet pan pizza
Ingredients
Dough
- 500 g bread flour
- 390 g room temperature water
- 10 g kosher salt
- 3 g instant yeast I like SAF instant brand
- Olive oil for greasing
- Softened butter for greasing
Sauce
- 1 (28 oz) can whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- Kosher salt and pepper to taste
Topping
- 12 oz sliced low-moisture whole milk mozzarella
- ¾ cup finely grated pecorino romano
Dipping Oil
- ½ cup whole pitted Castelvetrano olives finely chopped
- ½ cup olive oil
- 2 anchovies finely minced
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh basil
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp chopped Calabrian chilis
- ½ tsp dried oregano
Instructions
- The day before you want to make the pizza: prepare the dough. In a large bowl, mix bread flour, water, salt, and yeast until fully combined. Cover and let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Uncover and fold the dough by pulling up each side of the dough and folding them into the center.
- Cover and let rest for another 30 minutes. Repeat the folding process from step 2.
- Drizzle the top of the dough with a bit of olive oil and cover with plastic wrap. Transfer to the fridge to rest overnight. *
- The next day, when you are ready to bake: preheat the oven to 500ºF with a pizza stone in the lower third (if you have it).
- Grease a half-sheet pan very well with butter and oil all over. Place dough on the tray and press/stretch dough out as far as you can. It won’t fit the entire sheet tray at this point. Oil the top and place a sheet of plastic wrap on top of the dough. Let the dough rest for 30-45 minutes at room temperature.
- While the dough relaxes, prepare the sauce. Strain the whole tomatoes from the liquid in the can (the liquid will make the sauce too thin, but save for other uses!).
- Add the tomatoes to a medium bowl. Using an immersion blender or food processor, pulse the tomatoes until just pureed.
- Add in tomato paste and olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
- After the dough has rested, press/stretch out again, this time to fill out the entire tray.
- Top the dough with the sliced cheese, all the sauce, and then the pecorino.
- Bake in the lower third of the oven (on top of the pizza stone, if using) for 20-25 minutes, or until golden and bubbly.
- Meanwhile, make the olive topping. Add olives, olive oil, anchovies, basil, parsley, chilis, honey and oregano to a small bowl. Mix to combine and season with salt and pepper if needed.
- Once the pizza is done baking, transfer it to a wire rack to prevent the bottom crust from getting soggy. Serve with the olive-y dipping oil on the side. I like to cut this pizza using scissors.
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Notes
*You can make the dough up to three days ahead and just leave it in the fridge until you are ready to make the pizza!
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