Cast iron pizza is a fun process for making homemade pizza that produces a crispy and cheesy meal. This template takes you through the steps from dough to table.
This diagram was created on Apr 19, 2021 5:54 PM and was last updated May 5, 2021 10:37 AM.
Add about 1 Tbsp to the pan
Once you add the oil, using your fingers push the oil to coat the whole pane along with the sides
Sprinkle some seasoning into the pan
Depending on how much you want add in some pinches of kosher salt, freshly ground pepper, and some Italian Oregano We're going to season our pan because we want the dough to pick up the seasoning directly and not for it to get lost in the sauce
Take your dough and place it in the cast iron pan
The ball of dough should be about the size of a softball. Place the dough in the middle of the pan and begin to push out the dough to the sides of the cast iron pan
Wait 30 mins for the dough to proof
You won't be able to push the dough to the edges at first, you need to let the dough "proof" and after the dough will be more stretchy.
Push the dough to the edges of the pan
The dough on the edges won't make the ends crispy, but it will help get that end result
Pizza Dough Ready
Your dough is ready and you can set it aside, now we need to make the pizza sauce
Open the can of crushed tomatoes
With the can of tomatoes, reach your hand in and starting crushing the tomatoes. You'll want to reach a relatively smooth consistency, but there are no rules on this. What we are making is called a "raw sauce" so no cooking before the pizza required
Mix the chopped garlic and crushed tomatoes together
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Add the sauce to the top of the dough
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Add shredded mozzarella cheese to the pizza
You'll want to add in the cheese to the top of the pizza, you'll also want to make special attention to add a good bit of cheese along the edges of the cast iron pan on top of the dough - this will give you the special crispy crust
Add pepperoni
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Add slices of cut the pepperoni to the pizza
Try to add as thin as slices as you can, it will make the edges crispy and add contrast
Place in the oven at 525 or as high as your oven will go
You'll want to place your cast iron assembled pizza into the hottest your oven can go, the hotter the better.
Let bake for 10-15 mins
This requires frequent checking to make sure the pizza doesn't burn and some ovens are different so be sure to check to make sure the pizza isn't smoking
You made a cast iron pizza!
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