# Cast Iron Pan Pizza

A recipe for making real pizza in a cast iron pan without a pizza stone or oven.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- wet ingredients
- dry ingredients
- extra virgin olive oil
- crushed tomatoes
- dried herbs
- salt
- low moisture part skin mozzarella

## Instructions

1. Mix the wet and dry ingredients for the dough.
2. Knead the dough for a few minutes.
3. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes.
4. Perform three rounds of stretch and folds on the dough, with 30 minutes of rest in between each round.
5. After the third stretch and fold, let the dough rise for an hour and a half.
6. Place the dough in the cast iron pan with a ton of extra virgin olive oil and let it rise again.
7. Make the sauce with crushed tomatoes, dried herbs, and salt.
8. Grate the mozzarella cheese.
9. Par bake the dough for 15 minutes.
10. Load the edges of the par-baked dough with cheese, then add sauce on top.
11. Return the pizza to the oven for another 10 minutes.
12. Finish the pizza for a few minutes under the broiler.
13. Scrape the cheesy crust off and remove the pizza from the skillet.

## Equipment

- cast iron pan
- oven
- broiler

## Tips

- Rest the dough in the oven with the light on for rising.
- Par bake the thick dough for 15 minutes before adding toppings.
- Load up the edges with cheese.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNmzSmzO_Dz/?igsh=bThmeTNsaGozMWF2
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/002c381b-48b7-416d-8520-91657fb9c5c8
- Extracted: 2026-02-11

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