# Cast Iron Pan Pizza

This recipe guides you through making a delicious cast iron pan pizza, no pizza stone or oven required, with active preparation spread over a few hours.

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

## Ingredients

- wet ingredients
- dry ingredients
- extra virgin olive oil
- crushed tomatoes
- dried herbs
- salt
- low moisture part-skim 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, pulling the dough as far as it will go without breaking and folding it over itself.
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, resting it in the oven with the light on.
7. In the meantime, make the sauce with crushed tomatoes, dried herbs, and salt.
8. Grate the mozzarella (low moisture part-skim).
9. Par bake the thick dough for 15 minutes before adding any toppings.
10. Load up the edges of the par-baked dough with cheese.
11. Add sauce on top of the cheese.
12. Bake for another 10 minutes or so.
13. Finish the pizza for a few minutes under the broiler.
14. Scrape the cheesy crust off and it should come out of the skillet easily.

## Equipment

- cast iron pan
- oven
- grater

## Tips

- Do three rounds of stretch and folds with 30 minutes of rest in between to build up the gluten in the dough.
- Rest the dough in the oven with the light on.
- Par bake the dough for 15 minutes before adding toppings due to its thickness.
- Load up the edges with cheese for a cheesy crust.
- Finish the pizza under the broiler for a few minutes.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1814899476149087/?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5526cc6b-4f30-4c8e-9b81-4096c534cb29
- Extracted: 2026-05-30

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