# Cast Iron Pizza

A delicious cast iron pizza recipe you can start this afternoon and still eat for dinner.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 300 g Bread Flour
- 210 g Warm Water (100° F)
- 6 g Salt
- 6 g Sugar
- 6 g Instant Yeast
- 10 g Olive oil
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Crushed tomatoes
- Dried herbs
- Salt
- Low moisture part skim mozzarella
- Pepperoni
- Ricotta cheese
- Fresh basil

## Instructions

1. Mix the wet and dry ingredients for the dough in a bowl.
2. Knead the dough for a few minutes.
3. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes for the 1st rise.
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 for the long rise.
6. Pour extra virgin olive oil into the cast iron pan and spread it evenly.
7. Transfer the dough to the cast iron pan.
8. Press the dough to fill the pan, then let it rise for 90 minutes for the final rise.
9. While the dough is rising, prepare the sauce by combining crushed tomatoes, dried herbs, and salt.
10. Grate the low moisture part skim mozzarella.
11. Dimple the dough in the pan.
12. Drizzle olive oil over the dimpled dough.
13. Par-bake the dough in the oven at 500°F (260°C) for 15 minutes.
14. Remove the par-baked dough from the oven.
15. Load up the edges of the pizza with grated mozzarella cheese.
16. Spoon the prepared tomato sauce on top of the cheese.
17. Add pepperoni slices on top of the sauce.
18. Place the pizza back in the oven for another 10 minutes.
19. Finish the pizza by broiling it for a few minutes until the crust is cheesy and crisp.
20. Scrape the cheesy crust off the pan to easily remove the pizza.
21. Dollop ricotta cheese onto the pizza.
22. Garnish with fresh basil.
23. Slice and serve the pizza.

## Equipment

- cast iron pan
- mixing bowl
- oven
- pizza cutter

## Tips

- Rest dough in the oven with the light on for the final rise.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LGBfRP23ixA
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/902e3514-38cd-438d-ad63-5c666818c64c
- Extracted: 2025-06-12

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