New Haven Pizza

Yield: (1) 13” Pizzas
Hydration: ~70%

Ingredients:

Flour: 170g
Salt: 5g
Instant Yeast: 1g
Water: 120g (68%-71%)

How to make the dough (video):

Youtube: The Pizza Gavones

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients into mixer bowl. (Water, Yeast, Flour, Salt)
2. Mix on low for 5-10 minutes, kneed with hands if less time.
3. Roll into ball, leave in lightly-oiled sealed Tupperware for 48-72 hours in the fridge.
4. Before making pizzas, let sit in room temperature for 3 hours then place dough on sheet pan sprayed and let sit (room temp) for 1 hour, or until ready to be shaped.
5. Place in oven with light on for 1 hour.
6. See Baking Instructions for preheat instructions
7. Place dough on floured wood peel surface and stretch. Youtube: The Pizza Gavones.
8. Transfer pizza from wood peel into oven on pizza steel.
9. Put toppings on pizza.

Baking Instructions:

1. Preheat oven for 1 hour on 525-550 with pizza steel on 3rd rack from the top (about 8-9” from the broiler).
2. Transfer pizza from peel to pizza steel.
3. Bake for 8-12 minutes, flipping every 3-4 minutes (might need to adjust this, watch it).
4. Broil for 2-4 minutes (need to keep a close eye on this).