Directions for: Italian Beef & Giardiniera Pizza
Ingredients
Poolish (Sponge starter)120 g white flour
113 g water
⅛ tsp instant yeast
Pizza Doughcup warm water
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp Sicilian sea salt
2 cups high gluten all-purpose flour
1 tsp sugar
2 Tbsp milk powder
Poolish (sponge starter), reserved
1 tsp fresh yeast
Filling & Assembly4 oz Grande Provolone, crumbled
10 oz 30-day aged Mozzarella, chunked
6 oz Italian ground beef, pre-cooked
3 oz giardiniera, pre-made or store bought
2 oz San Marzano or plum tomato sauce
4 oz tomatoes, chunked
Directions
Poolish (Sponge starter)1. in a bowl, mix flour, water, yeast until well combined.
2. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and leave to rest at room temperature for 8 hours.
Pizza Dough1. Combine warm water, extra virgin olive oil, coarse Sicilian sea salt and high gluten flour, sugar and milk powder.
2. Using a tabletop mixer, mix the wet and dry ingredients at low speed for 5 minutes.
3. Add poolish (starter yeast) and crumble fresh yeast into the mixture. Blend on low speed for an additional 5 minutes.
4. in a large bowl, ferment dough in the fridge for 6 hours.
Filling & Assembly1. Grease pan and press individual pieces of pizza dough into deep sheet pan and proof for 2 hours to form the classic "deep dish" shape.
2. after proofing, de-gas pizza dough by pushing down with hands.
3. Fill pizza dough with crumbled Provolone, chunked mozzarella, Italian ground beef and giardiniera.
4. Place sauce and chunked tomato mixture on top of filling.
5. Top with a thin layer of pizza dough. Brush with olive oil.
6. Bake at 450F degrees for 30-40 min.
Source and Credits
Courtesy of Michael Stolfe, Connies Pizza
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