Making Detroit Style Pizza with Jeff Smokevitch

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone cheese

Part-skim mozzarella has fewer calories while maintaining a similar texture.

pizza sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: canned tomatoes

Homemade sauce can be fresher and healthier.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor.

pepperoni

🥗Healthier: turkey pepperoni

💰Cheaper: salami

Turkey pepperoni is lower in fat and calories.

Add 500 grams of high gluten flour to the KitchenAid mixer.

Add diastatic malt to the flour and mix briefly.

Pour 340 grams of room temperature water into a bowl and add active dry yeast, whisking until it bubbles.

Slowly pour the yeast water into the mixer with the flour and malt while mixing on low speed.

Mix for about 3-4 minutes until combined but not smooth.

Add 100 grams of pre-ferment in small chunks to the mixer.

Mix for another couple of minutes until combined.

Stop the mixer and add sea salt, then restart the mixer to combine.

Stop the mixer again and add extra-virgin olive oil, then mix for another 1-2 minutes until fully combined.

Check the dough; if it's too sticky, sprinkle a little more flour in as needed.

Cooking Techniques

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