How to Make Easy Detroit-Style Pizza at Home

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Part-skim mozzarella has less fat while still melting well.

pepperoni

🥗Healthier: turkey pepperoni

💰Cheaper: salami

Turkey pepperoni reduces calories while providing similar flavor.

pizza sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade tomato sauce

💰Cheaper: canned tomato sauce

Homemade sauce can be healthier with no preservatives.

Parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated Romano cheese

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Prepare an 8 by 10 or 10 by 14 blue steel pan for cooking.

Place mozzarella cheese evenly in the pan, ensuring coverage to the edges for a crispy cheese edge.

Spread pizza sauce on top of the mozzarella in stripes using a flat-bottom ladle.

Add pickled jalapenos for spice and acidity.

Layer on 20 pieces of thick cut pepperoni, ensuring they are nicely spaced for charring.

Sprinkle pecorino cheese on top of the pepperoni.

Preheat the oven on high; if using a pizza stone, preheat it as well.

Place the pan directly on the pizza stone if available for better oven spring.

Remove the pizza from the oven using clamps for a sanitary and heat-resistant grip.

Transfer the pizza to a cooling rack immediately after baking for airflow underneath.

Cut the pizza using a pizza cutter for even slices.

Serve the pizza warm, optionally drizzled with honey.

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