Detroit Style Pizzas with 75% hydration

I waited until later in the day on Tuesday (around 3:30 PM) to start to try the two dough balls made with 0.70% IDY and 75% hydration because I wanted to see if the longer cold ferment time would make any difference in the final bake.  I forgot to measure the poppy seed spacings, but the 2 dough balls didn’t seem to ferment very much.  It can be seen on the one picture when I held the dough ball up, there wasn’t a lot of fermentation going on.  Both doughs pressed out well in the pans and tempered well in the Hatco Unit.  The final pizza with 0.70% IDY using 75% hydration was finished baking about 6:00 PM.  Peter’s advice to use 0.70% IDY with 75% hydration worked out well.  Thanks Peter for your advise to use a smaller amount of IDY for a higher hydration Detroit style dough to be cold fermented for one day.  I didn’t have time to take a lot of photos of those two pizzas, but the crumb was very good.  I am not sure about this, but the crumb did seem to be whiter in color.

Norma

Some Detroit Style Pizzas made Tuesday

These are photos of some of the Detroit style pizzas that were made Tuesday, 2 pictures of the regular metal spatula I use to take the Detroit style pizzas out of the steel pan (included is the metal spatula without the wood handle that I tried).  The metal spatula without the wooden handle seemed to work better I think because it is a little thinner.  I want to look and see if I can find a thinner spatula to made sure the caramelized edges are loose before removing the pizza from the pan.  A different Detroit style pizza (Steve’s Smokey Joe) was made yesterday.  It had applewood smoked bacon fresh from market (baked in the oven), skin brushed with garlic herb infused olive oil,  AMPI mild white cheddar, applewood smoked Gouda cheese, blend of mozzarella, garlic Alfredo sauce and a sprinkling of Greek oregano on top.  A customer ordered a 4-square mushroom and pepperoni pizza.  Another Detroit style pizza had cut up basil placed on the skin, cheddar and blend of mozzarellas, Mesquite chicken and fire roasted tomatoes (Marco Pollo).

I forgot to take photos of the pizza made with the frozen dough ball, but it didn’t rise as much in height in the bake, but the bottom did brown and the edges did caramelize.  I don’t think frozen dough balls are going to work for this style of pizza.

These Detroit style pizzas were made with the dough I had mixed at market with the regular hydration I have been using.

Norma

NY test pizza made with a recipe from someone else

This is a test NY style pizza.  I am going to experiment with the recipe more.  The flour used was Occident flour.  A person gave me this recipe to try, but I can't tell the formulation.  I am going to be trying a few more things this coming week using the same recipe.

Norma