Pepperoni Pizza
A thin, chewy homemade pizza with tomato sauce, mozzarella and curling slices of pepperoni, baked for 15 minutes on a hot tray.
Photograph credit: D'Oro Pizza Bar (Miami) Pepperoni pizza en janvier 2022 by Benoît Prieur · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
How to Make Pepperoni Pizza
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Mix the flour, yeast, salt and sugar. Add the water and oil and mix to a dough. Knead for 8 minutes until smooth.
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Cover and leave to rise for 1 hour until doubled.
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Heat the oven to 240°C / 465°F with a baking tray inside. Stretch the dough to a 30 cm round on baking paper.
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Spread with the passata and oregano, scatter over the mozzarella and lay on the pepperoni.
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Slide the pizza, on its paper, onto the hot tray and bake for 15 minutes until the crust is blistered and the cheese is bubbling.
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Notes for Getting It Right
- Stretch the dough by hand to keep the air in it.
- Preheat the tray so the base crisps.
- Use low-moisture mozzarella for the best melt.
Common Substitutions & Variations
- Fresh herbs work in place of the dried oregano at roughly three times the quantity — a teaspoon of dried is about a tablespoon of fresh, chopped.
Serving Suggestions
- Green salad
- Chilli oil
- Cold lager
- Garlic dip
Sides from the same cuisine on this site: Philadelphia Soft Pretzels, Boston Baked Beans, 3 Ingredient Biscuits.
Storing & Reheating Pepperoni Pizza
Keeps for 3 days in the fridge. Reheat slices in a hot oven or frying pan.
Pepperoni Pizza FAQ: Common Questions
How long does Pepperoni Pizza take to make?
20 minutes of preparation and 15 minutes of cooking, plus 1 hour of Rising, so allow 1 hour 35 minutes from start to finish. The recipe serves 4.
Nutrition per Serving
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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