Italian Deli Pizza on an Overnight Pizza Dough or the Classic Hand-Tossed. Sauced with Passata Pizza Sauce and topped with an Italian Deli Combo of Prosciutto, Coppa Di Parma, Genoa Salami. Add some Pepperoni too if you like. The entire Pizza gets topped off with a Mozzarella Cheese Blend of a 3:1 ratio of shredded Mozzarella & Provolone Cheese and oven baked using the PIE/413 Pizza cook method to produce the best possible outcome for pizza cooked in a home oven.
Italian Deli Pizza Ingredients
Pizza Dough (Overnight Pizza Dough or the Classic Hand-Tossed), Passata Pizza Sauce, Italian Deli Meats, Mozzarella Cheese.
Pizza Dough
Use either the Overnight Pizza Dough or the Classic Hand-Tossed Pizza Dough. Both of these will yield about, 1500g of Pizza Dough to portion out how you see fit. Both recipes will also show you how to prepare and hand toss the pizza for assembly.
Start the Pizza Dough the day before, at about the same time you plan on cooking the pizzas the next day.
Italian Deli Pizza Sauce
Use the Passata Pizza Sauce for this pizza. Simply combine the ingredients and mix. Pour any leftover Pizza sauce back into the Passata jar and refrigerate.
Italian Deli Pizza Toppings
The Toppings for the Italian Deli Pizza is a pack of Italian Deli Meats pictured below. Topping with a Mozzarella Cheese blend or just Mozzarella Cheese.
Pizzeria Cheese
Use a high moisture Mozzarella Cheese designed for Pizzas mixed with Shredded Provolone Cheese, at a ratio of 3:1 Mozzarella to Provolone. This offers up more flavor and better melting. To this add a small amount of Shredded Cheddar Cheese.
Use a food processor to quickly shred the Mozza Cheese and empty into a freezer bag. Do the same for the Provolone and place into a separate freezer bag. In a third freezer bag, combine 3 C Mozza Cheese and 1 C of Provolone Cheese and mix well. Place all three bags into the freezer.
Other Cheeses can be included, such as Parmesan or Romano.
PIE/413 Pizza Cook Method
This is a pizza cook method I created in order to get the best possible outcome for homemade pizzas using an oven, and it’s very effective.
Equipment
- 1 Pizza Stone
- 1 Pizza Screen
Ingredients
- 1 M-L Pizza Dough - Overnight Pizza Dough or Classic Hand-Tossed Pizza
- 1 pack Italian Deli Meats
- As Desired Passata Pizza Sauce
- As Desired Mozzarella Cheese Blend - 3:1 Mozzarella & Provolone
Instructions
- Preparation: Prepare the Pizza Dough the day before. Roughly at the same time, you plan on cooking the pizzas the next day.Day of — Prepare the Cheese. With 1 rack positioned at the bottom with a pizza stone and another in the middle.
- Assembly: Stretch the Pizza Dough and transfer to a pizza screen. Top in the following order;Pizza SauceDeli Meats Mozza Cheese BlendTransfer the Pizza to the middle rack and cook using the 413 Pizza Cook Method.
- 413 Pizza Cook Method:4 Minute Cook: Transfer to the oven to cook for precisely 4 minutes in the middle rack position.1 Adjustment: At the 4-minute mark (3 minutes of cook time remaining), immediately place the oven on broil. Remove the Pizza from the Screen or Pan to come in direct contact with the pizza stone on the bottom rack position. Flip it around so that the front is now facing the back.3 Minute Broil: Broil for 3 minutes. Immediately take the oven off of Broil and back on to the highest setting if doing more pizzas. Then transfer the Pizza back to the Pizza Screen or Pan and remove. Slice the pizza and set aside to cool before serving.
- Garnish with Basil, Parsley, Chili Flakes, Parmesan and/or Romano Cheese.