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Domenica Marchetti's avatar

I lived in Detroit for years when I was a reporter for The Detroit News. But being a native New Yorker, I never appreciated the pizza, even though my Michigander husband tried to open my eyes. Of course, I now see what I was missing.

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

I feel kind of late to the DSP train as well... there's still time, Domenica!

Domenica Marchetti's avatar

I’m on it, my friend. Thanks for the recipe 🌟

Jessie Sheehan's avatar

this looks incredible . . . also, pickled hot peppers for the win

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

Right?! ON EVERYTHING.

Jessica Grosman's avatar

What pan(s) do you recommend as an alternative to the DSP pan you used? I have so many baking pans and I’m not ready to add another to my collection.

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

A metal pan is preferable to a glass pan, but any 9x13-inch pan or pan roughly that size will work :)

jeanlofy@proton.me's avatar

Some of my pans list the temperature limit at 450 degrees. Would a cast iron 9 x 13 pan work? Did you use a Lloyd pan?

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

Yes, a cast iron 9x13-inch pan will be great. And yes, I use a Lloyd pan for this recipe. Love it.

Jessica Grosman's avatar

Great, I’ve got plenty of metal 9x13ā€ pans!

Leslie's avatar

Video and captions worked fine, Ali. My mouth is watering.

Brad's avatar

I just filled my deli container with a new bag of SAF-Instant, perfect timing! Now I just need to get those peppers…

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

They are the best! The funny thing is that I think I've posted 3 recipes here calling for the peppers but I only discovered them while in CA for the Pizza Night photoshoot — I don't mention them once in the book. They are my favorite pickled pepper. Alas.

Maggie Hoffman's avatar

This just might be my Valentine’s dinner move.

Laura White's avatar

Hello. How far in advance can I par bake the crust? How would I store it if it was 24 to 48 hours in advance

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

Three days in advance. Store it in a jumbo ziptop bag (2 gallon size) at room temperature.

Laura White's avatar

Thank you! I’m bringing this to a Super Bowl party but don’t have time to Proof and bake it Sunday, so this really helps

Lolly Martyn's avatar

It does look a bit like a focaccia before the toppings go on! Your cross-section of the final result is everything I remember from my years in Michigan. Looks absolutely mouth-watering. Can't wait to pick up your book and get the full DSP recipe!

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

Hope you love it Lolly!!

Erik Englund's avatar

I made my first DSP on Friday using this recipe! Fun and delicious! I made two pizzas by simply doubling the ingredients and then splitting the dough into two balls before transferring to the fridge. Do you have a better method for making enough dough for multiple pizzas? Thank you!

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

Great to hear Erik! Nope, I don't have a better method for making enough dough for multiple pizzas — I just scale up depending on how many pizzas I want to make. I always use a scale when measuring, and I don't always scale up the yeast. For instance, if you double the recipe, you can get away with using the same amount of yeast. Let me know if you have any other questions.

anna lowe's avatar

Can you fridge the dough after a park bake? Or should you top it immediately

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

I would let it cool completely and either freeze it or store it at room temperature for up to 3 days — I use the jumbo (2-gallon) size ziplock bags for storing.

Elizabeth Kruska's avatar

We made this this weekend and it was fantastic! My husband is our yeasted dough maker in the house, and he appreciate how well written the recipe was. Total win!

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

So nice to read all of this. Thanks for writing :)

Lori Murphy's avatar

This makes me feel so much better Ali hearing your struggle with DP! It was a tricky one for sure to ā€œget rightā€!ā¤ļø I can’t wait to try yours!

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

What was so interesting to me is that Sicilian style, which is so similar in spirit, was so easy to "get right". There's something about the amount of dough given the size of the pan for DSP that makes it more tricky.

Lori Murphy's avatar

Exactly! Sicilian style is what my grandma made in an enormous metal sheet pan literally the size of her oven. Figuring out that dough was easy and worked pretty much the first time. Must be the pan like you said...because at first I thought it was the hydration, but then I realized that my Neapolitan dough is a high hydration dough too and that isn't difficult to work with but I'm just laying it on a steel/stone. I also had to make adjustments for the bigger pan. I might get the smaller one to see if that is any different.

Jane A's avatar

I made this last night with different toppings. It was outstanding. I should have parbaked my crust a bit longer because the added moisture from the veggies I used made it a bit soggy. BUT the frico was FIREšŸ”„

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

Yay! So great to hear this. I feel like DSP is such a personal journey... you have to figure out the timing based on your oven, pan, etc. But once you find it, it's second nature. Thanks for writing!

Jane A's avatar

Should have read the comments. I see you were using the larger size!

Alexandra Stafford's avatar

No worries! And thank you for your kind words :)

Jane A's avatar

Your video was outstanding. It makes this recipe feel so accessible (as always) Were you using the 8x10 Lloyd pan or the larger 10x14? Thanks for your efforts!

Reannon's avatar

going on the to-make list!