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    • Detroit-Style Pizza

    • Rectangular pan pizza with a thick, crisp, chewy crust, topped with peperoni

    Prep: 1 hour, 30 minutes • Dough rise: 1 hour • Cook Time: 15 minutes

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    (This recipe is from A Cozy Kitchen)This Detroit-Style Pepperoni Pizza has a thick, delicious yeasted crust. It’s topped with the perfect amount of sauce, melty cheesy and a blanket of pepperoni cups. And while most recipes require a 24-hour ferment, this recipetakes a fraction of the time!

    Each week I’ve been trying to incorporate a fun, new-to-us meal into our routine. Staying at home more means that often times meals can feel monotonous or a bit boring; that’s why pizza night can be a time to have fun and get a little wild!

    Enter: this Detroit-Style Pizza recipe. I fell in love with this type of pizza a few years ago when I visited Detroit and New York. It’s so delicious. In New York, you might be familiar with Prince Street Pizza (truly fantastic). In Detroit, there is the famous and delicious Jet's Pizza. Here's what makes up Detroit Style Pizza:

    • The iconic thick crust that is thick, chewy and very light. I love absolutely LOVE IT!
    • Rectangular and/or square shape. This is usually made in a thin and dark square pan. This shape is very different to the very typical round-shaped pizza.
    • I believe that Detroit Style Pizza is inspired by Sicilian pizza and Chicago pizza. It's a bit of a cross between the two, I would say.
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    Dark metal baking pan

    9x13"

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    Large mixing bowl

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    Box grater

      Pizza dough

      Toppings

      • Feel free to add any extra toppings (sliced mushrooms, peppers, onion, sausage, etc.)

    Instructions

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    If dough is too sticky

    If your fingers are sticking to the dough, you can just lightly grease them with some olive oil.

    Special pan

    A lot of Detroit-Style Pizzas are made in a special pan. I didn’t buy a special pan but I do think that a dark-colored 9x13-inch baking pan works better than a lighter colored. I linked to a dark 9x13-inch pan. Glass baking dishes *WILL NOT* work for this recipe. They don't conduct enough heat fast enough and hot enough to cook the crust properly.

    Cheese

    I used cubed aged provolone that I found at my local Italian market, but if you can’t find, no worries, just replace it with more mozzarella, or experiment with other kinds of cheeses.

    Pepperoni

    For pepperoni cups, you want pepperoni that's sliced on the thicker side. My friend Billy suggests the pepperoni from the 365 Whole Foods Brand. For this recipe, I used the Hormel Pepperoni Cups. I found them at my local grocery store. I thought they were wonderful.

    Pizza Sauce

    Any kind of pizza sauce, or even some tasty pasta sauce, should work fine.