Topping recipe

Chopped Cheese

Name: Chopped Cheese (topping recipe)
Yield: 1 pizza
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 794g Whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes (28 oz can) (1 can (28 oz)); 270g Tomato paste (1½ small cans); 2g Dried oregano (1 tsp); 4g Fine sea salt (¾ tsp); 10g Extra-virgin olive oil (2 tsp); 120g Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella (about 4 oz, grated (1¼ cups)); 80g Deli American cheese (about 3 oz, 4 slices, torn); 150g Ground beef, browned and chopped with onion (about 5 oz raw); 30g Iceberg lettuce, shredded (¾ cup); 40g Tomato, diced (½ small tomato); 25g Ketchup and mayo, stirred together (drizzle) (2 Tbsp, half and half)

New York–New Jersey sauce, Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, Deli American cheese, Ground beef, browned and chopped with onion, Iceberg lettuce, shredded. Scaled for 1 pie.

1 pieNew York14"New York–New Jersey sauce

Build each pie

After the dough is shaped

1pie

Pizza size

sauce

New York–New Jersey sauce

⅓ cup80 g

Cheese

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella

about 4 oz, grated (1¼ cups)120 g

Cheese

Deli American cheese

about 3 oz, 4 slices, torn80 g

Toppings

Ground beef, browned and chopped with onionBrowned hard with ¼ chopped onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder and a shake of adobo, then drained

about 5 oz raw150 g

Finishing

Iceberg lettuce, shredded

¾ cup30 g

Tomato, diced

½ small tomato40 g

Ketchup and mayo, stirred together (drizzle)

2 Tbsp, half and half25 g

Make the sauce

Scaled for 1 pie · 1 can · Sauce recipe →

Put two-thirds of the can in a deep container with the tomato paste, oregano, salt and oil, and blend smooth with an immersion blender. Crush the remaining third by hand and stir it in. Refrigerate up to 3 days. Let it come to room temperature before spreading it on the dough. Cold sauce chills the dough, so the crust puffs up less in the oven.

Adapted from Tony Gemignani, The Pizza Bible.

Whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes (28 oz can)Cento Certified San Marzano: tomatoes, puree, sea salt, basil. No citric acid.

1 can (28 oz)794 g

Tomato pasteAbout 1½ small (6 oz) cans

1½ small cans270 g

Dried oregano

1 tsp2 g

Fine sea salt

¾ tsp4 g

Extra-virgin olive oil

2 tsp10 g

Put it together

Once the sauce is made, for each pie

BeforeSpread the sauce very thin and cover with the mozzarella.
BeforeScatter the beef over it and lay the torn American cheese on top so it melts down into the meat.
AfterLet it cool a minute, then pile on the lettuce and tomato and drizzle the ketchup-mayo.

Shopping list

For 1 pie

Whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes794 g

Tomato paste270 g

Dried oregano2 g

Fine sea salt4 g

Extra-virgin olive oil10 g

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella120 g

Deli American cheese80 g

Ground beef, browned and chopped with onion150 g

Iceberg lettuce, shredded30 g

Tomato, diced40 g

Ketchup and mayo, stirred together25 g

Pair with

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