Topping recipe

Detroit Bacon & Hot Honey

Name: Detroit Bacon & Hot Honey (topping recipe)
Yield: 1 pan
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 794g Whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes (28 oz can) (1 can (28 oz)); 275g Tomato paste (1½ small cans); 15g Extra-virgin olive oil (1 tbsp); 2g Fine sea salt (¼ tsp); 1g Dried oregano (½ tsp); 340g Wisconsin brick cheese (12 oz, cut into ½-inch cubes); 50g Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella (about 2 oz, grated (½ cup)); 100g Thick-cut bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces, par-cooked (4 slices); 15g Hot honey (drizzle) (1 Tbsp); 1g Fresh parsley, chopped (a pinch)

Detroit red top sauce, Wisconsin brick cheese, Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, Thick-cut bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces, par-cooked, Hot honey. Scaled for 1 pan.

1 panDetroit14×10"Detroit red top sauce

Build each pan

After the dough is shaped

1pan

Pan size

sauce

Detroit red top sauce

¾ cup, scant180 g

Cheese

Wisconsin brick cheese

12 oz, cut into ½-inch cubes340 g

Cheese

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella

about 2 oz, grated (½ cup)50 g

Toppings

Thick-cut bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces, par-cookedRendered until just starting to crisp, then drained

4 slices100 g

Finishing

Hot honey (drizzle)

1 Tbsp15 g

Fresh parsley, chopped

a pinch1 g

Make the sauce

Scaled for 1 pan · 1 can · Sauce recipe →

Blend everything smooth with an immersion blender. Keep it in the fridge until the pizza comes out of the oven, then warm it gently in a small pan and ladle it over the cheese in two racing stripes down the length of the pan. Keeps 3 days.

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 cans275 g

Extra-virgin olive oil

1 tbsp15 g

Fine sea salt

¼ tsp2 g

Dried oregano

½ tsp1 g

Put it together

Once the sauce is made, for each pan

BeforePress the brick cheese over the dough and against the pan walls, then scatter the mozzarella and the bacon over the top.
AfterSauce in two warm stripes once it's out of the oven.
AfterDrizzle the hot honey over everything, scatter the parsley, and cut into squares in the pan.

Shopping list

For 1 pan

Whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes794 g

Tomato paste275 g

Extra-virgin olive oil15 g

Fine sea salt2 g

Dried oregano1 g

Wisconsin brick cheese340 g

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella50 g

Thick-cut bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces, par-cooked100 g

Hot honey15 g

Fresh parsley, chopped1 g

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