Topping recipe

Detroit Dill Pickle

Name: Detroit Dill Pickle (topping recipe)
Yield: 1 pan
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 120g Sour cream (½ cup); 55g Mayonnaise (¼ cup); 12g Garlic cloves, toasted then minced (4 cloves); 15g Dill pickle brine (1 tbsp); 2g Dried dill (2 tsp); 1g Fine sea salt (¼ tsp); 1g Black pepper (¼ tsp); 280g Wisconsin brick cheese (about 10 oz, cut into ½-inch cubes); 100g Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella (about 3½ oz, grated (1 cup)); 120g Dill pickle chips, patted dry (about 1 cup, 30–35 chips); 3g Fresh dill, chopped (2 Tbsp); 0.5g Red pepper flakes (a pinch)

Garlic-dill pickle sauce, Wisconsin brick cheese, Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, Dill pickle chips, patted dry, Fresh dill, chopped. Scaled for 1 pan.

1 panDetroit14×10"Garlic-dill pickle sauce

Build each pan

After the dough is shaped

1pan

Pan size

sauce

Garlic-dill pickle sauce

½ cup, generous140 g

Cheese

Wisconsin brick cheese

about 10 oz, cut into ½-inch cubes280 g

Cheese

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella

about 3½ oz, grated (1 cup)100 g

Toppings

Dill pickle chips, patted dry

about 1 cup, 30–35 chips120 g

Finishing

Fresh dill, chopped

2 Tbsp3 g

Red pepper flakesOptional

a pinch0.5 g

Make the sauce

Scaled for 1 pan · 1 batch · Sauce recipe →

Toast the unpeeled garlic in a dry pan over medium heat, turning it, until the skins blacken in spots and the cloves soften, about 8 min. Peel and mince it, then whisk it with everything else. Let it sit 30 min so the dill softens. Keeps 4 days in the fridge.

Sour cream

½ cup120 g

Mayonnaise

¼ cup55 g

Garlic cloves, toasted then mincedToasted in their skins in a dry pan

4 cloves12 g

Dill pickle brine

1 tbsp15 g

Dried dill

2 tsp2 g

Fine sea salt

¼ tsp1 g

Black pepper

¼ tsp1 g

Put it together

Once the sauce is made, for each pan

BeforeSpread the garlic-dill sauce over the dough in a thin layer, right into the corners.
BeforeScatter the mozzarella, then press the brick cheese over it and against the pan walls.
BeforeLay the pickle chips over the cheese in a single layer.
AfterScatter the fresh dill and a pinch of chili, and cut into squares in the pan.

Shopping list

For 1 pan

Sour cream120 g

Mayonnaise55 g

Garlic cloves, toasted then minced12 g

Dill pickle brine15 g

Dried dill2 g

Fine sea salt1 g

Black pepper1 g

Wisconsin brick cheese280 g

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella100 g

Dill pickle chips, patted dry120 g

Fresh dill, chopped3 g

Red pepper flakes0.5 g

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