Cast Iron Pan Pizza Recipe
This is a popular Southern recipe for cast iron pan pizza. Very easy steps to guide you along the way.
Equipment
1 cast iron pan 12 to 15-inch diameter
Ingredients
Pizza Dough (or use premade)
- 1 cup water warm from tap
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil or other vegetable oil
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups bread flour or all-purpose flour
- 2 Tablespoons Vital Wheat Gluten optional for extra chewiness
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder optional
- ½ teaspoon instant yeast can be active dry, quick rising, instant dry, or bread maker yeast
Shaping Pizza Dough
- 1 Tablespoon oil only for coating skillet
- 1 Tablespoon cornmeal mix or semolina flour, for reducing dough sticking in skillet
- 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour on working surface
Pizza Toppings (in order)
- ½ cup tomato-based sauce choices: tomato, spaghetti, pizza, Ragu, or marinara
- ¼ lb pork sausage cooked and crumbled
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese shredded
- ⅓ medium bell pepper diced small
- ⅓ medium onion purple or sweet
- ½ medium tomato seeds removed; diced
- 2 oz deli ham about 2 slices; diced medium
- ⅔ teaspoon Italian Seasonings or Oregano
- 2 Tablespoons parmesan cheese grated (from shaker)
- 1½ ozs Pepperoni slices
Instructions
- Make your pizza dough using a bread maker recipe or make your pizza dough homemade by hand recipe.1 cup water, 2 Tablespoons olive oil, 1 Tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 cups bread flour, 2 Tablespoons Vital Wheat Gluten, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon instant yeast
- Preheat the oven to 500°F. Prep the cast iron pan by coating the cooking surface with oil. Sprinkle corn meal across the same pan surface.1 Tablespoon oil, 1 Tablespoon cornmeal mix
- Rollout dough and place into the coated pan, stretching it out to be against the round edging.2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Add the sauce and your choice of toppings in the order shown. All toppings are optional.½ cup tomato-based sauce, ¼ lb pork sausage, 8 oz mozzarella cheese, ⅓ medium bell pepper, ⅓ medium onion, ½ medium tomato, 2 oz deli ham, ⅔ teaspoon Italian Seasonings, 2 Tablespoons parmesan cheese, 1½ ozs Pepperoni slices
- Transfer topped pizza onto baking surface in preheated 500°F oven onto the 2nd from upper shelf.Baking TIME guidelines: cast iron pan (20-24 minutes or preheated iron pan 16-22 minutes).
- When done, remove pan from oven and let sit for 5 minutes before slicing. Can slice directly in pan and serve.
Notes
The option to preheat the cast iron pizza pan along with preheating the oven is also available. It's used by those who have experience in using a pizza peel in order to transfer a prepped pizza directly onto a hot, preheated iron pizza pan. So, if you use this method, be sure to monitor your pizza and reduce the cook time by about 2 to 4 minutes less. It will cook faster when using a preheated pizza pan cooking surface.
Nutrition Facts
Cast Iron Pan Pizza Recipe
Amount per Serving
Calories
374
% Daily Value*
Fat
20
g
31
%
Saturated Fat
7
g
44
%
Trans Fat
0.1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
9
g
Cholesterol
43
mg
14
%
Sodium
824
mg
36
%
Potassium
225
mg
6
%
Carbohydrates
30
g
10
%
Fiber
2
g
8
%
Sugar
3
g
3
%
Protein
18
g
36
%
Vitamin A
501
IU
10
%
Vitamin C
9
mg
11
%
Calcium
177
mg
18
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Reference
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