- Hi.
I'm Vivian Chan from
"Food Network Kitchen"
and today, I'm going
to show you how
to make Detroit-style pizza.
So what you need to make
this Detroit-style pizza
is some purchased pizza
dough from the supermarket.
You are going to pour
some olive oil on top.
Roll it around until
it's nicely coated.
Pop on some plastic
wrap and let it rest.
So it's been 30 minutes
and it's proofed a little.
It's a little bigger.
Oh, squishy!
So while he hangs out,
we're going to get his pan.
We are going to use a
rectangular baking dish today.
Coat it with 2
tablespoons of butter.
After that, you're going to pop
your dough, your rested dough
ball, into the pan, like so.
Oh, pillowy goodness!
And push it all the
way to the sides.
He might even squeak a little.
We're going to
let our dough rise
in its new home for an hour.
Cover it in plastic first.
So it's been an hour and
he's doubled in size.
You want to lift
the plastic off,
squish him-- oh, you're sticky.
Squish him to the
corners to make
sure it fills the whole pan.
And then you're
going to cover it
again and let it rest
for another 15 minutes,
plenty of resting time.
But don't worry.
You're not just
going to go watch TV.
You're going to
make the sauce now.
Put in a 28-ounce
can of whole peeled
tomato, tomato paste,
and then you're
going to blend it until smooth.
[blender whirring]
You're going to heat a
medium skillet of olive oil.
You're going to brown
your garlic just slight--
until it's slightly golden.
You're going to add
the tomato product.
It will splash and splatter.
Stir that in.
And then you're going
to add some oregano,
some salt, and a large pinch
of crushed red pepper flakes.
You're going to let this simmer
until it's nice and thick,
about 15 minutes, give or take.
So here's the dough.
It's been rested.
What you're going to
do first-- and I know
this sounds a little wacky--
you're going to put the
pepperoni all over the dough.
Hey, that's how they
do it in Detroit.
Great.
Now that it's
covered in meat, you
want to take two
cups of the cheese
and squish it to the side.
This gives it that nice
cheesy, crunchy crust.
Sprinkle the 1/2--
sprinkle the reserved 1/2
a cup in the middle.
Then you're going to
top with cubed Havarti,
now chopped scallion because
we need a little vegetable,
and now we're going to bake it
at 500 degrees for 15 minutes.
Ta-da!
So it's been 15 minutes.
All the cheese has melted into
this oozy, meat dough pizza.
We are going to top
it with our sauce now.
