Grandma Pizza

Crispy Long Island sheet-pan pizza with mozzarella, tomatoes, garlic oil, and Pecorino Romano

Grandma Pizza is a Long Island classic: a thin sheet-pan pizza baked in olive oil for a crispy fried bottom. Topped with sliced mozzarella, hand-crushed plum tomatoes, garlic-infused olive oil, Sicilian oregano, and Pecorino Romano.

64% hydration
26h fermentation
4.4
Grandma Pizza

Ingredients

Quantities update for pizza count and yeast type.

1
406 g
Bread flour
2 g
Instant yeast
8 g
Fine sea salt
4 g
Sugar
260 g
Water
14 g
Olive oil
794 g
Plum tomatoes
454 g
Mozzarella (sliced)
21 g
Pecorino Romano
170 g
Extra virgin olive oil
3 cloves
Garlic cloves (minced)
2 g
Kosher salt
1 tsp
Sicilian oregano

Instructions

1

Mix dry ingredients

5 min
406 g
Bread flour
2 g
Instant yeast
IDY
8 g
Fine sea salt
4 g
Sugar

In a bowl, combine bread flour (406g), instant yeast (2g), fine sea salt (8g), and sugar (4g).

2

Combine with water

5 min
260 g
Water

Pour water (260g) into a bowl and gradually add the dry mixture, stirring until a rough dough forms.

3

Incorporate olive oil

2 min
14 g
Olive oil

Add olive oil (14g) and mix until incorporated.

4

Knead dough

10 min

Knead the dough until smooth and elastic, then form into a ball and place seam-side down in an oiled container.

Tips
  • If dough is sticky, rest 30 minutes covered before resuming kneading.
5

Cold ferment

18 h

Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 12 hours, ideally 24–48 hours.

6

Warm up dough

2 h

Remove the dough from the fridge and let it rest at room temperature for 2 hours before shaping.

7

Prepare pan

45 min
Olive oil (for pan and garlic oil)

Coat a sheet pan with olive oil (for pan and garlic oil) and place the dough inside. Gently stretch with fingertips, cover, and rest 45 minutes before stretching again until the dough fills the pan.

8

Prepare tomatoes

5 min
794 g
Plum tomatoes
2 g
Kosher salt

Hand-crush plum tomatoes (794g), drain excess juice, and season with kosher salt (2g).

9

Make garlic oil

5 min
3 cloves
Garlic cloves (minced)
Olive oil (for pan and garlic oil)

Combine garlic cloves (minced) (3cloves) with part of the olive oil (for pan and garlic oil) to create garlic oil.

10

Layer mozzarella

2 min
454 g
Mozzarella cheese (sliced)

Shingle mozzarella cheese (sliced) (454g) slices across the dough, starting from the corners and leaving a small border.

11

Add tomatoes

2 min
794 g
Plum tomatoes

Scatter plum tomatoes (794g) evenly but not too thickly over the mozzarella.

12

Drizzle garlic oil

2 min
Olive oil (for pan and garlic oil)

Drizzle garlic-infused olive oil (for pan and garlic oil) over the pizza.

13

Bake in Home Oven

18 min
Home Oven

The oven temperature must be 232°C (450°F) with a pizza stone/steel. Bake the pizza on the stone for 18 minutes until the crust is golden brown.

Tips
  • Use convection mode if available for better top heat.
14

Finish with cheese and oregano

2 min
21 g
Pecorino Romano
1 tsp
Sicilian oregano

Sprinkle pecorino Romano (21g) and sicilian oregano (1tsp) over the baked pizza, then return to oven for 2 minutes.