Stuffed Crust Cast-Iron Pizza with Smoked Mozzarella Recipe

Stuffed Crust Cast-Iron Pizza with Smoked Mozzarella

Recipe courtesy of Geoffrey Zakarian
Show: The Kitchen
Episode: Restaurant Favorites

Total: 3 hr 30 min
Active: 1 hr

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Level: Intermediate

Ingredients

Dough:

2 cups bread flour, plus more if needed
2 cups 00 flour (see Cook's Note)
1 tablespoon kosher salt
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
1 2/3 cups warm water (about 115 degrees F)
2 teaspoons honey
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Nonstick cooking spray, for greasing the bowl

Sauce:

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon dried chile flakes
2 cloves garlic, sliced
2 cups San Marzano tomato puree
3 sprigs fresh basil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Crust:

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
All-purpose flour, for rolling the dough
8 ounces smoked mozzarella, skin removed, cut into 2-by-1/2-inch strips

Toppings:

1 cup torn smoked mozzarella (skin removed)
1 cup kalamata olives, sliced in half
12 leaves fresh basil, torn
1/2 cup very thinly sliced red onion

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