Skillet Pizza Diavola Food

PIZZA DIAVOLA

Steps:

• Stretch out the pizza dough.
• Spread the sauce evenly throughout the pizza base using a spoon starting from the center of the pizza. Make sure to leave half an inch at the edge of the pizza without sauce to create a nice edge that will puff up in the oven.
• Sprinkle over the mozzarella.
• Add the spicy salami, chilies and olives.
• Bake the pizza in for 60-90 seconds at 850°F (450°C). Alternatively, bake on a preheated pizza steel in your home oven for 4-8 minutes at the hottest setting.

NO-COOK PIZZA SAUCE

Steps:

• Pulse garlic in a food processor until finely chopped. Thoroughly drain tomatoes in a mesh sieve; discard juices. Transfer to processor, add oil and 3/4 teaspoon salt, and pulse until tomatoes break down into a slightly chunky sauce, 12 to 15 times. Sauce can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 5 days, or frozen up to 3 months.

DEEP-DISH PIZZA DOUGH

Steps:

• Combine water and yeast in a bowl; let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Add flour, salt, sugar, and butter, stirring until a ragged dough forms. Transfer to a lightly floured work surface and knead with floured hands until elastic and tacky but no longer sticky, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl brushed with oil, turning dough to evenly coat. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in volume, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours; or refrigerate until doubled in volume, at least 12 hours and up to 3 days (return to room temperature before using, 1 to 2 hours).

SPICY PIZZA DIAVOLA

Steps:

• Follow the Best Pizza Dough recipe to prepare the dough. (This takes about 15 minutes to make and 45 minutes to rest.)
• Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 500°F. OR preheat your pizza oven (here's the pizza oven we use).
• Prepare the Easy Pizza Sauce.
• Slice the mozzarella into 1/4 inch thick pieces. If it's incredibly watery fresh mozzarella (all brands vary), you may want to let it sit on a paper towel to remove moisture for about 15 minutes then dab the mozzarella with the paper towel to remove any additional moisture.
• Slice the olives in half. Thinly slice the chili pepper (keep the seeds).
• When the oven is ready, dust a pizza peel with cornmeal or semolina flour. (If you don't have a pizza peel, you can use a rimless baking sheet or the back of a rimmed baking sheet. But a pizza peel is well worth the investment!) Stretch the dough into a circle; see How to Stretch Pizza Dough for instructions. Then gently place the dough onto the pizza peel.
• Use the back of a spoon to spread a thin layer of pizza sauce across the dough. Top with mozzarella cheese, saving out a small bite for tasting. Taste a bite of the mozzarella cheese; if it does not taste salty, add a pinch or two of kosher salt to the pizza. (The pizza has olives, which also adds saltiness.) Top the cheese with the sliced olives and chili peppers.
• Transfer the pizza to the pizza stone using the pizza peel, then bake until the cheese is melted, about 7 minutes in the oven (or 1 minute in the pizza oven).
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool for minutes, then top with torn basil leaves. Slice into pieces and serve immediately.

SKILLET DEEP DISH PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Heat a skillet over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Cook the sausage rounds until they turn brown on each side, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Grease the inside of a 12-inch cast-iron skillet with the butter. Place the pizza dough in the center and spread evenly towards the bottom edge and 1 1/2 inches up the sides.
• The order of topping layers is very important to achieving a crisp bottom pizza crust. Begin with the sausage. Evenly lay the sausage on the dough, followed by the mozzarella and marinara. Sprinkle the garlic and oregano on top. Finish with the Parmesan and drizzle with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Place the skillet pizza on the bottom rack of the oven and cook until the edge of the crust is golden brown and crusty, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove and let rest for 5 minutes before serving.

SKILLET PIZZA DIAVOLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees with rack in lower third. Drizzle a 12-inch (measured from top) skillet (preferably cast iron) with oil. Wipe with a paper towel to evenly coat and remove excess. Turn dough out into skillet (do not punch down). Starting in center and using both hands, press down and stretch dough outward with your fingertips to edges of skillet, leaving a 1/2-inch border of undisturbed dough. Cover skillet with plastic wrap and let stand until dough puffs slightly, about 20 minutes.
• Lightly drizzle dough with oil; season with salt and pepper. Spread sauce evenly to border and sprinkle with mozzarella. Top evenly with feta, sausage, olives, chile, and oregano.
• Bake until crust is golden brown, mozzarella is melted and bubbly, and sausage is just cooked through, 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool in skillet 5 minutes. Cut into wedges and serve.