The biggest thing I notice with recipes for NY style pizza is that crust has oil and sugar in it.  A pure Neapolitan style pizza is just flour,yeast, salt, and water.

  Two huge tips for baking this New York style pizza is using a pan with holes in it, or ideally a screen.  This will help it cook more evenly as this kind of pizza can be difficult to make with out being ” soggy” in the middle.  If your serious about pizza a pizza stone is a must to get the crust right.

• 2 Cups flour
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 TBSP Olive oil
• 1 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 package of yeast

Combine all ingredients until incorporated and let rest 30 min.  (This is called the autolayse period)  Now knead until smooth and elastic and place in a bowl with a little olive oil rolling it around to coat the dough.  Cover with plastic wrap and we are going to let it slowly rise in the refridgerator over night.

Remove the dough at least an hour before you want to roll it out so it can warm up.

  I like a simple tomato sauce, a little garlic is fine.  Add plenty of mozzarella and your favorite toppings.  Bake in your oven as hot as possible, commercial ovens are much hotter than anything you have at home.

  I chose deep dish to tackle first because in a lot of ways it’s the easiest to perfect.  Especially in a home oven, it is the fastest crust to make, but generally takes the longest to cook.  It is very yummy ( is there a pizza that isn’t? )

  The crust recipe I used is…

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup water
• packet yeast
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 4 TBSP olive oil
• 2 TBSP Cornmeal

Combine all ingredients just until incorporated and then let rest 30 min.

After the 30 min knead until smooth and elastic, cover and rest 2-4 and let rise.

Roll out dough and place in a deep dish pan or cast iron pan and let rise.

Finish with

• 2 cups mozzarella cheese, on the bottom
• 1/2 cup pepperoni
• 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1 cup tomato sauce poured over the top of everything

Bake at 425 30-40 minutes until done.  Feel free to add any of your favorite toppings.  As far a sauce goes I find simple is best with a little bit of herbs.  No need to cook the sauce as it will cook in the oven.  Some good canned peeled Roma’s ground up with some fresh herbs does the trick!