Topping recipe

Butter Chicken

Makhani sauce, Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, Chicken thighs, marinated and cooked, in bite-size pieces, Fresh cilantro, chopped. Scaled for 1 pie.

1 pieNew York14"Makhani sauce

Build each pie

After the dough is shaped

1pie

Pizza size

sauce

Makhani sauce

½ cup120 g

Cheese

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella

about 6 oz, grated (1¾ cups)180 g

Toppings

Chicken thighs, marinated and cooked, in bite-size piecesMarinated 1–24 hours in yogurt, lemon, garlic, ginger, garam masala and salt, then seared or broiled until charred

about 4 oz, 2 small thighs120 g

Red onion, thinly sliced

¼ small onion30 g

Finishing

Fresh cilantro, chopped

2 Tbsp3 g

Green chile (serrano or Thai), thinly sliced

1 small chile5 g

Lemon (squeeze)

¼ lemon10 g

Make the sauce

Scaled for 1 pie · 1 can · Sauce recipe →

Blend the tomatoes smooth in their juice. Melt the butter in a wide pan over medium heat and cook the onion 8–10 min, until soft and golden. Add the garlic and ginger for 1 min, then the garam masala and chili powder for 30 seconds. Pour in the tomatoes with the salt and sugar and simmer 20–25 min, stirring now and then, until a spoon drawn through it leaves a line. Blend it smooth again, stir in the cream and the crumbled methi off the heat, and let it cool before it goes on the dough. Keeps 4 days in the fridge.

Whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes (28 oz can)Cento Certified San Marzano: tomatoes, puree, sea salt, basil. No citric acid.

1 can (28 oz)794 g

Unsalted butter

4 tbsp60 g

Yellow onion, finely chopped

1 medium150 g

Garlic, finely gratedAbout 4 cloves

4 cloves12 g

Fresh ginger, finely grated

1 tbsp10 g

Garam masala

2 tsp6 g

Kashmiri chili powderOr two parts paprika to one part cayenne

1 tsp3 g

Heavy cream

½ cup120 g

Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)Crumbled between your palms

1 tbsp2 g

Fine sea salt

1¼ tsp7 g

Sugar

1½ tsp6 g

Put it together

Once the sauce is made, for each pie

BeforeSpread the makhani sauce thin, stopping half an inch from the edge.
BeforeCover with the mozzarella, then scatter the chicken and red onion over it.
AfterScatter the cilantro and chile, and squeeze the lemon over the whole pie.

Shopping list

For 1 pie

Whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes794 g

Unsalted butter60 g

Yellow onion, finely chopped150 g

Garlic, finely grated12 g

Fresh ginger, finely grated10 g

Garam masala6 g

Kashmiri chili powder3 g

Heavy cream120 g

Kasuri methi2 g

Fine sea salt7 g

Sugar6 g

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella180 g

Chicken thighs, marinated and cooked, in bite-size pieces120 g

Red onion, thinly sliced30 g

Fresh cilantro, chopped3 g

Green chile, thinly sliced5 g

Lemon10 g

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