Topping recipe

Jerk Chicken

New York–New Jersey sauce, Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, Chicken thighs, jerk-marinated and grilled, in bite-size pieces, Scallion, thinly sliced. Scaled for 1 pie.

1 pieNew York14"New York–New Jersey sauce

Build each pie

After the dough is shaped

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Pizza size

sauce

New York–New Jersey sauce

⅓ cup, generous90 g

Cheese

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella

about 6 oz, grated (1¾ cups)180 g

Toppings

Chicken thighs, jerk-marinated and grilled, in bite-size piecesMarinated 4–24 hours in jerk paste: scallion, scotch bonnet, allspice, thyme, garlic, soy and lime

about 4½ oz, 2 small thighs130 g

Red bell pepper, sliced

⅓ pepper40 g

Red onion, thinly sliced

¼ small onion25 g

Pineapple, diced and patted dry

⅓ cup50 g

Finishing

Scallion, thinly sliced

1 scallion5 g

Jerk sauce or Jamaican hot pepper sauce (drizzle)

2 tsp10 g

Make the sauce

Scaled for 1 pie · 1 can · Sauce recipe →

Put two-thirds of the can in a deep container with the tomato paste, oregano, salt and oil, and blend smooth with an immersion blender. Crush the remaining third by hand and stir it in. Refrigerate up to 3 days. Let it come to room temperature before spreading it on the dough. Cold sauce chills the dough, so the crust puffs up less in the oven.

Adapted from Tony Gemignani, The Pizza Bible.

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

Tomato pasteAbout 1½ small (6 oz) cans

1½ small cans270 g

Dried oregano

1 tsp2 g

Fine sea salt

¾ tsp4 g

Extra-virgin olive oil

2 tsp10 g

Put it together

Once the sauce is made, for each pie

BeforeSpread the sauce thin and cover with the mozzarella.
BeforeScatter the chicken, pepper, onion and pineapple evenly over the cheese.
AfterScatter the scallion and drizzle a little jerk sauce over the chicken.

Shopping list

For 1 pie

Whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes794 g

Tomato paste270 g

Dried oregano2 g

Fine sea salt4 g

Extra-virgin olive oil10 g

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella180 g

Chicken thighs, jerk-marinated and grilled, in bite-size pieces130 g

Red bell pepper, sliced40 g

Red onion, thinly sliced25 g

Pineapple, diced and patted dry50 g

Scallion, thinly sliced5 g

Jerk sauce or Jamaican hot pepper sauce10 g

Pair with

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