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New York–New Jersey sauce, Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, Pepperoni, thinly sliced. Scaled for 1 pie.

1 pieNew York14"New York–New Jersey sauce

Build each pie

After the dough is shaped

1pie

Pizza size

sauce

New York–New Jersey sauce

½ cup, scant110 g

Cheese

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella

about 6 oz, grated (1¾ cups)180 g

Toppings

Pepperoni, thinly sliced

about 20 slices40 g

Italian sausage, raw, pinched into small pieces

about 1 link, casing removed60 g

Bacon, par-cooked, chopped

3 slices30 g

Cooked ham, diced

about 1 oz, ¼ cup30 g

Cooked meatballs, sliced

1–2 meatballs50 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 and cover it with the mozzarella.
BeforeScatter the sausage, ham, bacon and meatball, then lay the pepperoni over the top so it cups and crisps.
AfterBlot any pools of fat with a paper towel and let it rest two minutes before slicing.

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

Pepperoni, thinly sliced40 g

Italian sausage, raw, pinched into small pieces60 g

Bacon, par-cooked, chopped30 g

Cooked ham, diced30 g

Cooked meatballs, sliced50 g

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