For its inaugural Pizza-Off competitors, “The Tonight Present” host Jimmy Fallon confronted off in opposition to rapper Black Thought (Tariq Trotter), with none apart from New York Metropolis-based pizza historian and tour information Scott Wiener there because the decide and last phrase on all issues pizza. The prize? Everlasting glory and the present’s magnificent “Golden Slicer Award.”
Fallon opted for a spaghetti and meatball-inspired pizza, taking the “carb-on-carb” development maybe a step too far. Tariq performed it secure with a pepperoni and sizzling honey pizza, however used turkey pepperoni for his signature twist. Drawing on his expertise working at Chicago’s iconic Pizzeria Uno, Tariq positioned the pepperoni on earlier than the cheese, impressing Scott. This, along with a well-rounded pizza and post-bake sizzling honey drizzle, earned Tariq the title of 2021 Pizza Champion. Sorry, Jimmy. (Watch Jimmy and Tariq face off.)
We wished to present this award-winning pizza (named the “Pie’ing Lotus”) a shot, and recreated the recipe at Ooni HQ utilizing our recipe for Homemade Hot Honey (you may also use your favourite store-bought model like Mike’s Sizzling Honey, after all). This recipe would swimsuit a variety of pizza styles, and we expect neo-Neapolitan, sourdough, Detroit-style, or our classic pizza dough would all be nice suits. And hey — in the event you can’t discover turkey pepperoni, regular pepperoni will do exactly fantastic.
Time
25 minutes lively time
Yield
Makes one 12-inch pizza
Tools
Ooni pizza oven
Ooni Infrared Thermometer
Pizza peel
2-ounce ladle
Ooni Pizza Cutter Wheel or Ooni Pizza Cutter Rocker Blade
Substances
250-gram pizza dough ball
5 to six tablespoons (70 to 85 grams) Ooni classic tomato sauce
6 to eight slices turkey pepperoni
4 ounces (100 grams) low-moisture mozzarella, shredded
For garnish:
Sizzling honey
Pecorino
Purple pepper flakes
Contemporary basil
Technique
Be certain to arrange your dough effectively forward of time to make sure it rises at room temperature earlier than cooking.
Hearth up your Ooni pizza oven, aiming for 950°F (500°C) on the stone baking board inside. Use the infrared thermometer to measure the temperature shortly and simply.
On a evenly floured floor, stretch out the dough ball to 12 inches and lay it over a evenly dusted pizza peel. Utilizing a 2-ounce ladle, unfold pizza sauce evenly over the bottom. Prime first with pepperoni, adopted by mozzarella.
Slide the pizza off the peel and into the oven. Cook dinner for as much as 2 minutes, turning repeatedly to make sure the pizza cooks evenly. As soon as cooked, take away the pizza and high with a drizzle of sizzling honey. End with pink pepper flakes (elective), grated pecorino, and recent basil.
Serve instantly and style the glory.
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