Who loves pizza?? 🙋🏼 Well here is a quick and easy way to whip up an amazing pizza right in the comfort of your own home any time you want. This Cast Iron Skillet Pizza recipe will have you making pizza like a pro in no time!👩🏼🍳
GET YOUR CAST IRON PAN READY
First things first. Pre-heat your oven to 500° with your cast iron pan in the oven and leave it in there while you are making the sauce and the pizza.
PREPPING THE DOUGH
The very first thing you want to do is remove your pizza dough from the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before you are planning on cooking. This will make for a much easier time stretching the pizza dough and getting the shape you want. Just turn your pizza dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and with lightly floured fingers form the dough into a ball by tucking the ends underneath. Allow to rest and warm up a bit while you are making the pizza sauce.
MAKING THE PIZZA SAUCE
Next, onto the sauce. This pizza sauce is so simple and is FULL of flavor. Once you make it, I doubt you will be using the jarred sauces anymore.
Pour your tomatoes into a bowl; liquid and all. Then if you prefer (as I do), use a small paring knife to cut off and discard the stem ends from the tomatoes. Once you have done that, then with clean hands crush the tomatoes up really good; you should end up with small tomato pieces.
Next, add the olive oil and garlic to a saucepan and cook on medium heat until the garlic becomes fragrant but before it starts to brown. Turn the heat down to low and spoon in a few spoons of the tomatoes at a time until the splattering stops then continue cooking it over medium-medium high heat. FYI I would not wear a white shirt, just sayin’! 🤦🏼♀️😂
Cook the sauce until it thickens. Should only take about 8 minutes until you can pull a spoon through it like this…
Remove from the heat and set aside…now for the fun part! This makes enough sauce for 3-4 pizza’s depending on how saucy you like yours. Just freeze the rest in a plastic bag or container for your next pizza night. 💁🏼♀️
MAKING THE PIZZA
Move your rested pizza dough onto a lightly oiled surface then, with a bit of oil on your fingers to prevent sticking, start working the dough out into a circle, rotating as needed until the dough is about 1″ larger all around than your cast iron skillet.
Remove your cast iron skillet from the oven and carefully oil the bottom and sides. Move the formed pizza dough into the pan; you will hear some sizzling – this is good, it’s forming your amazing crust!
Next, with a large spoon, sauce that baby up! And of course, leave room around the edges for your crust!
Then, layer on your cheese or cheeses 😋 and a sprinkle of oregano and into the oven your cast iron skillet pizza goes!
Bake for about 10 minutes until the crust is a beautiful golden brown and voilà!
You just made a show-stopping, delicious pizza in no time flat! AND I just love this Staub Cast Iron griddle pan for this; perfect size!
And don’t you just love the bits of crunchy cheese on the crust!!!❤️🍕🧀
Now all there is left to do is to slice this cast iron skillet pizza up, grab your beverage of choice, and feast away on your amazing pizza!
Hope you enjoy making this Cast Iron Skillet Pizza as much as I do!
❤️, 👑🐝
Cast Iron Skillet Pizza
Equipment
- cast iron skillet
Ingredients
Pizza Sauce
- 28 oz canned whole peeled tomatoes such as San Marzano
- 2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp garlic grated or minced
- ½-1 tsp red pepper flakes optional
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 Tbs sugar
For the Pizza
- 1 store bought pizza dough
- flour for dusting
- olive oil for shaping the dough
- 2 C shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ C grated Parmesan cheese
- pinch dried oregano
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 500°
- Remove dough from fridge, turn dough out onto a floured surface and with lightly floured hands, tuck all ends of dough underneath to form into a ball. Let sit out at room temperature for at least 30 minutes
- Place cast iron skillet in pre-heated oven for at least 10 minutes
Making the pizza sauce
- Pour the tomatoes into a bowl and crush into small pieces discarding the stem ends if desired
- Add the olive oil to a large skillet, heat to medium and add in grated garlic and red pepper flakes (if using); cook just until garlic is fragrant, don't let it get browned
- Add in tomatoes, a little at a time to avoid splatter, then add salt, pepper, Italian seasoning & sugar; stir well to combine
- Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until the sauce thickens a bit
- Remove from heat and set to the side
Making the pizza
- Very lightly oil an area to work the dough (your counter top is perfect)
- With a bit of oil on your fingers to prevent sticking, start working the dough out into a circle, rotating as needed until the dough is about 1" larger all around than your skillet
- Remove cast iron from oven and oil inside with olive oil with either a pastry brush or a waded up paper towel, be cautious of the hot skillet
- Add the pizza dough to the skillet and carefully push the dough out so it fill the entire skillet
- Using a large spoon, add about 1/4 C of sauce to the center of the dough and move around to cover the dough leaving however much crust you would like
- Cover sauced area with shredded mozzarella cheese, them with a generous sprinkle of Parmesan
- Finish with a light sprinkle of dried oregano
- Place in the lower 1/3 of your oven and bake for about 10 minutes or until the crust is a golden brown
- Wait about 5 minutes before slicing
Notes
- You can make the sauce 1-2 days in advance just let cool completely before refrigerating
- Sauce will make enough for 3-4 pizza’s; freeze the unused portion
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