Flaky Puff Crust Pizza

This is one of the most delicious pizzas I’ve ever made. This is the recipe of the year from King Arthur Baking, and I can see why. The recipe can be found here: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/flaky-puff-crust-pizza-recipe.

The crust is made with 00 pizza flour (or regular all-purpose flour) and frozen grated butter is added to the dough, which is folded and rolled out a couple of times, as if you were making rough puff pastry for a dessert, only this is not sweetened at all. The toppings include grated parmesan cheese, grated light mozzarella cheese, and pearls of mozzarella, which I forgot to add at the beginning. I used pizza sauce from a jar, added green and red peppers leftover from restaurant fajitas, and after baking the pizza, drizzled on garlic basil oil (as suggested in the recipe) and sprinkled more parmesan cheese. I used a rectangular pizza pan, but a regular half sheet pan should also work well. The crust is amazing, and I really liked the garlic-basil oil. Leftovers reheated in the oven wrapped in foil were quite good, though the crust wasn’t as flaky.

Brenda

One thought on “Flaky Puff Crust Pizza”

  1. That flaky, puffy crust looks absolutely beautiful — the frozen grated butter trick is genius. It reminds me of Little Caesars’ Crazy Puffs, which are basically the same idea in snack form: little puffed-up, cheesy pizza bites. Their Crazy Puffs page lists the flavors (cheese, pepperoni, bacon) and prices — https://thelittlecaesarsmenu.com/crazy-puffs/ — handy if you ever want to compare a shop-bought version with homemade. Yours look so much better than takeout though! Thanks for sharing.

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