We all loveee pizza, I’m sure. And personally, I think Detroit-style pizzas has to be one of the best types of pizzas there is. I’m going to show you a shortcut version that’s super easy to make at home and best of all, you can make it in a few hours. This is my pepperoni and hot honey Detroit-style pizza.

There are 3 main components to this dish: The pizza dough, garlic butter and toppings.

1. The pizza dough: This dough is super simple, no frills recipe and only needs proofing once. You could also opt out for store bought pizza dough as well or from your local pizza shop if you want to cut down on the time and work.
2. Garlic butter: what more is there to say. This part is essentially, don’t skip it. It adds so much flavour and it makes your pizza slightly into a garlic bread.
3. Toppings: go ham with your favourite kinds but for this recipe, it’s going to be salami, hot honey, stracciatella cheese and mozzarella.

Ingredients

Dough:
325g (2 1/2 cups) bread flour
1 cup lukewarm water
3g (1 tsp) instant yeast
1/3 tbsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp olive oil

Garlic Butter:
3-4 tbsp butter
3 garlic cloves, minced
parsley, minced

Toppings:
Passata Tomata puree
Mozzarella cheese
Pepperoni (i used hot salami)
Stracciatella cheese
Hot honey
Chilli flakes

Method

1. Dough: In a stand mixer with a dough hook, combine all the dough ingredients and let the mixer go for 5-7 minutes until the dough is smooth and forms into a ball. If the dough is too sticky, add in extra flour or too dry add a bit of water. You could also do this by hand with a wooden spoon then tip out onto a clean surface and knead until smooth.
2. Transfer the dough into an oiled bowl, cover and leave to proof for 30 minutes.
3. Once proofed, transfer the dough ball into a generously oiled baking tray and start stretching out the dough into the corners. The dough will pull back so you can dimple it with your fingers while stretching it out. Cover with a towel and continue to let it proof once more for 1 hour.
4. Garlic butter: Melt your butter and combine it with garlic, parsley, salt and pepper.
5. Once the dough is ready, pour the garlic butter onto the dough evenly. Then spread on the passata tomato puree and top generously with mozzarella cheese (make sure to put cheese onto the sides and corners for that classic Detroit-style pizza look). Top with salami.
6. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until the cheese is golden brown and the base is crispy and golden. Top with stracciatella cheese, hot honey and chilli flakes. Slice to serve