From Scratch Pizza w/ Hanger Steak Carpaccio & Sautéed Shimeji Mushrooms | Recipeish | Gustus Vitae
Yield: 3-4 10" Pies
Time Estimate: 3 hours, including 1 hour inactive.
Storage Notes: Will keep for 5 days if kept in a sealed container in a cool place. For the love of all that is good, please don't microwave your leftovers! Pop 'em in the oven - it's just a few minutes more time and the results are so much better.
Difficulty: Medium High
Whelp, might as well make pizza night awesome - last night we went all out with homemade probiotic marinara (here's our recipe), homemade Neapolitan dough, a beautiful cut of hanger steak, and sautéed mushrooms and white onions. It's a bit of work but we promise it's more than worth it.
Ingredients:
- 3 1/2 cups "00" flour
- 1 cup water
- 8 or so tbs extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 tsp honey
- 1 1/2 tsp wheat gluten
- 1 tsp active dry yeast
- 2 tbs California Sea Salt
- 2 tbs Smoked Prime Cut Seasoning
- 2 tbs Everything Brooklyn Bagel Seasoning
- 1 1/2 tsp
- 1 jar marinara sauce (or go full on and make your own - here's our recipe!)
- 2 bunches Shimeji mushrooms
- 1 hanger steak
- 1 large white onion
- 8 oz grated, low moisture mozzarella
- a handful of fresh basil for garnish
- Bonus: some crème fraîche to dollop on
Instructions:
- Rise mushrooms, remove bases, and sauté in a hot pan with olive oil, then reserve when brown. Peel and thinly slice onion, brown, and reserve.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, yeast, honey, California Sea Salt, and gluten. Use a stand-mixer to combine well if you have, if not, knead well to combine - this will take around 10 minutes. If using a stand-mixer, 5 minutes will do.
- Let rest for around 10-15 minutes, then repeat kneading for the same time.
- Roll hanger steak in Smoked Prime Cut Seasoning, wrap in cling film, and place in the freezer for 1-2 hours to firm up for easier slicing.
- Place dough on a lightly floured surface, and split dough into 3 or four sections. Roll out the dough into balls, drizzle on a bit of olive oil, and wrap each up in saran wrap - you want these to rest at room temperature for 1 hour. Boom - your fresh dough is ready to go!
- Remove steak from freezer, and slice width-wise as thinly as you can. Reserve.
- Preheat your oven to as high as it will go - the higher the better. If you have a pizza stone, or steel, or similar, all the better. If not, a large baking tray will do, just make sure to adjust your pie size to make sure it'll fit.
- Lightly dust a surface with flour. Working one dough ball at a time, roll out, and stretch with both a rolling pin and your fingers. You want to get to around 10" - don't worry too much if it's not a perfect circle. You're making this from scratch - some imperfections only make it all the better.
- Place dough on a pizza peel with just a tiny dusting of flour - too much and it'll burn. Just a pinch here is what you're after.
- Spoon on marinara sauce, working from the inside to the outside in a circular motion. We go pretty light on the sauce, but use your judgement.
- Sprinkle on grated mozzarella, arrange a couple slices carpaccio, onions, and mushrooms, and season well with Smoked Prime Cut Seasoning. Drizzle edges with olive oil, and generously sprinkle on Everything Brooklyn Bagel Seasoning.
- Use a firm but quick jerking motion to slide your pie into the super-hot oven. These won't take long, and will vary on . both the temp that your oven is able to reach, as well as if you're using a pizza stone, steel, baking pan, or other flat surface.
- Remove pie from oven with your peel, and garnish with basil. Allow to rest for 1-2 minutes, drizzle with olive oil, slice and serve. Repeat until fat and happy!