How do you make stuffed crust pizza?

Roll a New York Pizza Dough a little larger than the pan. Lay sticks of Low-Moisture Mozzarella or string cheese around the edge. Fold the dough over and pinch it shut. Sauce, more cheese, pepperoni. Bake at 500°F (260°C) until the rim is golden and the cheese inside is molten, about 12–16 minutes.

What cheese is best for stuffed crust?

Low-moisture mozzarella sticks, or string cheese. Fresh mozzarella leaks water and splits the seam. Keep the sticks cold so they do not melt before the dough seals.

A Detroit pan with cheese fried along the edge

Cheese in the rim

Stuffed crust pizza at home

Homemade stuffed crust pizza: string cheese or low-moisture sticks sealed in a New York rim, sauce, and pepperoni. The US search, without a chain menu.

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Measurements

Stuffed crust is the search that follows pepperoni in the United States. It is a rim with cheese inside, not a deep dish and not a Detroit square. The photo on this page is a Detroit edge, the cousin with cheese fried on the outside. Stuffed crust hides the cheese in the fold.

What goes in the rim

Pick	Melts	Seals	Browns	Home oven
Low-moisture sticks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
String cheese	Yes	Yes	Sometimes	Yes
Fresh mozzarella	Sometimes	No	No	No

Tick = yes. Dash = no or not the job. Bar = only sometimes.

What to buy

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Low-Moisture Mozzarella
Toppings
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Hormel Pepperoni
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King Arthur Bread Flour
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Lodge 15-Inch Cast Iron Pizza Pan
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Cento Certified San Marzano Tomatoes
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Use the New York Pizza Dough recipe. Stretch it bigger than the pan so you have a border to fold. Sticks of Low-Moisture Mozzarella sit on that border. Pinch hard. A gap becomes a cheese leak and a burnt spot on the pan.

Sauce from Cento Certified San Marzano Tomatoes, a light handful of shredded low-moisture, then Hormel Pepperoni. A Lodge 15-Inch Cast Iron Pizza Pan or any dark round pan. 260°C (500°F), middle rack, until the underside of the rim is spotted. If the top is done and the seam is pale, give it a few more minutes on a lower rack.

Common questions

How do you make stuffed crust pizza?: Roll a New York Pizza Dough a little larger than the pan. Lay sticks of Low-Moisture Mozzarella or string cheese around the edge. Fold the dough over and pinch it shut. Sauce, more cheese, pepperoni. Bake at 260°C (500°F) until the rim is golden and the cheese inside is molten, about 12–16 minutes.
What cheese is best for stuffed crust?: Low-moisture mozzarella sticks, or string cheese. Fresh mozzarella leaks water and splits the seam. Keep the sticks cold so they do not melt before the dough seals.