Is Rhode Island Pizza Actually Pizza?

Summary by Krater

Martin demonstrates how to make Rhode Island style party pizza, a cheese-free rectangular pizza topped with a thick, spiced tomato sauce and baked until crispy. He visits D. Palmieri's Bakery in Rhode Island to learn about the style, then prepares the dough and sauce in his kitchen.

From the video

Answers: How do you make Rhode Island style party pizza?

• Rhode Island style pizza
• Party pizza
• Cheese-free pizza
• Pizza dough preparation
• Pizza sauce recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups (360g) King Arthur unbleached bread flour
• 2 teaspoons Granulated sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons Table salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Instant yeast
• 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons (213g) Water
• 2 tablespoons (about 25g) plus 1 tablespoon for the pan Olive oil
• 1 3/4 cups (400g) Crushed red tomatoes
• Tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon Salt
• Black pepper
• Dried herbs (Italian herb blend or oregano)
• Garlic
• Freshly grated hard cheese (Parmesan, Asiago, Romano)
• Red pepper flakes
• Dried oregano

What it concludes

• Rhode Island style pizza is characterized by a simple dough, a thick and flavorful tomato sauce, and an absence of cheese except for an optional post-bake garnish.
• Baking the pizza on the bottom rack at a lower temperature (400 to 410 degrees) helps achieve a proper crust and sauce texture without burning.
• Adding tomato paste to the sauce mixture helps achieve the traditional jammy consistency and flavor found in Rhode Island bakeries.