the Breville Test Kitchen

Alla Diavola Neapolitan-Style Pizza

Name: Alla Diavola Neapolitan-Style Pizza
Cook time: 1200 s
Total time: 34200 s
Yield: Makes 4
Ingredients: 570 g baker's flour - plus extra for dusting; 2 tsp cooking salt; 1 tsp instant dried yeast; 1½ cups (375 ml) cold water; Semolina - to sprinkle; 600 g canned whole peeled tomatoes; 2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 cloves of garlic - chopped; ¾ tsp dried oregano; ¾ tsp cooking salt; Pinch dried chilli flakes - optional; 2 cups (200 g) shredded mozzarella cheese; 115 g sliced spicy salami; 115 g sliced pepperoni; 300 g fior di latte - thinly sliced; 4 bird’s eye chillies - thinly sliced, plus extra to serve

Hotter than your grandma’s gossip sesh, this pizza packs a fiery punch! Pepperoni, salami and fresh chilli bring the heat to the party. The Pizzaiolo delivers a crisp crust with spotted char and just the right amount of puff n’ chew. All the wood fired flavour but no devilish stoking required.

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9 hrs 30 mins total time

20 mins active time

Easy

Makes 4

Ingredients

Measurements:

For the Essential Neapolitan-Style Pizza Dough

570 g baker's flour
plus extra for dusting
2 tsp cooking salt
1 tsp instant dried yeast
1½ cups (375 ml) cold water
Semolina
to sprinkle

For the Essential Pizza Sauce

600 g canned whole peeled tomatoes
2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 cloves of garlic
chopped
¾ tsp dried oregano
¾ tsp cooking salt
Pinch dried chilli flakes
optional

For the pizza

2 cups (200 g) shredded mozzarella cheese
115 g sliced spicy salami
115 g sliced pepperoni
300 g fior di latte
thinly sliced
4 bird’s eye chillies
thinly sliced, plus extra to serve

Instructions

1To make the pizza dough, place the flour, salt and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the dough hook, mix to combine. Add the water and knead on low speed for 5 minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
2Transfer the dough to a large bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to proof in a warm, draft-free place for 2 hours, or until doubled in size.
Tip: If you have a Breville oven with a proof function; set to 30°C and proof for 1 hour.
3Turn the dough onto a lightly floured bench top and divide into 4 even pieces, approximately 240g each. Shape each piece into a smooth ball.
4Sprinkle a proofing box or deep sided container with semolina. Place the dough balls in the box, leaving 10cm between them. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or up to 5 days.
5An hour before cooking, remove the dough from the refrigerator. Meanwhile, make the pizza sauce.
6To make the pizza sauce, place the tomatoes, oil, garlic, oregano, salt and chilli flakes (if using), in a large jug. Process with an immersion blender until smooth.
7About 20 minutes before the dough has finished resting, preheat the oven. Select the Wood Fired setting. Turn the Darkness dial to the Darker setting and select 3 minutes on the Timer dial.
8Once preheated, sprinkle semolina on the bench top. Place one of the dough balls on the bench top and sprinkle with semolina. Keep the remaining dough covered to prevent it from drying out. Gently press out the dough working from the centre into a 26cm round, leaving a 1cm border. Lightly sprinkle the pizza peel with semolina. Carefully transfer the dough onto the pizza peel.
9For each pizza, leaving a small border, spread with a quarter of the pizza sauce. Scatter with ¼ cup mozzarella, then top with a quarter each of the salami, pepperoni, fior di latte and chilies. Finish with ¼ cup mozzarella.
10Place the pizza in the oven, press the Timer dial and cook for 3 minutes, or until the crust is spotted brown and the cheese has melted.
11Transfer to a cutting board, slice and serve, scattered with extra fresh chilli if you like.