Platter Pizza

S1 E24 | Whitney Cummings + Michael Rapaport | Rapport with Whitney Cummings and Michael Rapaport | Something's Burning

Whitney Cummings and Michael Rapaport stop by for homemade pizza on this blast from the past. Bert makes a cold-fermented dough and a simple hand-crushed tomato sauce, then loads up the pies with everything from buffalo mozzarella to fennel and olives.

Pizza Dough

Ingredients

  • 4 cups Italian tipo "00" flour or bread flour
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1 tsp active dry yeast
  • 1½ cups water
  • Cooking spray
  • Olive oil (for the bowls)

Steps

  1. Combine the flour, salt, and yeast.
  2. Add the water to the mix, then knead the dough.
  3. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 8 hours.
  4. Divide the dough into 4 sections in oil-covered bowls and let sit at room temperature for 2 hours to rise.

Sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 can whole peeled Italian tomatoes
  • 4 tbsp olive oil

Steps

  1. Pulse the tomatoes through a food processor.

Toppings & Assembly

Ingredients

  • Buffalo mozzarella
  • Roasted garlic
  • Green peppers and red peppers
  • Pepperoni
  • Onions
  • Basil leaves
  • Black olives and green olives
  • Fennel

Steps

  1. Stretch out a dough ball on a floured surface.
  2. Spread the sauce, basil leaves, and olive oil onto the dough.
  3. Add your toppings.
  4. Bake at 475°F for 5-7 minutes.

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