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Imo's St Louis Pizza

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Ingredients

  • Crust
  • In large mixing bowl combine
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons dark corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup tbsps water
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • Sauce
  • 16 ounces whole tomatoes (diced into fine pieces)
  • 6 ounces tomato paste
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon crushed basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon thyme
  • Cheese
  • 1 cup white cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1/2 cup swiss cheese, shredded
  • 1/2 cup provolone cheese, shredded
  • 1 teaspoon liquid hickory liquid smoke
  • Italian Seasoning
  • 2 teaspoons oregano
  • 2 teaspoons basil
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/imos-pizza-recipe-st-louis-style-pizza-380004?oc=linkback
  • Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/imos-pizza-recipe-st-louis-style-pizza-380004?oc=linkback

Details

Preparation

Step 1

Directions:

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Crust: Mix until thoroughly combined - Dough will be very stiff. makes enough for two (2) 12" pizza pies. The dough is ready to use "as-is" No need to rise or kneed. Divide the dough in half, shape into a round ball and roll out paper thin.
2
In order to move the crusts around a pizza peel sprinkled with cornmeal works well.
3
After the crust, it's the sauce that begins the first real steps towards forming the total Imo's pizza experience. Imos uses a tomato sauce mixture that has a sweet taste, but it's not so overly sweet to hide the rich tomato flavor or spices.
4
Sauce:Combine together and it's ready to use - do not pre-cook the sauce! This Makes enough sauce for about four (4) 12" pizza pies, so that should give you some idea of how much to use on each pizza.
5
On top of the sweet sauce Imo's uses Provel Cheese, which is simply a blend of Cheddar, Swiss and Provolone cheeses with some liquid smoke flavoring. If you can't find Provel in your local market, it can be easily created.
6
Cheese:Toss until cheeses and smoke flavoring are completely incorporated. Typically it's enough cheese for two (2) 12" pizza pies, but if you like extra-cheese you'll want to make more.
7
Authentic Imo's pizza toppings include: Extra-Cheese, Onion, Green Pepper, Sausage, Hamburger, Pepperoni, Anchovy, Bacon, Black Olive, Mushroom, Canadian Bacon, Jalapenos, Pineapple, Banana Peppers, and Tomatoes.
8
In a professional pizza oven the meat toppings (Hamburger, Sausage, Bacon, etc.) can usually be put on raw, but at home you'll want to fully precook the meat before assembling the pizza.
9
Now you have the correct style crust, sweet sauce, smoky cheese, generous toppings, it's now ready to be lightly sprinkled with some Italian seasonings.
10
Seasonings: Combine all the ingredients in a small mixing bowl and blend well.
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While in the restaurant the pizza is baked in a pizza pan, at home you'll have the best results using a pizza stone and an oven temperature around 450 degrees. If you don't have a pizza stone, use the thinnest baking sheet you have and the lowest over rack position. The pizza is done when the underside of the crust is a dark golden brown, and the cheese is has a slight golden tint to it. Under baking the crust will result in a limp crust, over baking will result in a hard, tough, burnt-tasting crust, getting the right baking time to produce a crisp crust will require a bit of experimentation. The amount and type of toppings you use will also affect the total baking time. A rule-of-thumb is to check the pizza after about 10-12 minutes and adjust baking time from there accordingly.
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And, as a final touch to truly replicate Imo's Pizza at home, is to cut the pizza into tile-like squares instead of the traditional triangle slices.

Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/imos-pizza-recipe-st-louis-style-pizza-380004?oc=linkback

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