Classic NY Cheese Slice

Name: Classic NY Cheese Slice
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New York
Ingredients: 4 balls NY-style pizza dough; 400g Crushed tomatoes; 2 cloves, minced Garlic; 1 tsp Dried oregano; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/2 tsp Sugar; 1 tbsp Olive oil; 300g, shredded Low-moisture mozzarella; 40g, grated Parmigiano-Reggiano

The iconic New York cheese slice — hand-tossed, foldable crust with low-moisture mozzarella and a cooked tomato sauce.

Prep: 20 minCook: 8 minTotal: 28 min4 servings

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Ingredients

Dough

•4 balls NY-style pizza dough

Sauce

•400g Crushed tomatoes
•2 cloves, minced Garlic
•1 tsp Dried oregano
•1/2 tsp Salt
•1/2 tsp Sugar
•1 tbsp Olive oil

Toppings

•300g, shredded Low-moisture mozzarella
•40g, grated Parmigiano-Reggiano

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How to Make Classic NY Cheese Slice

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Instructions

1
Cook sauce: simmer crushed tomatoes, garlic, oregano, salt, sugar, and oil for 20 min.
💡 NY sauce is cooked (unlike Neapolitan raw sauce).
2
Preheat home oven to max (500-550°F) with baking steel for 45-60 min.
3
Stretch dough to 14-16" — NY pies are bigger than Neapolitan.
4
Spread sauce, add shredded mozzarella edge to edge, sprinkle parmigiano.
5
Bake on steel for 6-8 minutes until cheese is bubbly and edges golden.
6
Let cool 2-3 min on a wire rack before slicing.

Tips

→Low-moisture mozzarella is key — fresh mozz makes it too wet
→The fold test: a proper NY slice folds in half without cracking
→A baking steel is the #1 home oven upgrade for NY-style

Equipment

Baking Steel Pizza Peel Digital Scale

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