Roman al taglioadvanced

Mortadella & Pistachio al taglio

The breakout Roman al-taglio slice: bake the bianca first, then drape cold mortadella and crushed pistachio over the hot slab. Residual heat is the only cooking the mortadella sees.

fluffycrispythick crustslow bake
Hydration80%Temp550°FTime16 minSurfaceStone

Equipment

  • 12×16" rectangular pan
  • pizza stone for under the pan

Dough ingredients

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IngredientBaker's %Grams
Bread flour80.0%304 g
00 flour20.0%76 g
Water80.0%304 g
Fine sea salt2.2%8 g
Instant dry yeast0.2%1 g
Olive oil2.0%8 g
Total (1 × 700 g)184.4%700 g

Toppings (per pizza)

Steps

  1. Mix15 min

    Combine and slap-and-fold or mix 12 minutes until clean from the bowl.

  2. Bulk fold1 h 30 min

    Coil-fold every 30 minutes for 90 minutes.

  3. Cold ferment48 h

    Refrigerate 48 hours.

  4. Pan transfer1 h

    Oil pan; transfer dough; rest 60; dimple to corners.

  5. Bake bianca14 min

    550 °F on a stone, 14 minutes, until deep gold (no toppings — this is a fully baked bianca slab).

  6. Finish — off heat

    Off-heat, immediately: scatter cubed mozzarella over the hot slab so the residual heat melts it lightly. Drape mortadella slices over the entire surface. Scatter crushed pistachio. Drizzle finishing oil. Cut to length with scissors.

Bake
550°F · 16 min · Pizza stone
Hydration
80%
Active
25 min
Total
48 h