Imo's Pizza Recipe (St. Louis Style Pizza)

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Imo's Pizza Recipe (St. Louis Style Pizza)
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Directions:

  1. 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.
  11. 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. Underbaking the crust will result in a limp crust, overbaking 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.
  12. 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.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 566.72 Kcal (2373 kJ)
Calories from fat 184.59 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.51g 32%
Cholesterol 53.47mg 18%
Sodium 984.94mg 41%
Potassium 971.49mg 21%
Total Carbs 71.62g 24%
Sugars 15.1g 60%
Dietary Fiber 5.17g 21%
Protein 24.59g 49%
Vitamin C 25.9mg 43%
Iron 2.8mg 15%
Calcium 539mg 54%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 187.27 Kcal (784 kJ)
Calories from fat 61 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.78g 32%
Cholesterol 17.67mg 18%
Sodium 325.47mg 41%
Potassium 321.03mg 21%
Total Carbs 23.67g 24%
Sugars 4.99g 60%
Dietary Fiber 1.71g 21%
Protein 8.12g 49%
Vitamin C 8.6mg 43%
Iron 0.9mg 15%
Calcium 178.1mg 54%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 12.2
    Points
  • 15
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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