One of my favorite pizza styles is a nice thick, chewy crust around the outside – but of course thin enough crust under the toppings to cook properly. How does one work the dough into that shape?
Dough – Shaping thick crust pizza dough
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Best Answer
Just make the base bigger than you need with the edge pulled slightly thiner than the main base, and then roll the edge inward on itself
You need to have nearly twice the extra width available than what you wish to roll up, otherwise it will unroll. Pinch it down at you go round and it should stay in place. Try not to get olive oil or other toppings on the edge before you complete it, or it may unwind during cooking
Put the pizza tray on a turntable (cake decorating or "lazy susan") to make the task easy. It is sort of a continuous motion of rolling, folding, and pinching down
You can put a little of some contrasting taste (to main toppings) on before you roll the edge, like olives, anchovies, chillies or herbs
BTW in traditional pizza with a properly hot oven, the crust (cornicione) puffs up because it has no topping on it, but this results in a crust that is only slightly fatter than the main base, or just big bubbles that break when you hold it. By doubling up the dough you get a real substantial crust