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{Recipe} Rhode Island-Style Pizza Strips

March 27, 2014 By Courtney

If you’ve ever been to Rhode Island or grew up here, you know what a pizza strip is. It’s crunchy and chewy pizza that is topped only with red sauce and sometimes grated cheese. It’s found mostly in bakeries and is super delicious!

Rhode Island Pizza strips recipe
Most bakeries are closed in Rhode Island on Mondays, (I’m not sure if that’s the case anywhere else?), but I was really craving some and I figured I’d try to make my own at home.

I am no chef, although I wish I played one on TV. πŸ™‚ I just like to experiment in my kitchen and if all goes well, I’ll keep it in my dinner rotation.

Rhode Island-Style Pizza Strips
 
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Author: The Mod Mommy
Ingredients
  • 1 pound of fresh pizza dough
  • ¼ cup olive oil (this will be divided. Some for sauce mixture, some for bottom of pan)
  • 1 16 oz. can crushed tomatoes or 2 cups of homemade pasta sauce (this works if it's all you have)
  • 1 TBSP white sugar
  • 1 TBSP fresh grated Parmesan cheese
  • Couple of shakes of garlic powder
  • Couple of shakes of dried oregano
  • ½ TSP of salt
  • Black pepper to taste (not too much!)
  • Cookie sheet for baking
Instructions
  1. Be sure to let your fresh pizza dough rise for a couple of hours before making pizza.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  3. In a mixing bowl, combine crushed tomatoes (or homemade pasta sauce), ⅛ cup of olive oil, sugar, cheese, garlic powder, oregano, salt and pepper. Make sure everything is incorporated and distributed evenly.
  4. Put the remaining olive oil on the cookie sheet covering completely.
  5. Roll out dough and position to fit inside cookie sheet. Be sure to give yourself a little crust along the edges.
  6. Prick the dough with a fork to prevent it from bubbling.
  7. Top the dough with your sauce mixture. Smear it on evenly and close to the edges as you would with normal pizza. You can also sprinkle cheese on the sauce before cooking too if you'd like.
  8. Bake at 400 degrees on the middle rack for 15-17 minutes.
  9. Let cool, then cut in strips or squares.
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This pizza is delicious for lunch, to take to the beach, to serve at a party or just for any ol’ day.

I hope this works out for you as well as it did for me! Mangia!

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About Courtney

Courtney is a mom to four kids, 8 years old and under. She's dog-obsessed and loves to cook. When watching TV, her go-to channels are Food Network, HGTV and Hallmark. And in case you were wondering, her favorite food is home fries. And pizza.

Comments

  1. 8

    Jessie says

    March 5, 2015 at 1:19 am

    Is it possible to use ready made dough or does it have to be fresh? Also, the finish product kinda looks like focaccia–could you use that instead? I’ve never had nor made these before so I apologize for the silly questions!

    πŸ™‚

    • 9

      Courtney says

      March 5, 2015 at 8:35 am

      Hi Jessie! Hmmm, I’ve only experimented with dough bought at the supermarket or a bakery. I buy it frozen…it comes in a plastic bag, then I let it thaw and rise. Do you mean the kind from a can, like Pillsbury? It could work, but will definitely taste different. Maybe more like a biscuit? Also, Focaccia might be too thick. But, feel free to get creative. Pizza is awesome all the time! πŸ™‚ P.S. Questions, not silly at all!

  2. 10

    Ray says

    June 13, 2014 at 2:10 pm

    I would like for you and all of your readers to visit our Rhode Island web site for favorites in food, fun, people, places and nostalgia of Rhode Island: http://www.pagesintime.com/ri
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  3. 11

    Steven says

    June 3, 2014 at 6:25 am

    Your pizza looks delicious, I’m going to try it tonight. Any ideas to convert it to a Caserta style with cheese on top? I could never figure out if Casertas puts the sauce on the cheese or the other way around.
    Personally it seems like they par bake the dough with sauce, then add cheese with more sauce on top and bake again.

    • 12

      Courtney says

      June 3, 2014 at 6:27 am

      Hmm maybe you could try it both ways by doing half one way and half the other. I thought about adding grated Parmesan at the end of baking, but haven’t yet. Let me know how it goes! Good luck!

  4. 13

    Sandy says

    May 25, 2014 at 1:16 pm

    Sadly these look nor taste nothing like a true R.I pizza strip.

    • 14

      Courtney says

      May 26, 2014 at 12:02 pm

      Hi Sandy, thanks for your comment. What’s your go-to bakery? I’m a big Calvitto’s and Tomaselli’s fan. I could never compete with top notch places, but I took a try at making my own. Thanks for testing the recipe too and for visiting my blog.

  5. 15

    Sheri says

    March 27, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    That looks amazing. Right up there with Vienna and Crugnale.
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    • 16

      Courtney says

      March 27, 2014 at 12:04 pm

      You are too kind!!! Thank you!

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