Stuffed Crust Pizza Recipe (The 90s called and I answered)

[@hope_and_love]

I was a manager at a pizzeria in the late 90s. We didn't serve stuffed crust, but after hours on the weekends we sure as hell made it, drank a bunch of beer, and played the arcades until the wee hours. Nostalgia...

[@BrianLagerstrom]

I want that

[@heideleskun1163]

Spent many Friday nights after football games there with the rest of the "band" clan. So many fun times.

[@colina1330]

As a former Pizza Hut employee, I can confirm that string cheese is, indeed, what they stuff their crusts with.

[@ijemand5672]

As a former pizza hut manager, I'll make sure you get in trouble for breaking your NDA

[@okechukwuanudokem2060]

@@ijemand5672 as i fellow youtube watcher nobody fckin cares

[@josukehigashikata1494]

@@ijemand5672 i don’t think a pizza hut manager would have a boondocks pfp.

[@ijemand5672]

@@josukehigashikata1494 It's ma favourite TV show and I wanted to have Huey as my pfp to be able to say the N-word online

[@josukehigashikata1494]

@@ijemand5672 understandable, have a good day.

[@scofah]

I love how sparingly you use music. It's very pleasant to watch you cook without background noise. Cute sound effects plopping dough. Dance🕺 at the end was perfect!

[@TonyMueller]

This took me back to any Sunday morning in 1995 ... when I was working at pizza hut prepping about 40 stuffed crust shells for the lunch rush. Then I got to deliver most of them too. And the sauce was a bag of spices, a bag of tomato paste, and a couple gallons of water.

[@davidv6588]

That's insane. When I worked there we averaged about $5000 a week in sales and we did nowhere near 40 stuffed crust a day. We also did prep at least twice per day. Before open and after lunch. Then as needed. Stuffed crust used to get it's own special "sweet" sauce too. I don't know if it still does. Haven't eaten there since I worked there.

[@Kalmaro4152]

I'm working at Little Caesar's and I can never get the dough to cooperate with me when stuffing crusts. Always end up tearing it.

[@NothingNevermore]

​@@davidv6588I always remember sweet sauce on stuffed crust

[@lars611farmer3]

Hey Brian I recently made a pizza with a flour, that has 12 percent protein a let it rest for 24 hours, like in one of your other recipes. It was the best crust I ever made myself, so thanks for your videos and all the tipps for nice pizza dough.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Thanks for watching Lars. Glad you got some tips

[@lars611farmer3]

@@BrianLagerstrom Thanks for your content.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

@@lars611farmer3 thanks for watching Lars.

[@Ardyrezv]

@@BrianLagerstrom thank you both for thanking each other

[@stevenc5982]

@@Ardyrezv thank you for thanking them for thanking each other

[@compromisedssh]

This was a pretty typical, high quality Brian Lagerstrom video until he hit us with the Backstreet Boys at the end for the 90s cherry on top. That propelled this video into pure amazingness territory. Well done.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Haha thanks

[@ijemand5672]

Cracker ahh comment

[@compromisedssh]

@@ijemand5672 you have no idea how deeply an insult from a career Pizza Hut man cuts. Ouch.

[@staceywalley2616]

you inspire me to make more meals and better ones for less effort. I have 5 people to cook for every night and sometimes struggle with ideas but you always com in clutch.

[@sys-theinternet4603]

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[@David-go4ot]

3:17 you have some serious skills being able to blend in that small of a container without making a huge mess!

[@masonneal1654]

I think he’s a immersion blender jedi

[@adamw1817]

Mr. Brian. Simply we love You sooooooo much. Thank You for all these incredible recipes.

[@laura0117]

Love when you put up new pizza videos! Definitely trying this one out soon.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

it's sinful

[@cambridge1960]

That pizza put quite the spring in your dance moves. Best recommendation ever.

[@Bleatmop]

I've always used shredded cheese when making stuffed crust but I think your method seems completely superior. I can't believe I never thought to cut small batons of cheese for that purpose! Thanks for stepping up my cooking game once again Bri!

[@davidv6588]

String cheese is better. You can also make your own if you don't like the premade cheese. You will get a tighter crust.

[@danrobinson6281]

This is by far the sexiest stuffed crust pizza I've ever seen on youtube

[@Whiteythereaper]

A tip for the underside edge of the crust burning; rub a light dab of water onto it just before you put it in the oven. It should help to delay the heat for just long enough to balance out the rest of the browning

[@davidv6588]

It's adorable that he thinks that constitutes "heavy" on the sauce.

[@charliedoyle7824]

Pretty sure every kid on Earth will prefer this kind of pizza, and many adults too. Definitely worth adding to one's pizza arsenal. The garlic butter on the crust is a great tip too. I already make garlic "toum" Mid-East style and spread it on pizza crust, but garlic butter will work great too.

[@greeneyes822]

You make the best videos! My son was asking me last night to make a homemade stuffed crust pizza. I told him I would try one day, and I wake up to this video! It must be destiny lol. I’ve been making your delivery style pizza recipe and my kids LOVE it.

[@LeirTheFox]

Dude I've been a pizza lover since my first memories and your channel made me go from enthusiast to an aficcionado. I have been throwing a lot of pizza parties with my wife and friends and we have such a great time, I can't thank you enough for breaking the pizza mysteries in such a simple, elegant manner. You, sir, made my life a little better. :)

[@joshuamoore24_7]

That pizza looks delicious, I used to work at Pizza Hut in the 90's and the stuffed crust is one of my favorites. I think Pizza Hut was the first pizza restaurant to have a stuffed crust pizza's. It wasn't until later that the other pizza restaurant's added a stuffed crust pizza's to their menu. 😁🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕 The secret to to the cheese in the crust is mozzarella string cheese sticks!

[@andrewpreis2764]

For sure the highlights of this video are the nostalgic flashes of the chuck E Cheese mouse, and the vhs filter on the pizza shot! Well done :) another awesome vid!

[@Bnelly90]

I made this yesterday and it's the best pizza I've ever had. It was incredible.

[@waynert69]

Hi Bri, Trying this today but noticed the write up has "5g or 1/3tsp instant yeast" and for me 5g of instant yeast is a little less than 2 tsp. I use a scale, but for small amounts volume is easier.

[@samuelmahoney6878]

This looks great! I might make it this weekend for my kiddos. They love stuffed crust!

[@guntassingh9432]

Ahhh I new pizza video! I just made you roman thin crust pizza in my Ooni koda 16 a few minutes ago, but I will never get tired of your pizza recipes!

[@joekoscielniak8576]

I like that you and your wife go to the gym together. The pizza looks awesome. I’ve tried to make cheese stuffed pizza in the past and I think my mistake has been that I haven’t used enough cheese. You’ve given me hope that I can make this work!

[@sechay9328]

I too find that my steel can run a bit hot and cook faster on the bottom than the top. My trick is I have the steel on the mid rack and a good stone on top. I'll do the first 2/3's of my bake on the steel and once the bottom is solid I transfer to the stone which wont burn it and let the top finish. Comes out perfect.

[@AzraelThanatos]

With the garlic butter crust, you can amp it up even more...some finely shredded parm with dried oregano and red pepper that's been powdered (Or just the store italian seasoning mixed with the parm) put over the crust immediately after the butter works great for some real fun there.

[@elgreco84]

Just for the 90s nostalgia tribute, you got a new sub. Gonna binge your other videos now. Good stuff!

[@Ahglock]

This is a good excuse to make some more dough for this weekend.

[@IamPali2024]

This guy is just a master in his arts… amazing work briiiii 👏👍

[@cptnkewl8569]

Try do freeze some of the sauce in a ice cube form. then add the frozen sauce stuff instead of the cheese (or splitt cheese/tomato) you'll gonna love it

[@brettmoore6781]

Honestly, I'm always intimidated by making pizza at home. I've never been a very good baker so dough is always scary for me but...I do love me some stuffed crust pizza...

[@Ahglock]

It is a lot easier than it looks to make good bread. It takes a lot of practice to jump that to amazing imo. But you very quickly can get better than store bought or in pizzas case better than chains.

[@metalgamer9647]

Follow Brian's instructions and you'll be good to go.

[@brettmoore6781]

@@metalgamer9647 he hasn't steered me wrong yet!

[@brettmoore6781]

@@Ahglock Thanks, I think I'll give it a shot!

[@matthewkoslow3221]

brian's vids are really easy to do, and I like he shows how to make dough with both a stand mixer and by hand. you picked a good channel for learnin my dude

[@ChuckWestfield]

God bless us everyone! Thank you Brian! This is the best!

[@Exercise4CheatMeals]

Pizza Hut was king for me as a young Michael Jordan lover. It took me a while to realize I lived in Chicago. 😂

[@MrTLWolfTTV]

FInally got a peel and a steel, broke them in by trying this pizza. Man, this is some dang fine pizza! I did the string cheese instead of prov in the crust, but highly recommend.

[@chris-ui2nt]

Great video as always. Dang that pizza brought me straight back to the 90's.

[@tiarawillis5677]

AHHH yes, that happy dance was really really happy. Cheese and dough with a bit of pepperoni mixed in, Nirvana. I was just thinking about something like this! Reading my mind again I see.

[@nicholasweeks7367]

I kinda really like the idea of episodes that are basically modernizing vintage/nostalgia food vibes? I don’t know what food would be a dope 1980s nostalgia episode, but my brain is happy at the thought.

[@SANDVlCH]

For anyone that doesn’t have a pizza peel, I’ve found transferring on baking paper to a preheated tray works just as fine!

[@chocofrolik834]

Or just use a pizza steel as they're 10x better

[@StopWars420]

​@@chocofrolik834a peel isn't a stone. It the big pizza spatula you use to move the pizza on the stone. So you need both.

[@chocofrolik834]

@@StopWars420 I know what a peel is, and you don't need one to use a pizza steel.

[@StopWars420]

@@chocofrolik834 yes you do.

[@chocofrolik834]

@@StopWars420 Do you actually know what a pizza steel is? You don't have to use a peel with it. You put the pizza on the steel and then put the steel into the oven. You then take it out and take the pizza off. Optionally, you can use a peel to put and take the pizza off the steel.

[@alexanderseibert6599]

I Love the skilfull way you tread the dought ❤️

[@osjarimu]

Man i like the way you presented. you even make me buy the headphones, jajaja!

[@slappygustaverson6507]

As a tech enthusiast, watching you use a cast iron pan as a heat sink just blew my mind.

[@richhare3765]

Making Italian Sweet Sausage Subs for dinner tonight. Made the buns using your sandwich roll recipe from the Chicago Style Italian Beef Sandwich video and pizza sauce recipe from this video. The rolls came out perfect and the pizza sauce is killer. Thanks.

[@mirroredguitarist]

I'm going to try this after next grocery trip!

[@akirch9]

This pizza makes me want to go roller skating and play sega genesis. Killer Bri!

[@LunchwithLisa]

Your pizza is always a hit in my house. My son will go BONKERS over this one!!!!

[@ccruz247]

The rolling pin on the dough killed me 💀

[@mahareslan641]

Your recipes are always a success 🙌 thx ! Can't wait to try it tomorrow 😋

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Good luck thank you

[@johncspine2787]

Janie’s Mill has some organic finely ground and sifted durum semolina which can stand in for corn meal. Also, more coarse semolina, and a ton of organic and heirloom wheat varieties..

[@StuJones86]

I think I’ve watched you make enough pizzas that I need to finally try. Add yeasted waffles and Flourless chocolate late cake to my BL Checklist. So good. So good.

[@loucinci3922]

You are killing me, bro. Looks sooooo goooood! I think I can do this. Thanks for sharing.

[@marcgarcia644]

I’ve been waiting for this video! Glad it’s finally here

[@lagoya]

Stuffed crust pizza?! You have my full attention 😮

[@1983pleo]

delicious dough recipe, I have a good flour 12% protein, a good bowl (according to your recommendation from another video))) homemade basil and a mountain of homemade tomatoes as a result, I got the first prize at an unofficial family holiday contest)))) you made a holiday for my whole family thanks

[@evanthorpe3160]

Wow, perfect recipe. I accidentally added all 200 grams of cheese rather than the 100 grams. I also struggled to stretch the dough out to 14", I could only get it to 12", so I was very minimal with the dough ring outside the stuffed crust portion and ended up with a rectangle in the end. I've been making pizzas the last couple years at home, probably a couple dozen, and this is by far the best one I've ever made. Thanks for the recipe dude!

[@Paper_nylon]

the headbang from Lorn in the sponsored clip was ace haha always love a good pizza videooo

[@NicolasAlexanderOtto]

Props for using metric instead of those weird fantasy units. Much appreciated.

[@PradyumnVij]

Thanks for these detailed pizza videos, I ended up buying a pizza steel and following your recipes have been turning out some really amazing pizzas. Also thanks for providing the metric measurements.

[@ndubb100]

Always love your pizza videos! Now I know what I'm making this weekend

[@deathbybro3t169]

Hey Bri, since I will make Pizza on Saturday anyway I will give this a try. Love your work and that you do everything in metric as well. Thanks for that ;)

[@IDillon0]

Great video as always can't wait to try this one.

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

"You can eat in, in reverse."

[@Oanjoexterminador]

Tried this recipe tonight. Perfect dough. Loved it so much!

[@anthonygirard9760]

I just got a new Joule air fryer and the first thing I made was pizza with fresh dough from Publix. I did sausage, pepperoni and green pepper and was pleasantly surprised how good it was! Now I'm going to do the same with stuffed crust. I guessed at using string cheese... Can't wait!!

[@JeffNaranjo]

Hey Brian another winner! Thank you and please keep these videos coming!

[@ChrisS310]

Awesome video, man. The Chuck E. Cheese with the jacked up eyes was hilarious

[@momsagainstmedicalbullying6154]

Your dancing is the best part 😁

[@americanrebel413]

This looks so easy even I could do it! Thanks Brian! I think I will try it.

[@torren11]

Why am i watching this majestic video right when i wake ip at 6 am? I cant look away

[@anber4129]

stuffing the crust with provolone is genius!!

[@totollies]

I think this would go well with a side of Ring-Pops

[@BrianLagerstrom]

dang, missed opportunity!

[@jazzy_taste]

The perfect pizza - cheese, pepperoni, more cheese and garlic butter! In my pizza recipe for the crust I mixed garlic, chilli and olive oil. 😋

[@hansgrueber8169]

How about instead of all cheese batons, you go baton/calabrian chile/baton/calabrian chile, and so forth?

[@50sKid]

Noice dude, you have nearly managed to make a video for every type of pizza out there, but I can think of a few you still have yet to do: 1) California style with gourmet toppings 2) neo-Neapolitan high hydration strong bread flour (and possibly sourdough?) in the ooni.. the kind all the ooni nerds are getting into lately.

[@janknoblich4129]

What is California Style pizza?

[@taccosnachos]

@@janknoblich4129 avocado toast pizza

[@Ahglock]

@@janknoblich4129 I live in California and have most my life, 99% of our pizza is just pizza. I never get the California style pizza comments. Like we have burrito styles, like mission style burritos. But our pizzas are just pretty normal pizzas. The chain California Pizza Kitchen isn''t reflective any any other pizza place in California. I think its just a marketing gimmick. I mean sure you can find a hipster joint somewhere that has avocado on pizza or something but I'm sure every state has their oddball restaurants.

[@50sKid]

@@Ahglock I’m talking about pizzas with gourmet seasonally fresh toppings, pioneered by chefs like Alice Waters and Nancy Silverton

[@saltydroog854]

@@janknoblich4129 It's crappy pizza that identifies as good pizza.

[@njung1990able]

he is on a pizza conquest, covering every kind of pizza known to man o_O

[@toshamac4676]

I need a man that cooks like this

[@CuteSeamus]

woot you did the pizza video i've been waiting for... thank you...

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Thanks for watching

[@rockkevinrock]

Your videos always make me think about how I should buy a stand mixer.

[@andreasantoni6896]

Stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut is my favourite pizza of all times!

[@given2dream]

The 90s boyband-ish music…so on point! And picquant is “pee-cahnt”. In the Lion King, Timon says it during Hakuna Matata: “Piquant with a very pleasant crunch”. And to prove I am a 90s child…I knew that quote without having to pull up vid from the movie!

[@castironchaos]

Dave Bowman's last broadcast from the Monolith: "My God, it's full of cheese!"

[@1polyron1]

Isn't it funny how a video brings a collection of people together all for knowledge's sake. The nostalgia in the comments is cool to read

[@RedmansMom]

I love this pizza crust recipe!! I can never seem to get the crust larger than 12” with the cheese stuffed in, but it’s the best tasting recipe I’ve tried so far, definitely my new favorite 🤩 thanks 🙏!!

[@vern123ful]

Wow,I can't wait to try this.yummy

[@jeremiahmiller6431]

Pull the steel and pan your dough on a perforated pizza pan. That will take care of the bottom overcooking like that. Bonus, you don't have to roll your dough out this way, either, just stretch it by hand to just beyond the edge of the pan, and when you fold it over it should just perfectly conform to the pan with no effort required.

[@robertfowler7312]

Love it. Absolutely gonna give it a go. Hopefully using my ooni doesn't ruin it. I reckon I'll need to keep the temp lower

[@matthewkoslow3221]

How much more pizza varieties exist?!?!?!?!? Whatever ones there are I'm hyped to see you make em and learn how to do em at home. I tried your Chicago Thin Crust Pizza 2 weeks ago, and you have fully converted this NJ born dude onto the midwest thin crust pizza hype train.

[@BrianLagerstrom]

Haha I have a pretty long list still! Stay tuned

[@matthewkoslow3221]

@@BrianLagerstrom Argentinian style pizza maybe?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@paprikamerah]

Ow.. i want to eat pizza, it's amazing pizza ❤️

[@jefff6167]

Please make fajitas. Especially interested in learning how to make that awesome “sizzle juice” that great fajitas have. Thanks

[@scottydog6539]

Looks delicious.

[@Ryan_F.]

Made your Chicago style pizza a while back and was a big fan. Will have to try this one out-literally just ate Domino’s though so… next week maybe 😜

[@singe0diabolique]

It's the adorable hair flop at the end for me.

[@SuitedCynic]

I'm usually the guy who makes as much from scratch as possible and I would totally make this right now. But I'm locked up in my office room at home because I got .. the thing, can't see my girlfriend or our 8 months old son (thankfully, they are both healthy) and I texted my gf earlier: "Once I can eat properly again, I'm totally ordering stuffed crust and won't hear any complaints about it" XD Then again: once I'm up to speed again, I'm also totally making this

[@sd.2528]

I made the delivery style pizza a week or two ago and this looks very similar with some slight tweaks. One note I made to adjust next time was to add red pepper flakes to give the sauce a bit more bite. I see you went in the same direction and I think that's a good call. I'll probably skip the cheese stuffed crust as I can't work off as many calories as I could when I was younger, so cheese stuffed pizza will have to remain in my youth but good video.

[@garrisonbrown1170]

This looks great

[@hikmahuddinhasbullah3928]

feels so nostalgic with the 90s😅😅

[@melissabowers578]

Content request: Fish! How can I perfectly sear branzino or salmon? I want that crazy, amazing crust!

[@francisnguyen6349]

Hi, Brian. Amazingly pizza 🍕 with cheese 🧀 incredible ingredients.

[@saraatppkdotpt8140]

Consistently nice content 👍

[@ElPedro212]

It is very appropriate imo that this video has thus far received 2.3k likes and 0 dislikes

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

That (This) looks amazing... great vid... THANKS!!!