Made sourdough pizza for the first time for a Saturday brunch with my family and my girlfriend. Turned out amazing, and super easy!

I usually bake whole grain loaves, but found pizza both very forgiving and very enjoyable 🤠

Recipe:

• 1000g bread flour
• 700g water
• 200g active starter
• 20g salt
• 50g olive oil 

Method:

  • Autolyse: Mix flour and 650g of water until just incorporated. Let rest for 30min~1h.

  • Add olive oil and salt. Mix until sticky but manageable.

  • Bulk ferment: let dough rest; mix every ~45min. Repeat until dough is perfectly smooth and bubbly (~4h for me; might be longer or shorter depending on temperature and starter)

  • Cold proof: cover and rest in fridge for ~24-48h (I went for 48h; strongly recommended)

  • Pre-bake: ~3-4h before baking, spread dough out on well oiled/parchment papered pan (I used oil; it stuck a bit). On last 30min – preheat oven to 210c.

  • With oiled hands, spread dough out across pan. Spread tomato sauce, cheese (mozarella or otherwise) and toppings.

  • Bake ~25min until golden (no steam!)

  • Cool for 10min

  • devour instantly

This is my first ever attempt; while I’m very pleased, I’d love to hear your thoughts and suggestions!

by shmick-1

2 Comments

  1. ravidplo

    Instead of you I would bake it twice to keep the sauce and cheese a bit fresh. First bake it only with the dough, take it out of the oven. Put the ingredients and enter for another baking. It looks delicious tho. Enjoy 😍

  2. VenomousSnorlax

    That looks awesome! Think the invitation got lost in the mail, but no worries, I will make it myself now