Sicilian Pizza Crust

Name: Sicilian Pizza Crust
Cook time: 8 min
Ingredients: 1 cup warm water; 1 each 1 package active dry yeast; 2 tbsp shortening; 1.5 tsp salt; 1 tsp white sugar; 3 cup all-purpose flour

Unknown · allrecipes.com · 2020 · Original

Sicilian / sfincione (asserted)

Sicilian / sfincione (Sicily): thick spongy crumb, often with anchovy/breadcrumb/caciocavallo; sometimes cheeseless

Style norms: 65–75% hydration (this recipe: 63%) · 450–550°F bake (this recipe: 500°F)

Baker's percentages

Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%) — the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.

Flour

375g

Water

237g

Hydration

63.2%

Salt

2.4%

Yeast

—

Oil

6.7%

Sauce

—

Cheese

—

Dough weight

792g

Process

Bake temp

500°F / 260°C

Bake time

5-8 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Bulk

0.08333333333333333h

Ingredients (6)

waterwarm water1 cup · 237g
yeast1 package active dry yeast141.8g
oilshortening2 tbsp · 25g
saltsalt1.5 tsp · 9g
sugarwhite sugar1 tsp · 4.2g
flourall-purpose flour3 cup · 375g

Toppings (1)

Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.

over cheeseItalian seasoning1 tsp · 4.2g

Pizza Lab

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Ingredients (6)

Toppings (1)