Famous California Pizza Dough
allrecipes.com · 2021 · Original
Californiaas labeled by the source
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: honey.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
California style, 69% hydration: wetter than 52% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 450°F, hotter than 58% of recipes that state an oven.
California (California): non-traditional toppings (BBQ chicken, duck sausage, goat cheese), whole-wheat crust variants; Chez Panisse / Spago / CPK lineage
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
344g
Water
237g
Hydration
68.9%
Salt
1.8%
Yeast
n/a
Oil
19.8%
Sauce
n/a
Cheese
n/a
Dough weight
801g
Process
Bake temp
450°F / 232°C
Bake time
5 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (6)
- yeast1 package active dry yeast142g
- sugarhoney1 tsp · 4.2g
- waterWater1 cup · 237g
- saltkosher salt1 tsp · 6g
- oilextra-virgin olive oil5 tbsp · 68g
- flourall-purpose flour2 3/4 cup · 344g
Toppings (1)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheesecornmeal1/4 cup · 50g
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