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Four cheese pizza
Rachel Roddy · bbc.co.uk · 2020 · Original
other (asserted)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%) — the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
500g
Water
—
Hydration
—
Salt
2.4%
Yeast
1.00%
Oil
—
Sauce
300g
Cheese
320g
Dough weight
1511g
Process
Bake temp
464°F / 240°C
Bake time
15-15 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (10)
- yeast5g fresh yeast or 2.5g dried fast-action yeast5g
- sugar½ tsp caster sugar0.5 tsp · 2.1g
- flour/10½oz ‘00’ flour300 oz · 300g
- flour/7oz strong white bread flour200g
- saltsalt2 tsp · 12g
- oil/1¼fl oz olive oil35 oz · 992.3g
- sauce tomato/10½oz passata300 oz · 300g
- cheese mozzarella/5oz mozzarella140g
- cheese other/4¼oz gorgonzola120 oz · 120g
- cheese other/2¼oz Parmesan60 oz · 60g
Toppings (2)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheese/3½oz fontina100 oz · 100g
- over cheesefreshly ground black pepper