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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