Pizza Lab

4,993 recipes
← All pizzas

Pizza expressed three ways

Lorraine Pascale · bbc.co.uk · 2012 · 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

300g

Water

Hydration

Salt

3.0%

Yeast

2.33%

Oil

13.6%

Sauce

1418g

Cheese

175g

Dough weight

357g

Process

Bake temp

475°F / 246°C

Bake time

8-10 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (9)

  • flour/11oz strong bread flour300g
  • yeast1 x 7g sachet fast-action dried yeast7g
  • saltsalt1.5 tsp · 9g
  • oilextra virgin olive oil3 tbsp · 40.8g
  • saltsalt and pepper
  • sauce tomato/1¾fl oz passata50 oz · 1417.5g
  • cheese other/3oz goats’ cheese75g
  • cheese other/3½oz feta cheese100 oz · 100g
  • sauce tomato6 cherry tomatoes

Toppings (15)

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

  • over cheese2 spring onions
  • over cheese1 red chilli
  • over cheese2 fat sausages
  • over cheesefennel seed2 tsp · 8.4g
  • over cheeseharissa paste2 tbsp · 25g
  • over cheesea handful of wild rocket
  • over cheese/1¾oz peppadew peppers50 oz · 50g
  • over cheese3 sprigs of thyme
  • over cheesearlic clove
  • over cheese10 chorizo slices
  • post bakesmall handful of fresh basil leaves
  • over cheese/3½oz hummus100 oz · 100g
  • over cheese½ small courgette
  • post bakedrizzle of balsamic glaze
  • over cheesesmall handful of mint leaves