Baker's percentages

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

Process

Ingredients (8)

• flour/10½oz strong white bread flour300 oz · 300g
• salt½ tsp sea salt0.5 tsp · 3g
• oilrapeseed oil2 tsp · 9g
• water150–175ml/5–6fl oz lukewarm water150 oz · 4252.5g
• sauce tomato/4½oz passata120 oz · 120g
• sauce tomatotomato purée1 tbsp · 15.3g
• cheese mozzarella1 mozzarella ball—
• cheese other/1oz cheddar30g

Toppings (4)

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

• over cheesebaking powder2 tsp · 8.4g
• over cheesefreshly ground black pepper
• over cheese½ tsp dried mixed herbs0.5 tsp · 2.1g
• over cheese10 pepperoni slices