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Pizza Margherita

Mary Ann Esposito · ciaoitalia.com · 2009 · Original

Neapolitanas labeled by the source

DietVegetarian. Not vegan: diced fresh fior di latte mozzarella cheese.

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Neapolitan style, one of 207 in the lab. Its dough did not parse to grams, so it sits out the dough comparisons.

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Neapolitan (Naples, Campania): thin flexible base, puffy leoparded cornicione, ~90s at ~900F, fior di latte or bufala, crushed raw tomato

Tradition: 55 to 70% hydration · 800 to 950°F bake

Baker's percentages

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

Dough not parsable from the source, so baker's percentages are not available.

Process

Bake temp

n/a

Bake time

25 to 30 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (4)

  • oilExtra-Virgin Olive Oil3 tbsp · 40.8g
  • sauce tomato4 ripe plum tomatoesn/a
  • cheese mozzarelladiced fresh fior di latte mozzarella cheese2 cup · 226g
  • saltfine sea salt1/2 tsp · 3g

Toppings (3)

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

  • over cheese1 recipe Pizza with Cresciuta
  • post bake12 fresh basil leaves
  • over cheeseINGREDIENTS

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