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Napoletana Pizza Dough

Rinshinomori · food.com · 2008 · Original

Neapolitan (asserted)

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

Style norms: 55–70% hydration (this recipe: 71%) · 800–950°F bake (this recipe: 900°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

625g

Water

445g

Hydration

71.2%

Salt

1.7%

Yeast

0.67%

Oil

Sauce

Cheese

Dough weight

1085g

Process

Bake temp

900°F / 482°C

Bake time

5-15 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Cold ferment

2h

Ingredients (8)

  • flourunbleached all-purpose flour5 cup · 625g
  • saltsalt or 3 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt1.75 tsp · 10.5g
  • yeastyeast1 tsp · 4.2g
  • waterlukewarm water1.75 cup · 414.8g
  • oilolive oil
  • sauce tomatopizza sauce or tomato sauce
  • cheese mozzarellamozzarella cheese
  • cheese otherparmesan cheese or romano cheese

Toppings (1)

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

  • over cheesebasil leaves