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Peter Reinhart's Napoletana Pizza Dough Recipe

loveleesmile · food.com · 2009 · 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: 69%) · 800–950°F bake (this recipe: 800°F)

Baker's percentages

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

Flour

572g

Water

397g

Hydration

69.5%

Salt

Yeast

4.97%

Oil

9.9%

Sauce

Cheese

Dough weight

1167g

Process

Bake temp

800°F / 427°C

Bake time

5-7 min

Oven

wood fired

Surface

stone

Cold ferment

2h

Ingredients (6)

  • flourunbleached high-gluten bread flour or 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour4.5 cup · 571.5g
  • saltsalt1.75 tsp · 113.4g
  • yeastinstant yeast1 tsp · 28.4g
  • oilolive oil0.25 cup · 56.7g
  • waterwater1.75 cup · 396.9g
  • floursemolina flour or cornmeal