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Quick Rise Pizza Margherita (With Topping Variations)

Tinkerbell · food.com · 2013 · Original

Neapolitan (aspirational)

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: 81%) · 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

219g

Water

178g

Hydration

81.3%

Salt

0.4%

Yeast

4.11%

Oil

Sauce

200g

Cheese

113g

Dough weight

419g

Process

Bake temp

900°F / 482°C

Bake time

10-10 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (10)

  • waterwarm water0.75 cup · 177.8g
  • sugarwhite sugar1 tsp · 4.2g
  • saltsea salt0.125 tsp · 0.8g
  • yeastactive dry yeast1 tbsp · 9g
  • flourall-purpose flour1.75 cup · 218.8g
  • sugarbrown sugar2 tsp · 8.4g
  • oilolive oil
  • sauce tomatopizza sauce1 cup · 200g
  • cheese mozzarellamozzarella cheese1 cup · 113g
  • sauce tomato3 roma tomatoes

Toppings (2)

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

  • over cheeseitalian seasoning
  • post bake6 fresh basil leaves