Baker's percentages

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

Process

Ingredients (6)

• flour1kg strong white bread flour or Tipo ‘00’ flour—
• yeast1 x 7g sachet of dried yeast7g
• oilextra virgin olive oil or leftover pork dripping3 tbsp · 40.8g
• sauce tomato1 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes400g
• oilolive oil—
• cheese mozzarella50g Cheddar cheese or mozzarella50g

Toppings (9)

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

• over cheese2 cloves of garlic
• over cheese1 teaspoon dried oregano
• over cheesered wine vinegar
• over cheeseciabatta or stale bread50g
• over cheese350g leftover cooked pork and crackling or 6–8 quality sausages350g
• over cheese1 red onion
• over cheese25 slices of pickled jalapeño or 2 fresh green chillies
• over cheese1 heaped teaspoon fennel seeds1 tsp · 4.2g
• over cheese1 good pinch of smoked paprika