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California Pizza Recipe
Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com · natashaskitchen.com · 2011 · Original
California (asserted)
California (California): non-traditional toppings (BBQ chicken, duck sausage, goat cheese), whole-wheat crust variants; Chez Panisse / Spago / CPK lineage
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%) — the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
250g
Water
178g
Hydration
71.1%
Salt
1.8%
Yeast
—
Oil
—
Sauce
100g
Cheese
284g
Dough weight
432g
Process
Bake temp
500°F / 260°C
Bake time
8-12 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (9)
- waterwarm water0.75 cup · 177.8g
- yeastactive dry yeast—
- sugarhoney—
- oilolive oil—
- flourplus 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour2 cup · 250g
- saltsalt0.75 tsp · 4.5g
- sauce tomatopizza sauce0.5 cup · 100g
- cheese mozzarella8-10 oz shredded Mozzarella cheese2 cup · 283.5g
- sauce tomato1 medium tomato—
Toppings (5)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- over cheese6 slices of deli ham
- over cheese1 small red onion
- over cheese6-7 mushrooms
- over cheeseBlack olives0.25 cup · 50g
- post bakeFresh Basil Leaves