California Pizza Recipe
Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com · natashaskitchen.com · 2011 · Original
Californiaas labeled by the source
DietNot vegetarian: deli ham. Reviewed: deli ham; mozzarella; honey.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
California style, 71% hydration: wetter than 62% of the 1,480 doughs that parse.
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
n/a
Oil
0%
Sauce
100g
Cheese
284g
Dough weight
432g
Process
Bake details not stated on the source page.
Ingredients (9)
- waterwarm water3/4 cup · 178g
- yeastactive dry yeastn/a
- sugarhoneyn/a
- oilolive oiln/a
- flourplus 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour2 cup · 250g
- saltsalt3/4 tsp · 4.5g
- sauce tomatopizza sauce1/2 cup · 100g
- cheese mozzarella8-10 oz shredded Mozzarella cheese2 cup · 284g
- sauce tomato1 medium tomaton/a
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 olives1/4 cup · 50g
- post bakeFresh Basil Leaves
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