Our Best Poolish Dough
Ooni · ooni.com · 2024 · Original
Neapolitanas labeled by the source
DietVegetarian. Not vegan: fresh mozzarella, grated parmesan.
Against 5,130 pizza recipes
Neapolitan style, 60% hydration: drier than 72% of the 1,480 doughs that parse, baked at 950°F, hotter than 99% of recipes that state an oven.
Neapolitan (Naples, Campania): thin flexible base, puffy leoparded cornicione, ~90s at ~900F, fior di latte or bufala, crushed raw tomato
Tradition: 55 to 70% hydration (this recipe: 60%) · 800 to 950°F bake (this recipe: 950°F)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%), the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
1050g
Water
630g
Hydration
60.0%
Salt
2.9%
Yeast
0.19%
Oil
0%
Sauce
480g
Cheese
660g
Dough weight
1712g
Process
Bake temp
950°F / 510°C
Bake time
15 to 20 min
Oven
wood fired
Surface
stone
Cold ferment
12h
Ingredients (9)
- water+ 1 tablespoon water1 1/2 cup · 350g
- yeast¾ teaspoon instant dried yeast or 3 grams active dry yeast or 5 grams fresh yeast3/4 tsp · 2g
- waterwater1 1/4 cup · 280g
- flour“00” flour6 cup · 700g
- saltkosher sea salt2 tbsp · 30g
- flourFlourn/a
- sauce tomato+ 2 tablespoons classic tomato sauce2 cup · 480g
- cheese mozzarellafresh mozzarella6 cup · 600g
- cheese other½ cup grated Parmesan1/2 cup · 60g
Toppings (1)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- post bakefresh basil6 tbsp · 30g
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