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Pesto Pizza
Sally · sallysbakingaddiction.com · 2022 · Original
other (asserted)
Baker's percentages
Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%) — the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.
Flour
—
Water
—
Hydration
—
Salt
—
Yeast
—
Oil
—
Sauce
75g
Cheese
192g
Dough weight
1g
Process
Bake temp
475°F / 246°C
Bake time
15-20 min
Oven
home standard
Surface
stone
Ingredients (6)
- cheese otherfreshly grated or shredded parmesan cheese12g
- oilolive oil—
- saltsalt0.125 tsp · 0.8g
- cheese mozzarella1 and 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese*1.5 cup · 180g
- sauce tomatohalved cherry tomatoes or sliced tomatoes0.5 cup · 75g
- cheese otheroptional for garnish: extra pesto—
Toppings (8)
Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.
- post bakefresh basil leaves1 cup · 30g
- over cheesepine nuts24g
- over cheese2 small cloves garlic
- over cheesefresh lemon juice0.5 tsp · 2.1g
- over cheesefreshly ground black pepper
- over cheese1/2 recipe homemade pizza dough
- over cheesecornmeal8g
- post bakechopped fresh basil0.25 cup · 12g