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Basic pizza

Dimitra Stais · taste.com.au · 2009 · 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

450g

Water

Hydration

Salt

Yeast

1.56%

Oil

Sauce

400g

Cheese

160g

Dough weight

457g

Process

Bake temp

446°F / 230°C

Bake time

8-10 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (11)

  • oilOlive oil
  • flourplain flour450g
  • yeastdried yeast2 tsp · 7g
  • saltm salt
  • waters lukewarm water
  • oilm olive oil
  • sauce tomatocan Italian diced tomatoes400g
  • sauce tomatoarlic clove
  • sugarm sugar
  • saltSalt & ground black pepper
  • cheese mozzarellamozzarella160g

Toppings (4)

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

  • over cheese1 red capsicum
  • over cheesemushroom flats80g
  • over cheese8 Kalamata olives
  • over cheesethinly sliced pepperoni120g