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Heirloom tomato and pesto pizza

Louise Pickford & Mary Cadogen · taste.com.au · 2015 · 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

250g

Water

Hydration

Salt

Yeast

1.68%

Oil

Sauce

900g

Cheese

145g

Dough weight

254g

Process

Bake temp

482°F / 250°C

Bake time

10-12 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (13)

  • flourbread and pizza plain flour250g
  • yeastinstant dried yeast1 tsp · 4.2g
  • saltm salt
  • sugarm sugar
  • waterwater
  • oilm olive oil
  • sauce tomatoarlic clove
  • sauce tomato1/2 x 400g can diced tomatoes400g
  • sugarPinch sugar
  • sauce tomatoheirloom or mixed tomatoes500g
  • cheese mozzarellactn buffalo mozzarella125g
  • flourm good-quality pesto
  • cheese otherparmesan20g

Toppings (4)

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

  • over cheesechopped fresh marjoram or oregano1 tsp · 0.5g
  • over cheesePinch cayenne pepper
  • over cheesecreme fraiche100g
  • over cheeseHandful rocket leaves