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Spelt margherita pizza with 'pepperoni' chickpeas

Phoebe Wood · taste.com.au · 2016 · Original

Neapolitan (aspirational)

Neapolitan (Naples, Campania): thin flexible base, puffy leoparded cornicione, ~90s at ~900F, fior di latte or bufala, crushed raw tomato

Style norms: 55–70% hydration · 800–950°F bake (this recipe: 428°F)

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

Cheese

125g

Dough weight

Process

Bake temp

428°F / 220°C

Bake time

5-5 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (5)

  • oilm extra virgin olive oil
  • sauce tomatocrushed fennel seeds1 tsp
  • flourm smoked paprika
  • sauce tomatopassata
  • cheese mozzarellabuffalo mozzarella ball125g

Toppings (6)

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

  • over cheesecan chickpeas400g
  • over cheeseonion flakes1 tsp · 4.2g
  • over cheesebrown mustard seeds1 tsp · 4.2g
  • over cheesedried chilli flakes2 tsp · 8.4g
  • over cheese1 spelt pizza base
  • over cheese2 basil sprigs