How to Stretch Neapolitan Pizza Dough

Name: How to Stretch Neapolitan Pizza Dough
Cook time: 12 min
Ingredients: 0 each Flour

Vincenzo's Plate · vincenzosplate.com · 2020 · Original

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: 900°F)

Baker's percentages

Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%) — the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.

Flour

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Water

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Hydration

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Salt

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Yeast

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Oil

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Sauce

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Cheese

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Dough weight

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Bake temp

900°F / 482°C

Bake time

8-12 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

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