Pizza (Napolitana)
Fresh yeast
Percentages
Ingredient | Percentage | Example for 4 pizzas of 210g |
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Flour Tipo 00 (13-14g protein) | 100% | 500 |
Water (for tipo 00) | 65% | 325g |
Salt | 3% | 15g |
Fresh yeast | 0% | 1g |
If dry yeast, divide fresh yeast value by 2
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Mix water and salt until dissolved.
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Add 10% of the flour and dissolve.
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Add the yeast and dissolve.
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Add the rest of the flour.
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Work the dough on the counter-top for a while without tearing it.
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When the dough is strong, shape it into a boule, the temperature inside the boule should be around 22-25c.
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Leave covered with a damp cloth until double in size or almost then brush with olive oil and put in an airtight container for 1-3 days in the fridge.
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Take out from fridge and when warn enough cut in equal parts and make boules, creating tension and let sit at room temp (19-22c) for at least 4-6h.
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Shape and bake, grill at 250/280, no fan, top shelve, on a hot stone roughly 6-7 minutes:
Recommended tomato: san marzano.
Sourdough
Ingredient | Percentage | Example for 4 pizzas of 210g |
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Flour Tipo 00 (13-14g protein) | 100% | 500g |
Water (for tipo 00) | 62% | 310g |
Salt | 3% | 15g |
Fresh yeast | 18% | 90g |
- Mix the water and the salt until disolved. Add around 10% of flour. Add the levain and mix. And the rest of the ingredients.
- Fold the dough several times. Flour a bit more if the dough remains too sticky.
- Leave to rest at room temp 20 minutes.
- Take the dough out on a floured countertop and give it a few folds. It shouldn't stick anymore.
- Split the dough into the appropriate number of boules. Do not make the boules too tight. Keep in a tight container.
- Leave to proof for the number of hours in the table. It should have doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to the max, with the pizza stone in it.
- On a floured surface, make the dough into a disc using its own weight.
- Prepare the pizza with room-temp dough. Flour a cutting board and put the pizza on it, make sure it can slide off.
- Add the toppings.
- Cook at max temperature for 4-5 minutes.
Poolish neapolitan
Poolish
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Mix:
- Water: 200g
- Honey: 5g
- Active dry yeast: 5g
- 00 Flour: 200g
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Rest for 15 minutes.
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Cover and rest 1 hour at room temp.
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Put in the fridge for 16-24 hours.
Pizza dough
- Leave the poolish 1 hour at room temp.
- Mix poolish and 300g of strong flour.
- Mix 300g of water and 20g of salt until dissolved.
- Add 200g of 00 flour. to the poolish/flour bowl.
- Add the slated water and mix well for 10 minutes and develop gluten.
- Let rest 15 minutes and rework the gluten until the dough is smooth.
- Add a bit of olive oil on top and leave covered for 1 hour at room temp.