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RECIPE
SOURDOUGH PIZZAS
Makes 4 Balls.
If you’re a fan of sourdough bread, you’ll love this sourdough pizza recipe… delicious
pizza, made from scratch from the crispy, delicious base to the rich tomato sauce,
finished off with your favourite toppings and sprinkled with Parmesan and basil.
PIZZA DOUGH
Ingredients
Quantity
Strong white flour plus extra for flouring
500g
Salt
10g
Sourdough starter
300g
Lukewarm water
250ml
Vegetable oil
A drizzle, for greasing
WHAT YOU DO
PIn a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, sourdough starter and water. Bring
together with your hand and use a dough scraper if you have one. Turn out onto a clean
work surface and knead for 10-12 minutes, without adding extra flour. The dough may be
sticky at first.
Continue kneading until the dough is very stretchy. To test it, you should be able to
stretch the dough so that it’s thin enough to see through.
Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with a damp tea towel and let it prove
for 2½-3 hours – sourdough bread takes a lot longer to rise than normal yeast bread.
Knock back your dough by turning it out onto a clean work surface and kneading
it roughly for a few minutes. Portion into four equal parts, then stretch and shape into
four flat discs about 30cm across. Sprinkle four greaseproof sheets generously with
instant polenta or semolina and place each pizza base onto a baking sheet – you may
have to bake in batches, this will help to slide on to your pizza peel.
