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Recipe: Sourdough Pizza

by Your Friends at Superbaking

Craving for a pizza? Hop on to your kitchen and create your own homemade version of a less expensive, yet healthier pizza made by yours truly. Make things more exciting by allowing each family member to make an individual-sized sourdough pizza and pile on their favorite toppings.

Don't forget to include this activity in your next family dinner project!


Ingredients

SOURDOUGH PIZZA CRUST

  • 100g sourdough starter discard/unfed
  • 50g whole wheat flour
  • 450g all-purpose flour
  • 30g olive oil
  • 10g fine sea salt
  • 350g lukewarm water

SOURDOUGH PIZZA TOPPINGS

  • Pizza sauce
  • Your choice of toppings

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, mix the pizza crust ingredients using your hands until fully incorporated. Place your dough on your Superbaking Bread Proofing Basket and allow the dough to ferment overnight by covering the basket and leaving it at room temperature.
  • Wet one hand with water to keep the dough from sticking together and begin stretching and folding the dough. With the dough in the bowl, scoop it up and slap it back down against the bowl. Turn the bowl and repeat on all sides of the dough until the bowl has been fully circled.
  • Cover your bowl with a damp towel and allow it to ferment in bulk by placing it in the fridge for up to 36 hours until ready to bake(optional).
  • Remove the dough from the fridge and place it on a lightly floured counter for at least 30 minutes to come to room temperature.
  • Divide the dough into four equal pieces. Roll into balls and set aside on a floured tray for 30 minutes, covered with a damp tea towel.

Note: the longer you leave the dough, the sourer it will taste.

  • Preheat your oven's broiler as well as your cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. If you don't have one, start the pizza in a nonstick skillet on the stovetop (spray a little cooking oil to prevent the crust from sticking). 
  • While the skillet heats up, gently flatten and stretch the dough into a thin circle about 8 inches (20cm) in diameter with your hands.  If needed, add more flour to prevent the dough from sticking. (If the dough is difficult to shape into a pizza crust, let it rest on the counter for 15 minutes to allow the gluten to relax.)
  • Get the skillet very hot, then work quickly and carefully, drape the dough into the skillet, spread over some of the pizza sauce, and add the toppings of your choice onto the crust. Cook for 5-6 minutes or until the bottom of the crust starts to char.

  • Once the bottom is brown and charred, transfer the dough from the cast iron skillet to the broiler to bake the top of the pizza for at least 2-4 minutes. 

Best served hot and best enjoyed with loved ones over a good movie or board games. Have fun!


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