Category: Pizza -

Sourdough Pizza Crust     

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Sourdough starter
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp Salt
1 1/2 cups Flour

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 450F. (Some people prefer hotter. Try 550F if your oven will take you there.)

Mix ingredients, working in the flour until you have a soft dough. If the dough gets too dry, add some more starter. If you've used all the starter, add a bit of water.

Once you've kneaded the dough, cover it and let rest for 1/2 hour. This lets the dough relax, so forming the pizza is easier. This recipe does not require the rising capabilities of sourdough, it just uses the taste of the starter.

Once the dough has rested, roll out into a flat round pie-like shape. Once you have a nice round pie shell, you may pre-bake it or top it and bake it. To pre-bake it, slide the parchment and pie onto a baker's peel, and then into the oven. It will work better if you use quarry tiles or baking stones. Bake about 5 minutes. It doesn't take long, so watch carefully.

Once the shell is pre-baked, you may cool it and then freeze it, or top it and finish baking it. When you're ready to top the pizza, rub a bit of olive oil on the surface, as this helps keep the crust from getting soggy. Then top with your ingredients. Whatever your favorite topping, you want to balance the cooking time so the crust is nicely browned and the cheese topping has browned a bit. It is a balancing act. Anywhere from 15 to 25 minutes, depending on your temperature and toppings should do the trick.

Date added: 2012-12-08
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