The Sneaky Magpie

I feed my starter every few days so I built up a pretty large batch. I still cannot look at bread so I decided to make pizzas instead.

I have never done sourdough pizzas before but they came out surprisingly nice. No domestic oven will ever replace a wood burning one that can reach up to 1000 degrees but a baking stone will definitely help.

The dough

220g starter

220g strong bread flour

1 tbsp salt

1 tbsp olive oil

bit of tepid water

Take your starter out of the fridge at least 1h in advance.

Combine starter, flour, salt and oil, knead in a mixer using a bread hook for about 5 minutes, half way through add some water so the dough gets nice and soft (this can be between 0.5-1cup). Leave to rise for 1h.

While the dough is resting prepare a simple tomato sauce by frying some garlic in olive oil, adding a tin of tomatoes and some ripped basil then reducing. Season with salt and pepper.

Prepare all your topping ingredients. I have boiled sliced potatoes which are combined with taleggio and rosemary. Toppings can be anything you like.

Half Mediterranean veg half potato, taleggio and rosemary.

Buffalo mozzarella, grilled aubergines and peppers.

Buffalo mozzarella, courgettes and peppers.

Bake at the highest temperature possible for about 15min or till the edges are golden and the cheese bubbly.

Tags: Pizza

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