Sourdough Pizza Crust

Sourdough Pizza Crust

July 26, 2012 by ·

Recently, I was given a sourdough starter. It’s taken me awhile to learn how to use my starter, and to be honest, there’s still lots to learn. The great news is, making a pizza crust has been super easy- even for a newbie like me! You  can buy a starter or start your own with water and flour. I’m really looking forward to showing to you all of my sourdough starter adventures!

Yesterday, I posted a yummy recipe on a flatbread that used a pizza crust base. While you can easily buy pizza crusts, if you’re yeast free like me, or looking for something unique and fun-it can be hard. Store bought crusts are often dry and pretty plain. Thus, I like to make my own crust. In the past, I’ve made a biscuit pizza dough for myself, however while I love this crust, it’s pretty thick and buttery. This sourdough crust however is light and soft, without being buttery and heavy.

Sourdough Pizza Crust

  • 3/4 cup sourdough starter
  • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Makes 1 12-14 inch pizza crust
Combine flour and salt together. Once mixed, add the starter and combine with the dry ingredients. I like to combine the wet an dry with my hands.
When all of the wet and dry flour combinations are mixed together, the dough will be soft and fairly moist. However, there is still some dry flour in my bowl usually. At this point, I add the olive oil and continue to kneed the dough.
Once all the olive oil is worked in, I roll the dough into a quarter inch thick crust.
There are two ways to keep the crust from sticking to a pizza pan or stone. Spraying with oil is of course okay, however it can make the crust greasy to me. I like to use flour or corn meal to separate the pizza dough from my pan.
For a soft crust, go ahead and place all the topping on the pizza before you cook the crust. However, if you’re like me and like a crispy crust at times, place the dough in the oven for 3-5 minutes on 500F and then flip dough and place toppings on pizza.

 

 

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