Sourdough Pizza Dough - For Thin Crust and Pan Pizza

Thin crust sourdough pizza

Besides making bread from my one of my latest starters, I also made pizza. Two different ones, actually.

Here's how it went:

In the evening, I combined:

8 ounces starter, by volume
2 1/4 ounces all purpose flour
2 ounces water

I covered it and let it rest at room temperature overnight.

In the morning, I added:
2 1/4 ounces all purpose flour
2 ounces water

I mixed them and covered the bowl and let it rest for four hours.

Then I added:
4 1/2 ounces flour
1 teaspoon salt

I kneaded it until it was shiny and elastic, then formed it into a ball, drizzled it with oil, but it back into the bowl and let it rise until it was doubled, about 2 1/2 hours.

Sourdough pan pizza

I divided the dough into 2 pieces - one piece was roughly 1/3 of the dough, and the second was the rest of it.

I used the smaller piece to make a thin crust pizza that I baked in a cast iron comal. I put the dough in the comal on the stovetop, turned the heat on while I topped it with sauce, roasted red peppers, and cheese.

The oven was preheated on high heat. I turned on the broiler and put the pan in the oven finish cooking it.

The larger piece went into a cast iron frying pan and I topped it with a thin layer of cheese on the bottom, sauce, chopped fresh tomatoes, and more cheese.

Baked it for about 30 minutes until the crust was done and the cheese was bubbling.

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