Quick Sourdough Pizza Crust "NEW"

Chef's notes

This recipe includes sourdough starter. Although it can be made without, sourdough adds additional depth of flavor.

This simple technique is so quick, easy, and delicious. Proportions will make one large thick crust Sicilian style tray pizza but can be rolled thin for multiple pizza. Dough can also be formed into loaves. Recipe makes terrific bread.

Left is a simple thick crust pizza with pinches of Italian Sausage.

What also makes this pizza dough different is an unusually quick and simple twostep assembly process. Only tools needed are a bowl, cooking spoon, dough scraper, optional roller, and cookie sheet; from proofing to forming in under an hour.

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Ingredients

2 cups hot tap water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon instant dry yeast
1 generous tablespoon Kosher salt
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
½-3/4 cup sourdough starter
2 cup additional flour

Instructions

Whisk water, sugar, and yeast in a bowl. When proofing bubbles appear, incorporate salt, sourdough, and flour with a kitchen spoon.
Sprinkle dough with flour and lightly cover with wax paper. Drape top of bowl with a moist towel. Let dough rise in a warm location until double in size, about ½ hour.
Preheat oven to 530° direct heat and position a rack vertically in the upper third of oven.
Place additional flour on counter. Remove wax paper and towel. Empty dough onto flour.
Using a dough scraper, fold periphery of dough over its center all. Knead until stickstickeness is gone and dough is smooth. Dough should still be a little softer than usual bread dough.
Roll dough and place in an oiled cookie sheet and add toppings. Pizza will be ready in about 12 minutes.

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Quick Sourdough Pizza Crust "NEW"