Neapolitan Style Pizza

Directions

  1. 1Add 300g of water to a bowl.
  2. 2Add 5g of yeast.
  3. 3Add 5g of honey.
  4. 4Mix.
  5. 5Add 300g of flour.
  6. 6Mix until it is all one dough.
  7. 7Cover up, and make some holes so it can breathe.
  8. 8Let it rest at room temperature for 1 hour, and then 16-24 hours in the fridge.
  9. 9Add poolish.
  10. 10Add 700g of water.
  11. 11Add 1100g of flour.
  12. 12Add 30g of salt.
  13. 13Put the poolish in the machine.
  14. 14Take out a cup of cold water from the 700g of water and reserve.
  15. 15Pour the remaining water in the machine.
  16. 16Set up the timer at 20 minutes and turn it on at speed one.
  17. 17Add all the flour.
  18. 18Wait a few seconds and add the 30g of salt.
  19. 19Do not pass the 20 minutes mixing. Don't go anywhere.
  20. 20Wait until the dough absorbs all the flour, so is going to be all one piece.
  21. 21Add cold water little by little and speed up the machine a little bit.
  22. 22Let's put olive oil on the counter because we're about to take it out.
  23. 23Like a cheese, cut the dough to remove it, not pull.
  24. 24With some olive oil, top tap on top the dough
  25. 25Grab from the bottom and look the structure, it´s like a rubber.
  26. 26We do a fold "kamicha" and then put it not all on one piece, little sections.
  27. 27Flip it over, this part is gonna stay always on top from now on, try to make a big ball.
  28. 28Put a little bit of olive oil on top and top tap on top.
  29. 29Wait for 15 minutes.
  30. 30The dough was relaxed.
  31. 31Cut the dough and add some flour to a box.
  32. 32Place it down four finger apart from the dough.
  33. 33Let it rest for 1 to 2 hours at room temperature. It needs to double up in size.
  34. 34In the tomato sauce, put the canned tomatoes, 2 pinch of salt, few leaves of basil, extra virgin olive oil.
  35. 35Put the tomato sauce on the dough, small circles and then bigger.
  36. 36Put some fresh basil and fresh mozzarella.
  37. 37Grate some parmesan cheese and go on top.
  38. 38Add some olive oil.
  39. 39Pinch, put a little bit of flour and slide the pizza under.
  40. 40Put the pizza in the oven.

Ingredients

  • 300 g water
  • 5 g yeast
  • 5 g honey
  • 300 g flour
  • poolish
  • 700 g water
  • 1100 g flour
  • 30 g salt
  • can canned tomatoes
  • 2 pinches salt
  • basil leaves
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • fresh mozzarella
  • parmesan cheese
  • semolina and AP flour
  • extra virgin olive oil

Equipment

bowlspoonplastic wrapknifekitchen machinespatulascalepizza peelpizza oven

Tips

  • Don't destroy the gluten that we are going to build
  • Don't pass 20 minutes
  • Don't go anywhere, you have to stay here