After my recent visit with James Lahey, I had a hankering to give his "no knead" pizza dough a go. It is not traditional Napolitano pizza, with about 10% more hydration than the usual 57-60% used in the Verace style. Having errands to which I had to attend, I followed the steps of a quick mix and let the dough "rot," as James calls fermentation. Eight hours later, I had a bubbly mass that looked, well, pretty. I decided to give my first pie a go with anchovies, mozz and tomato. The result was airy and light, without an overly yeasty taste. I let the rest of the batch sit overnight in the fridge, and with an overnight retard I pulled out some dough for the now infamous "popeye" pizza. It was smashingly good!
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Ian Lowe is a transplanted Texan and bread baker living in Tasmania. I first found him on the baking site, The Fresh...
Wow, it looks super Jeremy! Was it totally wild levain or did you use some commercial yeast?
Hi Teresa, .25% commercial! Just testing…and my wild pizza formula had been not working, badly entered the wrong percents in brainstorm!
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Jeremy
Wow, these look fantastic! How did you bake these? I keep experimenting with my baking stone at different heights in the oven, with or without broiler, with or without convection, pre-bake the crust or not, etc.