Time for a pizza party!
This month marks the two-year anniversary of Bread Baking Day, so Zorra, the founder of BBD and this month’s host, decided to throw a pizza party:
Since she asked us to pay special attention to the crust, I wanted to try making one with sourdough because that’s what happens when you feel adventurous and still not quite over the excitement of making your very first loaf of sourdough.
Here we are:
The sourdough crust was topped simply with a bit of tomato sauce, monterey jack and fresh basil. You can see the crust got nice and puffy in spots (and it tasted great!) but the cheese separated at the high baking temperature (as high as your oven can go, until toppings get bubbly and crust is golden brown) so there were puddles of oil in places, which in turn made the basil turn dark. Next time, I’m going to remember to pick up some fresh mozzarella instead of resorting to whatever brick of cheese I have at home.
Did I mention the crust was delicious?
This photo reminds me of pancakes.
Still lots of room for improvement, but I like to think I’ve come a long way from heating up Boboli crusts for homemade pizza.
Update: the roundup has been posted!
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I’m sending this pizza (pie?) to Zorra of 1x umrühren bitte for BBD#21 and Susan at Wild Yeast for YeastSpotting.
Toxo Bread 
July 1, 2009 at 8:05 am |
Great looking pizza! The crust browned up a treat. Nicely done.
FP
July 2, 2009 at 1:26 pm |
Thanks, FP! Despite the warm weather we’re having these days, I can’t wait to give pizza another go soon!
July 3, 2009 at 3:09 am |
[…] Pizza with a Sourdough Crust […]
July 3, 2009 at 9:28 am |
I can see you have the Pizza fever now! 😉
I have the problem with the cheese too, so I’m adding it later (the last 5 minutes).
July 3, 2009 at 9:32 am |
Sourdough Pizza is very new to me. Sounds really tempting though.
July 3, 2009 at 5:51 pm |
Zorra: oh, I did not think of that (adding the cheese towards the end of the baking time). Thanks for the tip! I’m going to try that next time.
Elra: it would be a tasty way to use “discard” and since it bakes so quickly, you won’t have to keep the oven on for too long. 🙂
July 5, 2009 at 5:01 pm |
I loved the pizza, even with the cheese splitted…Can you send me the dough recipe?
Thanks!
July 5, 2009 at 7:48 pm |
Mangiachetefabene: this dough is that of Susan’s Norwich Sourdough on her blog, Wild Yeast. The link to it is http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2007/07/08/my-new-favorite-sourdough/. It makes a great sourdough too!
Another recipe that many people have had good success with is Foolish Poolish’s Pan Pizza dough, here: http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/12265/pan-pizza
Good luck and happy baking!
– Jackie