Easy Sourdough Pizza Crust Recipe – Overnight

With this recipe you will make sourdough pizza that is so good, it could be from your favorite Italian Pizzeria: with a thin base and a crispy crust that is full of aroma. The dough doesn’t need any yeast and develops its taste through a long rest over night in the fridge. I’ve also got a recipe for the perfect tomato sauce for you. For the toppings you can let your creativity run free. My favorite combination is aubergines with parmesan and gorgonzola cheese, topped with fresh rucola and homemade garlic oil as it comes out of the oven. Yum!

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Which sourdough starter is best for pizza?

If you have a wheat sourdough starter, I would use that for pizza dough. But otherwise, the recipe also works well with a rye starter or a universal sourdough starter. The only important thing is the ratio of water to flour. This recipe is based on a sourdough starter that has been fed with equal parts water and flour. If you would like to use your Lievito Madre, you might need a little more water.

What to do if the pizza tears when baking it?

If the pizza tears in the middle when you take it out of the oven, the base has probably turned soggy. This might happen when the oven is not warm enough, the toppings are too wet, or the dough was too thin. Here are a few tips:

  1. Spread the tomato sauce onto the base as thin as possible and use fresh mozarella sparingly
  2. Pre-bake the pizza base for five minutes before spreading it with tomato sauce, then add toppings and continue baking for further 10 minutes until done.
  3. Pre-heat the oven for at least 30 minutes with circulating air and bottom heat at the highest setting (at least 250 °C or 480 °F).
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You will need these ingredients for easy sourdough pizza

  • Wheat flour (all-purpose or Tipo 00)
  • Durum wheat semolina: semolina is coarsely ground wheat. Durum wheat has a particularly high protein content and ensures that the pizza dough is elastic. A tip: I like to use a pizza flour mixture from DM, which has durum wheat semolina included already.
  • Water: Cold in summer and lukewarm in winter.
  • Sourdough starter: The sourdough doesn’t have to be freshly fed, but it shouldn’t have been more than a week since it was last refreshed. If you have discard left over, I have the right recipes for you here. I feed my sourdough with equal parts water and flour. For the flour, I use a mixture of wheat flour and wholegrain rye flour. If you feed your sourdough with a different water-to-flour ratio, you will need to adjust the amount of water in the recipe accordingly.
  • Salt for flavor.
  • olive oil

Possible time schedule for sourdough pizza for dinner

Day 1 12 pmMix* all the ingredients to form a dough, cover and leave to rest.
12.30 pmStretch and fold the dough and cover it again. Repeat the process two to three times.
Between 8 and 9 pm.Place the dough in the fridge.
Day 26 pmTake the dough out of the fridge, turn it out onto a floured surface and cut into four equal parts. Shape into round pieces and let them rest on the surface for an hour.
6.30 pmPreheat the oven with a baking stone* to 250 °C (480 °F).
7 pmPull the first piece of dough into a pizza, spread thinly with sauce and add toppings. Bake for about 15 minutes with circulating air and bottom heat.

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Easy Sourdough Pizza Crust Recipe – Overnight

With this recipe you will be able to make the best homemade sourdough pizza you can get outside your favorite Italian restaurant: with a thin base and a crispy edge full of aroma. You won’t need any yeast, as the dough has enough time to rise in the fridge over night. During this resting period, while the sourdough does its magic, it also develops its wonderful taste. I have also added my recipe for the perfect tomato sauce for you. There are no limits to creativity when it comes to choosing your toppings! My favorite combination is eggplant, parmesan and gorgonzola cheese, fresh arugula and homemade garlic oil.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
resting time 20 hours
Total Time 20 hours 50 minutes
Course Pizza, Pizza with sourdough, Sourdough pizza
Cuisine italian
Servings 4 pizzas

Ingredients
  

For the dough

  • 400 g flour all-purpose or Tipo 00
  • 100 g durum wheat semolina
  • 360 g water
  • 50 g sourdough starter
  • 2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tbsp. olive oil

tomato sauce

  • 200 g diced tomatoes , canned
  • 1 tbsp. tomato paste
  • 2 tsp. dried oregano or other herbs of your choice
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • black pepper to taste

toppings of your choice

Instructions
 

Day 1

  • Mix* flour, salt, olive oil, water, sourdough starter and durum wheat semolina to a dough, cover it up and let it rest.
  • Stretch and fold the dough after 30 minutes of rest, repeat two to three times.
  • After about 8 hours of rest (or when the dough has increased in size significantly), put it into the fridge overnight.

Day 2

  • Take the dough out of the fridge, turn it out onto a floured surface and cut into four equal parts. Shape into round pieces and let them rest on the surface for an hour.
  • Preheat the oven with a baking stone* to 250 °C (480 °F) with circulating air and bottom heat.
  • For the sauce, mix the diced tomatoes with tomato paste, herbs and finely chopped garlic and season with salt and pepper. Prepare the toppings of your choice.
  • Pull the first piece of dough into a pizza, spread thinly with sauce and add toppings. Bake for about 15 minutes with circulating air and bottom heat.

Notes

What to do if the pizza tears when baking it?

If the pizza tears in the middle when you take it out of the oven, the base has probably turned soggy. This might happen when the oven is not warm enough, the toppings are too wet, or the dough was too thin. Here are a few tips:
  1. Spread the tomato sauce onto the base as thin as possible and use fresh mozarella sparingly
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  3. Pre-heat the oven for at least 30 minutes with circulating air and bottom heat at the highest setting (at least 250 °C or 480 °F).
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