How-To | FC Sourdough Pizza

By now you likely know that we’ve started selling our very own sourdough pizza dough! (Buy it online here.) Made with high hydration for maximum stretch, and a bit of red fife, we give this dough a long ferment to allow for tangy flavour and big bubbles.

We created a video showing how we shape and bake our pizzas, so you can make your own delicious pies at home.

Some tips:

• be generous with flouring your shaping surface and your dough! Better too much than too little, since even a bit of sticking to the peel can ruin the whole pizza

• use the highest heat that your oven reaches - we set ours at 500 and give plenty of time for it to heat up, at least half an hour

• use a surface that retains heat well and distributes heat evenly, such as a hearth stone or a steel (don’t have either? Use the backside of your biggest cast iron pan.)

• use fewer toppings than you think you need, especially if your crust is thin, or else you’ll lose them all when you pick up your slice

Some favourite topping combinations:

• white sauce + mushrooms + breadcrumbs on top (broiled just for a half a minute after the pizza is cooked)

• cheeseburger pizza (cheddar cheese + ground beef + pickles + thinly sliced iceberg lettuce and home made Big Mac sauce on top)

• sauce (this sauce is our favourite) + every cheese in your fridge