FIOR DI LATTE PIZZA
Ingredients
- 400g/14oz type1 or 00 flour
- 80g/3oz sourdough starter
- refreshed
- 240ml/9fl oz water
- at room temperature
- 10g/â…“oz fine salt
- 280g/10oz dough
- from above
- 100g/3½oz tomatoes
- peeled and crushed
- 80g/3oz fior di latte or mozarella
- few fresh basil leaves
- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- squeeze lemon juice
- salt
- 280g/10oz dough
- from above
- 100g/3½oz pak choi
- 80g/3oz fior di latte or mozzarella
- 30g/1oz smoked ricotta (available online)
- grated
- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 fresh red or green chilli
- thinly sliced
- salt
Directions
- To make the dough
- tip the flour into a large bowl and make a well in the middle. Add the sourdough starter and water
- mix to bring together
- adding the salt just before it is fully mixed. Turn the dough out onto a clean work surface and knead until it becomes smooth.
- Roll the dough into a ball and place in a lightly greased bowl. Cover with cling film and leave at room temperature for 5 hours or until it has doubled in size.
- 2 hours before cooking
- move the dough onto a large
- oiled baking tray
- keeping it the same way up. Cover with cling film and leave to prove for another 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7 and grease two baking trays with oil.
- To make the tomato-based pizza
- stretch half the dough with your hands to a 28cm/11in disk and place on a greased baking tray. Spread it with 1 tablespoon of the crushed tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes. Tear over the fior di latte and cook for a further 3–5 minutes.
- Put the basil leaves in a small bowl with the oil
- lemon juice and salt.
- Scatter the dressed basil leaves over the cooked pizza
- cut into 8 and serve.
- To make the white-based pizza
- stretch half the dough with your hands to a 28cm/11in disk and place on a greased baking tray. Tear over the fior di latte and cook for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- preheat the grill to its highest setting and grill the pak choi for 2 minutes on each side. Dress with a little olive oil and salt.
- When the pizza is cooked
- top with the pak choi
- smoked ricotta and chilli. Cut into 8 slices and serve.

