Sourdough Pizza Dough or Stromboli
- Aug 14, 2025
- 2 min read
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Recipes:
Everyday Sourdough (adapted from Emilie Raffa-The Clever Carrot/Artisan Sourdough Made Simple)
Ingredients:
50g (1/4 cup) active, bubbly starter
350g (1-1/3 cup + 2 tbsp) warm water
500g (4 cups + 2 tbsp) flour
9g (1-1/2 tsp) salt
Directions:
Whisk starter and water together in a large bowl and add flour and salt. Cover with a damp cloth and let rest for 30 minutes. After rest, cloak dough.
Bulk Rise: Cover bowl with a damp towel and let rise 8-10 hours at room temp.
Shape: Coax the dough into a lightly floured work surface and cloak dough and shape into a round loaf.
Second Rise: Cover the bowl and let rest for 30 minutes-1 hour.
Bake: Bake on center rack for 20 minutes, covered. Remove the lid and bake for another 30 minutes.
Stromboli/Ham Roll-up:
Using the basic sourdough bread recipe- roll out risen dough onto a floured surface. Top the dough with any meat and cheese combos of your choice- ham and cheddar, roast beef and provolone, mozzarella and pepperoni. Roll up the dough like you would a cinnamon roll, cut into slices, and place in cast iron skillet (or baking dish) for cooking. Bake for around 20 mins at 400 degrees.
Serve with:
Roasted vegetables
Salad
Fruit
A fun sourdough Brie appetizer - from Emilie Raffa - Artisan Sourdough Made Simple
Pulled pork reheating how to -
After smoking the pork butt or any smoked meat, let it cool a bit and shred or cut as desired. Then vacuum seal the meat with its juices and freeze. The day before serving, let it thaw then a few hours before serving then reheat it in the water bath using the sous vide (follow sous vide instructions for setting correct temp). Once meat is reheated, cut open vacuum sealed bag and serve meat out of a hot serving dish! Meat will have retained its moisture!
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