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Pizza dough

Recipes, hydration, flour types, yeast and sourdough, cold fermentation and troubleshooting: all about pizza dough.

Hands lifting a large, soft sheet of pizza dough off a floured work surfaceGuide

The Perfect Pizza Dough: Ingredients, Recipe and Technique

Neapolitan-style pizza dough explained: baker's percentages, a 24-hour recipe, kneading, shaping and baking in a home oven or a high-heat pizza oven.

10 min read
Flour-dusted ball of dough resting in a large bowl of flour

Pizza Dough Hydration Explained

What hydration means in pizza dough, how to calculate it, which percentages suit which style and why your oven has a say in how much water you use.

5 min read
A heap of wheat flour on a wooden table with ears of grain and a wooden scoop

Pizza Flour Types Explained: 00, 0, 405 and 550

What tipo 00 and German type 550 really mean, why the number says little about strength, and how protein and the W value help you choose pizza flour.

7 min read
Jar of sourdough starter next to a sliced loaf of bread and scattered wheat grains

Yeast or Sourdough for Pizza?

Fresh yeast, dry yeast, lievito madre, poolish or biga: what each one does, how to convert between them and which suits your pizza at home.

7 min read
Risen dough balls in a yellow dough tray next to a dough scraper

Cold Fermentation: Pizza Dough in the Fridge

Cold fermentation explained: what happens to pizza dough in the fridge, how much yeast for 24, 48 or 72 hours, and how to plan your bake to the hour.

8 min read
Floury hands holding a torn, folded piece of dough above a floured wooden board

Pizza Dough Troubleshooting: Sticky, Tearing, Not Rising

Pizza dough sticky, tearing or not rising? Common causes and fixes from mixing through fermentation to the oven, summed up in one clear table.

9 min read
Dough calculatorFlour, water, salt and yeast for pizza and tarte flambée, with a printable dough schedule.OpenGlossaryFrom autolyse to W value: the terms around dough and ovens, explained briefly.Open

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TIAMO is a mobile pizza stand from the Taunus hills near Frankfurt. We bake at markets, festivals and private parties in the Rhine-Main area.

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