Sourdough Pizza Dough Recipe

This sourdough pizza dough turns out soft and fluffy without any fuss! The flavor profile is a perfect match to any kind of pizza you’re craving for, whether it’s an Italian Margherita or classic pepperoni! This recipe is very similar to our sourdough boule recipe, except there is a fourth cup of olive oil added to this dough and only half a cup of starter is needed.

You literally cannot mess up with making sourdough pizza dough! The story behind this pizza dough recipe will testify. I was making a regular sourdough boule, but I accidentally let it over-ferment. I know my dough over proofed when the dough is extremely sticky and the top of it starts cracking. This typically happens whenever my kitchen is too warm or when I let the dough rise for too long. So, I simply added some olive oil to the dough and worked it into the dough. Then, I stuck it into the refrigerator until dinner time rolled around.

The sourdough pizzas turned out so good that my husband requested to have a weekly pizza night. I continued to experiment with the sourdough pizza dough recipe every week. Now I can proudly present you with our tangy and tasty sourdough pizza dough recipe!

What You’ll Need:

• 1/2 cup sourdough starter
• 1 cup water
• 4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tsp salt

Let’s Get into the How-to:

1. Combine all of the ingredients with your hands until a dough ball forms. I like to start with all of the wet ingredients and then add in the dry ingredients.
2. Let the dough rest for about 10 minutes and then stretch and fold the dough. Repeat this step two to three times, until the dough is smooth and elastic.
3. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a wet kitchen towel and allow the dough to rise for about 8 hours.
4. Punch the dough down and separate into the amount of pizzas you want to make. You can either do two large pizzas or 4 small pizzas.
5. Preheat your oven or air frier to 475 degrees.
6. Roll out the dough on parchment paper.
7. Add all of your favorite toppings.
8. Bake or air fry for about 13-15 minutes.

We like to experiment with lots of different toppings on our pizzas. Our family tradition is to have pizza every Wednesday. Some weeks, we just pile on whatever we have in the refrigerator and other weeks we curate specialty pizzas, such as Hawaiian or Greek.

Topping Ideas

• Pepperoni Pizza: homemade pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni slices.
• Pesto Pizza: pesto, fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, grilled chicken slices.
• Veggie Pizza: white pizza sauce, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, spinach.
• BBQ Chicken Pizza: barbeque sauce, shredded chicken breast, red onion, mozzarella cheese, cilantro.
• Hawaiian Pizza: red pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, ham, pineapple, onion.

Sourdough Pizza Dough

Any kind of pizza deserves to have a tangy, chewy, and tasty base. Follow this sourdough pizza dough recipe to get a bite of yum!

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Prep Time 8 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1/2 cup sourdough starter
• 1 cup water* warm
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 4 cups flour
• 2 tsp salt

Equipment

• air frier optional
• pizza stone optional

Method

 

1. Combine all of the ingredients with your hands until a dough ball forms.
2. Let the dough rest for about 10 minutes and then do a round of stretch and folds(four times). Repeat this step two to three times, until the dough is smooth and elastic.
3. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise for about 8 hours or until doubled.
4. Punch the dough down and divide into the amount of pizzas you want to make. **
5. Preheat oven or air frier to 475℉.
6. Roll out the dough on parchment paper.
7. Add all of your favorite toppings.
8. Bake or air fry for 13-15 minutes.

Notes

* you might need to add more water as you knead the dough. If it feels too dry add 1/4 cup more.

**I usually make 4 small pizzas with this recipe so that each one fits into my air frier. If I am baking them in the oven, I will make two larger pizzas.