Classic Neapolitan Pizza
Traditional Neapolitan pizza dough with 65% hydration and a 24-hour cold ferment. Makes 4 dough balls at 270g each.
19 curated recipes from the app, from Neapolitan pizza and Saturday sourdough to focaccia, baguettes, brioche, pita, and naan. Use them as a starting point, then fork and log your own version in Lievanto.
Traditional Neapolitan pizza dough with 65% hydration and a 24-hour cold ferment. Makes 4 dough balls at 270g each.
New York style pizza dough with 62% hydration, a touch of oil and sugar, and a 24-hour cold ferment. Makes 4 dough balls at 280g each.
Roman-style pan pizza with 80% hydration and a biga pre-ferment for an open, airy crumb. 30% of the flour goes into the biga the night before.
Rectangular pan pizza with a focaccia-like crumb and crispy cheese edges. 72% hydration, baked in a well-oiled steel pan. Makes 2 pans.
Oval Roman flatbread pizza with a lighter, crunchier crust than Neapolitan. Mixed flour blend (wheat + rice + soy), 80% hydration, 48-hour cold ferment.
Neapolitan street-food fried pizza: pillowy, slightly chewy dough fried in hot oil, then topped. 60% hydration, same-day bake.
A classic sourdough loaf with 75% hydration and 20% levain at 100% hydration. Long bulk ferment and overnight cold proof for complex flavor.
A Friday-night-mix, Saturday-morning-bake country loaf at 75% hydration with 10% whole wheat. Long autolyse, four sets of stretch-and-folds, overnight cold retard, bake from cold in a dutch oven. Inspired by Tartine and Forkish.
Rustic Italian bread with a very open crumb. Uses a poolish pre-ferment and a wet, slack dough handled with wet hands and bench scrapers.
Traditional French baguette with a poolish for deep flavor. Crisp crust, tender crumb. Makes 3 baguettes.
DOP-style durum semolina bread from Puglia. Deep yellow crumb, thick crust, traditional horn or hat shape. Uses a sourdough starter.
Soft, sliceable sandwich loaf with 70% whole wheat. Honey and oil keep the crumb tender; bakes in a standard 9×5 inch loaf pan.
Light and airy focaccia with 78% hydration, generous olive oil, and a 2-hour room temperature bulk ferment.
The classic Ligurian focaccia: low hydration (65%), generous olive oil in the dough, long cold ferment, and a salamoia brine that crackles on top. Distinct from the high-hydration Pugliese style.
Classic French enriched bread with 50% butter and 5 eggs. Pillowy crumb, golden crust. Overnight cold ferment makes the butter workable.
Traditional Milanese Christmas bread: simplified for home bakers with instant yeast instead of sourdough lievito madre. Still buttery, fragrant, and tall.
Braided Jewish egg bread with a soft, slightly sweet crumb and shiny, deeply burnished crust. Traditional 6-strand braid.
Traditional pocket pita: quick to make, baked hot and fast so steam inflates each round into a pocket. Makes 8 pitas.
Soft, pillowy Indian flatbread cooked on a ripping-hot cast iron skillet. Yogurt in the dough gives it a tender, slightly tangy crumb. Makes 8 naan.