THE BEST PIZZA DOUGH RECIPE - Step 1

I am asked almost everyday about my dough recipe so to help make it easier I am re-posting my Step #1 and #2 videos on how i make my Biga Dough Neapolitan Pizza Recipe. Here is step #1 and I will have step #2 Posted soon!

How to make the Best BIGA Dough Recipe for Neapolitan Pizza
(This process takes a total of 53 Hours, 48 for Step #1 the Biga Starter to ferment, then Step#2 takes 5 more Hours) so if you making pizza Friday night at 5:00pm start step #1 the Wed. before at 12:00pm / Noon - If you are planning on cooking less pizza you can freeze the dough balls (stay tuned for a video on that also)

48 Hour - 65-70% Hydration / Makes 8 - 280 gram Neapolitan Pizzas

Step 1 = Making the Biga Starter

Ingredients: (30% of total final Dough)

200g - Water (room temp)
400g - Type OO Flour (Bread Flour will also work but i have found it doesn’t clump up as nicely)
5g - Instant Dry Yeast (If using fresh yeast, double the amount - And in warmer summer months you might want to reduce your yeast by 1/2g)

Instructions: Making the BIGA Starter

1. Place water into a bowl or container that you can cover to make air tight later in process.
2. Mix in the yeast and stir around for a few seconds or until dissolved
3. Mix in the flour little by little mixing by hand for a couple of minutes then cover (air tight lid or plastic wrap)
4. Rest at room temp. for 1 hour
5. Rest in fridge (48 hours)
Here are the products i used in this video

Rubbermaid Brilliance Food Storage Container, Large, 9.6 Cup
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2 Bags of Anna Type 00 Flour
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Bellarise Instant Dry Yeast
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Amazon Kitchen Scale (the one i have is old and no longer available)
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Video Equipment

Apple iPhone 13 Pro
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Apple MacBook Pro 13” with M1 Pro Chip
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