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70% hydration pizza dough

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For 4 balls of 250 g at 70% hydration:

IngredientGrams% of flour
Flour579 g100%
Water405 g70%
Salt14 g2.5%
Yeast1.2 g0.2%
Total dough1,000 g

How it is worked out

1,000 g of dough ÷ (1 + 70% + 2.5% + 0.2% as decimals) = 579 g of flour. Every other weight is its percentage of that flour. The yeast and salt are the example amounts from the main pizza dough calculator: use your recipe's.

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Questions people ask

How much water for 70% hydration pizza dough?

405 g for 579 g of flour (4 balls of 250 g).

How much flour for 4 pizzas at 70% hydration?

579 g of flour makes 1,000 g of dough with the salt and yeast on this page.

Does it say how long to let the dough rise?

No. It works out weights only. Follow your recipe for timings.

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