Easy Sourdough Discard Pizza Crust

It's great to have a good recipe to be able to make a starter discard into something tasty, and what could be better than pizza? With a recipe from the King Arthur Baking website as a base, here is an easy recipe to mix up and bake a pizza in a short time, for a great home made taste. As always, includes the recipe and descriptions of the ingredients and steps in the process. On the Sourdough Simpleton website page, there is also a link to the sauce that my wife made for this pizza.
The Sourdough Simpleton is designed for the newcomer to the world of Sourdough baking. I am a novice, myself, and am writing this from a perspective that I found hard to find as I navigated the straits of sourdough, encountering terms and techniques along the way that defied a simple explanation. The videos on KZbin are supported by a website, www.sourdoughsimpleton.com, and a Facebook Group, bit.ly/FBSourdough.

[@emirfatima3697]

I’m currently trying this impatiently waiting for my dough to rise. Ah!!! Rise already. Me hungry

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

A watched dough never rises? Kind of like a watched pot boiling, I guess!

[@arighttoknow5839]

Thank you for making this well made video to remind us how fun and easy it is to cook for ourselves! I look forward to watching more of your videos so I can learn more from your great knowledge of cooking/baking. 🙏🏼👩🏼‍🍳🍞🍕

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

I don't know about "great knowledge," but thanks, and I do hope you enjoy the series, and subscribe if you've not already!

[@emirfatima3697]

King Arthur aka King David 🤭 Too cute 🥰

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

You know, I did not know I said that until someone pointed it out to me. After I stopped laughing, I decided to just leave it in and see who caught it!

[@hugzzss]

Beautiful pizza I’m going to try this ty

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

And delicious, too! Please let us know how it comes out, here or on the Facebook page.

[@claudias.4303]

looks vey nice! I would like to have the sauce recipe, looks delicious!! Thank you!

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

Thanks, Claudia. I forgot to include the recipe for the sauce on the website, but I have rectified that omission! Just go to the website at www.SourdoughSimpleton.com, and scroll down a bit to the Pizza Crust. There is a link in the description to the recipe for the sauce. Please do let us all know about your success, and thanks for visiting and subscribing to the channel.

[@lenidavis6834]

Thank you, we'll be trying this tonight!

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

Please let me know how it comes out, post here or on the Facebook group bit.ly/FBSourdough - and please do subscribe to this channel if you've not already.

[@frappelover6213]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this simple easy to follow recipe. I don't know why I didn't think of parchment paper, my new stone is so ruined with stuck dough. I have so much sourdough starter in my fridge right now because I'm such a hoarder by nature, so guess what, you get a pizza, and you get a pizza. Pizza for all tonight!

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

Glad to be of help. I used to use corn meal, but it created such a mess in the oven that I tried the parchment paper that I use with bread. Seems like a great solution, as long as the oven temperature is under 500° or so, paper can't take extreme heat.

[@Cathy.C.]

Did you use unfed starter discard or active starter? Watching your video, the starter appears more like active starter.

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

In the video, I called it "medium active" starter. It had peaked, and was not fully active - would not try to make a bread with it - but this recipe is fairly forgiving, and you can use what you have.

[@redlilwitchy6088]

Beautiful 😍 Mine looks nothing Luke yours. 🤣 Great video. Thanks for your time. 🙏🏼💜

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

Every bake is a unique creation - that's the beauty of Sourdough! Please do subscribe to this channel if you've not already, thanks.

[@DebraFrame]

I found your channel and website and love it. And have printed off most of your recipes. But I recently started grinding my own grain And want to know if all your recipes would work fine with freshly ground whole wheat flour, hard or soft or red spring or winter, and especially the rye, buckwheat, and barley?

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

Thanks for the kind words. I have really enjoyed this venture into the world of sourdough, and will be proceeding after clearing a few things from my path over the next month or two. I don't see why any wheat that you use would not work. You may need to adjust the amount of water, or time to rise, but that is so with any sourdough recipe that you modify -- and we modify most of them! Pleases do keep in touch with your delicious progress.

[@judybuckingham8049]

Hi Mark I made your sourdough discard pizza crust tonight and I have some suggestions for you. The crust was heavy and dry. I would suggest a couple of tablespoons of olive oil. The result will make the world of difference. I make your sourdough rye bread and it was delicious.

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

Thanks for the comments. Just made the pizza dough last night, and not heavy at all. I thought about adding some oil, but really did not need it. It may depend on the hydration of the starter, along with all those other variables that make sourdough the unique passion that it is. Glad you like the rye bread, have received lots of nice comments about it.

[@guilyhanono5688]

I love it...........you said King David at one point on this video, instead of King Arthur :)

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

Did I really? Gonna have to listen again!

[@guilyhanono5688]

@@SourdoughSimpleton Pretty sure :) It was around the middle of the video. Put a smile on my face!

[@guilyhanono5688]

Definitely! Minute 7:20 or so. Very cute.

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

@@guilyhanono5688 Ha! Thanks for my chuckle of the day. I guess no one else caught it!

[@anafonseca8748]

Ha ha, I heard it too 🤣

[@ameliad13]

When it's done rising can I stick it in the fridge for the next day? Also thank you 😊

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

Sure, no problem. I've even made the dough and frozen it for later use. Then, just defrost, let it rise and proceed with baking. Thanks for the question, and please subscribe to this channel if you've not already.

[@ameliad13]

​@@SourdoughSimpleton OMG this recipe was delicious. Best homemade pizza ever tasted just like a pizza shops ❤️

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

@@ameliad13 Glad you enjoyed. I'm mixing one up for this afternoon, myself!

[@lovealwaysjasmine]

Can I use a bread machine for this?

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

You can use a bread machine if you can stop it from doing a first proof, which is likely too warm for sourdough. A sturdy stand mixer works well, and it can proof at room temperature.

[@rosslynnoziska4959]

What about the discard? I thought you were going to make it with this card

[@SourdoughSimpleton]

As you can see by the photo posted along with the adding of the starter, this was old, inactive starter with hooch on top. Inactive starter is another term for "discard."