All Rights Reserved: An original recipe from Lavender and Lime
Equipment
pizza stone for baking
spray bottle for the water
Pasta Roller
Pizza Peel
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Ingredients
200gactive sourdough starter
150gsemolina rimacinata flour *
10golive oil
2.5mlsfine salt
for baking:
180mlswater
5mlsfine salt
flour for dusting
Method
Place the starter, flour, oil and salt into a stand mixer bowl and bring together using a dough hook
Once a dough has formed, knead for 5 minutes then tip out and shape into a ball
Wrap the dough tightly in cling film and place into the fridge for a minimum of 30 minutes **
for baking:
Adjust your baking rack in your oven to the lower third, then place a pizza stone on the rack *** and preheat the oven to 245° Celsius
Place the water into a microwave safe jug with the salt and blitz for 30 seconds
Stir until the salt has dissolved then pour the mixture into a spray bottle ****
Remove the dough from the fridge and divide into balls weighing about 20g each
Keep the dough you are not working with covered with a dish towel to prevent it from drying out
Taking a piece of dough at a time, flatten the ball into a disc then roll it through your pasta roller on number 1 *****
Turn the dough a quarter turn, adjust the setting on your roller to number 2 and pass the dough through
Repeat this twice more, turning and adjusting the setting so you end on number 4
Place the rolled dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll as this as possible, keeping it as round as possible
Place the dough onto a pizza peel ****** then spray the top lightly with the salt water
Place the dough onto the pizza stone and bake for 90 seconds
Flip over using tongs and bake for another 90 seconds before removing from the oven and placing onto wire rack to cool
You can roll your next piece of dough while the one is baking, and do this until all the dough has baked into nice crisp poppadoms
They will keep in an airtight container for several days
Notes
* you can grind ordinary semolina flour in a blender until fine to get the same texture.
** you can leave the dough overnight, or use as needed over several days.
*** I would say this is essential to get the perfect rise but if you do not have a pizza stone, use the baking tray that comes with your oven.
**** a spray bottle will make your life easier, but you could brush the water on with a fine pastry brush if need be.
***** you can do all of this with a rolling pin, but it will be tedious and hard work.
****** this is just to make your life easier, but you can just do the placement by hand.