Sourdough Pizza Making Class – Naturally Fermented Pizza

Turn Your Sourdough Starter Into Great Pizza

Making sourdough bread is one thing. Making sourdough pizza that's flavorful, light, easy to stretch, and ready when you want to bake it presents a different set of challenges.

In this hands-on Sourdough Pizza Class in Albuquerque, you'll learn how to make naturally fermented pizza from starter to finished pie and understand how fermentation, time, temperature, and dough handling affect your results.

You'll mix and work with the dough, learn how to recognize when it's properly fermented, stretch it without tearing, and bake your own sourdough pizza.

The goal is simple: give you a repeatable process for making great sourdough pizza at home.

What You'll Learn

• Prepare and use a sourdough starter for pizza
• Make naturally fermented pizza dough from scratch
• Understand flour, hydration, and dough strength
• Control fermentation with time and temperature
• Plan your dough so it's ready for pizza night
• Shape and stretch sourdough pizza dough without tearing
• Recognize when your dough is properly fermented
• Bake great sourdough pizza in your home or pizza oven
• Troubleshoot common sourdough pizza problems

Learn What Good Dough Feels Like

Recipes can tell you how many hours to ferment dough. They can't easily teach you when the dough is actually ready.

During the workshop, you'll work with sourdough pizza dough at different stages of fermentation so you can see and feel the changes yourself.

You'll shape, stretch, top, bake and eat your own pizza while learning techniques you can repeat at home.

What You'll Take Home

• Sherwood's sourdough pizza recipe
• A practical pizza-night fermentation schedule
• Sourdough pizza troubleshooting guide
• Stretching and baking reference
• Sourdough starter to continue practicing at home

Is This Workshop for You?

This class is especially useful if:

• You already have a sourdough starter and want to do more with it
• You've tried sourdough pizza but get inconsistent results
• Your dough is difficult to stretch or tears easily
• You're unsure when your dough is properly fermented
• You want more flavor and better texture
• You want a practical fermentation schedule that works at home

Some sourdough or pizza experience is helpful, but not required.

Which Pizza Class Is Right for You?

New to making pizza?
Start with Pizza Making Class - Learn to Make Great Pizza at Home.

Want to master conventional pizza dough?
Choose Pizza Dough Workshop - Master Homemade Pizza Dough.

Want to make pizza with sourdough starter and natural fermentation?
This is your class.

Meet Your Instructor

Chef Stephen will guide you through the complete sourdough pizza process with an emphasis on understanding fermentation and developing techniques you can confidently recreate at home.

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Workshop Details

Duration: Approximately 3 hours
Location: Sherwood Bread Lab at IPEC, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Format: Hands-on
Experience Level: Some sourdough or pizza experience is helpful, but not required

All ingredients and equipment are provided.