When I first started baking with a sourdough starter, I was eager to bake loaves of tangy fermented bread with a cracking crust and tender crumb. Since then, baking bread has become a habit that ensures I always have a fresh homemade loaf ready to slice. Yet I probably make Sourdough Pizza Dough even more frequently because it can be transformed in so many ways. As I share this week in my Twice as Tasty column for the Flathead Beacon, mastering this recipe opens opportunities to make everything from baked and grilled pizza to stuffed pastries like empanadas.

I teach people how to make homemade sourdough pizzas in one of my most popular workshops, because learning to make this dough is such an easy way to become comfortable baking with wild yeast. I also recommend it for new bakers who are just learning on their own to care for and use a sourdough starter.

Learn more about these filled pastries and get the complete recipe for Sourdough Empanadas in my column. If you need starter, you can request it in the Sharing fermented starters Facebook group. Sourdough starter loves to be shared, so if you already have an active jar in your kitchen, I encourage you to share your starter through that group.

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Twice as Tasty

Once you learn to make sourdough pizza dough, it will be tempting to always have balls of it on hand. Freshly made sourdough pizza dough keeps well in the fridge for up to 3 days and can be frozen for months. I even pack frozen pizza dough balls in the cooler to grill and serve when we’re cruising aboard The Blue Mule.

Here are other recipes on the blog that use this dough. You can find more sourdough recipes in the recipe index.

• Sourdough Garlic Knots
• Sourdough Calzones
• Stuffed and Grilled Breadsticks

You can learn more about sharing, receiving, and caring for sourdough starter in this blog post.

Need starter? Join the Sharing fermented starters Facebook group to request sourdough starter, scoby, kefir grains, and more. If you are not a Facebook user, contact me by January 31, 2024, for details on how to request sourdough starter directly from me.